# Melissa Donohoe

> Melissa Donohoe is a Series B investor at Kreos Capital (London) backing Freelance and Employment. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kreos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kreos-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-donohoe-796ab22b/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/melissa_donohoe

Melissa Donohoe is a Series B investor at Kreos Capital in London focused on Freelance and Employment. As a Senior Analyst, Melissa supports all aspects of the deal lifecycle including pre-investment analysis and post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Melissa worked as a Strategy Analyst at Accenture, focusing on pre- and post-deal M&A and Growth Strategy. Previously, Melissa worked in Monetary Policy & Macro-Economic Researchat the Central Bank of Ireland. Melissa holds an MA in International Studies, studying Economics and Finance at both the Graduate Institute Geneva and the University of St. Gallen.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Freelance | 1 | 100% |
| Employment | 1 | 100% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Lead Management | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Expertlead | Expertlead is a HR tech company specialized in the recruitment and technical qualification of IT experts. The company's unique selling proposition is the exceptional combination of technology and community know-how that enables it to find, assess and hire the right IT experts. Technical skills of IT candidates are assessed through a specialpeer-to-peer interview process, where Expertlead uses the collective intelligence of the global tech community to check the quality of applicants across different programming languages. In combination with an innovative recruiting software, Expertlead can offer a holistic solution in tech recruiting.Over the past years, the company has built up a global community of highly qualified tech freelancers in the fields of software development, data science, product/project management, solution architecture and UX/UI design. | $11.3M | Series B | Aug 02, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acton-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rocket Internet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rocket-internet) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SEEK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seek-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kreos Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Kreos Capital is Europe's largest and leading provider of growth debt to high-growth companies with revenues up to €150 million. Since 1998, as the pioneer growth debt provider across the UK, Western Europe, Scandinavia and Israel: Kreos has completed nearly 450 transactions and committed €1.8 billion in 14 different countries. Kreos has aproven track record of adding value to portfolio companies and helping them to grow with additional capital and flexibility throughout their business cycle whilst working closely with both the portfolio company management team and their equity sponsors.The Kreos global team has extensive debt financing, management and equity investing experience, covering the pan-European market from its locations in London, Tel Aviv and Stockholm.Kreos is a value added partner, able to offer additional capital and more flexibility with lower equity dilution. Kreos's international team has extensive entrepreneurial, debt financing and equity investing experience, covering all local European markets from its locations in London, Tel Aviv and Stockholm.

5 contacts available at Kreos Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aris Constantinides | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aris-constantinides |
| Jonne de Leeuw | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonne-de-leeuw |
| Marten Vading | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mrten-vading |
| Maurizio PetitBon | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maurizio-petitbon |
| Melissa Donohoe | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melissa-donohoe |

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## FAQ

### What does Melissa Donohoe invest in?

Melissa Donohoe invests primarily in Freelance, Employment and Recruiting startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Melissa Donohoe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Melissa Donohoe closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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