# Melissa Yiannoutsos

> Melissa Yiannoutsos is a funding round investor at Powerhouse Ventures backing FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Powerhouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerhouse-ventures)
- Location: Wellington, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-yiannoutsos-1350841

Melissa Yiannoutsos is a funding round investor at Powerhouse Ventures in Wellington focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Melissa Yiannoutsos - Wellington Regional General Manager @ Powerhouse Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wych Limited | Wych an open banking powered digital financial advisor with a focus on personal financial automation. | $882.1K |  | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Upstream Medical Technologies | Upstream Medical Technologies is a medical diagnostics company specializing in cardiovascular disease testing.It develops a cardio endocrine bio-markers designed for accurate diagnosis of heart disease and associated complications, enabling doctors to detect and treat heart diseases without causing much harm to the patient. Its patentedtechnology is based on specialist protein peptides. Upstream's pipeline of tests enables earlier diagnosis for improved patient recovery.The diagnostics company was founded by Chris Pemberton in Seacliff, Otago in 2015. | $1.2M |  | May 17, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Investors Marlborough](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investors-marlborough) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NZ Fintech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nz-fintech-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pacific Channel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-channel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Powerhouse Ventures

VC Fund · Christchurch, New Zealand

powerHouse is a New Zealand intellectual property commercialisation company investing to develop new spin-out ventures

5 contacts available at Powerhouse Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anya Hornsey | Christchurch Regional General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anya-hornsey |
| Colin Dawson | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-dawson |
| Conrad Anderson | Investment Analyst (Dunedin) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conrad-anderson |
| Jennifer Anderson | Investment Manager (Wellington) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-anderson-2 |
| Matthew Turnbull | Corporate Accountant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-turnbull |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund
- [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Melissa Yiannoutsos invest in?

Melissa Yiannoutsos invests primarily in FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Melissa Yiannoutsos last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Melissa Yiannoutsos closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co