Richard Melmon
Co-Founder, Emeritus @ Bullpen Capital
San Francisco, United States
Richard Melmon is a Series A investor at Bullpen Capital in San Francisco focused on Real Estate and Events. Richard Melmon is the Co-founder and an Emeritus Partner at Bullpen Capital. He previously worked at Regis McKenna Inc as a Partner. Richard Melmon attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Richard Melmon invests in
Stages Richard Melmon invests in
Countries Richard Melmon invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Real Estate 2 (40%)
- Events 1 (20%)
- Sensor 1 (20%)
- Sports 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| OnsiteIQ is a construction intelligence platform purpose-built for real estate owners and investors. We capture 100% of every asset in a portfolio on a recurring basis during construction and provide insights to help monitor progress and verify payments. It brings every site directly to the development manager into a simple dashboard accessiblefrom anywhere to help reduce delays and optimize returns. | $5M / Series A / Feb 18, 2020 | ||
| Hearo is the first virtual venue with a live audience. Our MultiplayerTV platform turns passive media into a buzzing, live event, and empowers a new class of creator-connector, the media leader. Hearo is Multiplayer TV. Bring your TV/streaming audience into your own venue, and turn your passive broadcast into a buzzing live social event.From epic live parties to intimate hangouts Hearo is your virtual couch, classroom, theater or stadium.Super Watch Partes. Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together.#TVisObsolete #MultiplayerTV #WeAreLive | $1.8M / Seed / Feb 07, 2020 | ||
| BeBop uses smart fabrics to create elegant sensor solutions for OEMs. Where things or people interact, BeBop sensors comprehend force, location, size, weight, shape, motion and presence across any size, resolution, and geometry. BeBop technology is robust and proven with over a million sensors in daily use. BeBop Sensors make things knowable forproduct designers and visionaries. BeBop uses a proprietary Monolithic Fabric Sensor Technology that integrates all of the sensors, traces, and electronics into a single piece of fabric. This approach affords greater sensitivity, resolution, range of deployment and fantastic robustness with diminutive size. Different than other wearables that measure physiology (EKG, EMG), BeBop measures physicality. BeBop technology senses and displays 3D maps of pressure, bend, location, rotation, angle, and torsion. | $19.5M / Series A / Apr 18, 2018 | ||
| HomeLight is building the future of real estate — today. Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying for all.The best real estate agents rely on HomeLight’s platform to deliver better outcomes to homebuyers and sellers during every step of the real estate journey, whether that's enabling anall-cash offer, unlocking liquidity of their existing home to buy a new one, or creating certainty through a modern closing process. Each year, HomeLight facilitates billions of dollars of residential real estate business on its platform for thousands of agents.Founded in 2012, HomeLight is a privately held company with offices in Scottsdale, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle, with backing from prominent investors including Zeev Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Group 11, Crosslink Capital, Bullpen Capital, Montage Ventures, Citi Ventures, Google Ventures, and others.For additional information and images: homelight.com/press | $3M / Series A / Feb 04, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Bullpen Capital
Bullpen is a venture capital fund that invests in post-seed capital into early-stage companies.Bullpen Capital launched 10 years ago, the goal was to back overlooked entrepreneurs left behind by the latest Silicon Valley fads. The firm's portfolio spans all categories from fantasy sports to data center equipment to restaurant SaaS.Bullpenwas founded in 2010 by Paul Martino and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Bullpen Capital Contacts
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Andrew Trader
Operating Partner & Head of Platform
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Anna Zakharchenko
Associate
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Ann Lai
General Partner
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Bert Navarrete
Venture Partner
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Duncan Davidson
Co-founder & General Partner
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What does Richard Melmon invest in?
Richard Melmon invests primarily in Real Estate, Events and Sensor startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Richard Melmon's check size?
Richard Melmon typically joins rounds of $3M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Richard Melmon participates in.
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When did Richard Melmon last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Richard Melmon closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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