# Richard Melmon

> Richard Melmon is a Series A investor at NetService Ventures Group backing Real Estate and Events. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NetService Ventures Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/netservice-ventures-group)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmelmon
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RMelmon
- Website: https://x.com/RMelmon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rmelmon

Richard Melmon is a Series A investor at NetService Ventures Group 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 2 | 50% |
| Events | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| eSports | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OnsiteIQ | 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.Live - Multiplayer TV | 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 |  | Feb 07, 2020 |  |
| Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV | 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 |  |
| HomeLight | 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 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MetaProp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaprop-nyc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Montage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montage-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ZenStone Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zenstone-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NetService Ventures Group

VC Fund



1 contacts available at NetService Ventures Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Melmon | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-melmon |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Melmon invest in?

Richard Melmon invests primarily in Real Estate, Events and Sports startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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–$5M 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.

### When did Richard Melmon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Melmon closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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