# Emily Melton: investor profile > Emily Melton, Managing Partner at Broadway Angels,Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). 1 investment on record. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/emily-melton (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Portola Valley, US · Partner # Emily Melton Managing Partner at [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) Latest rounds - **Yellowsmith** Seed · $850k Aug 2012 Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Aug 2012 - **Filings:** 14 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 2 episodes What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 14 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At DFJ - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=emily-melton)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=emily-melton) ## The firm [**DFJ** VC firm · US **3** cheques in 12 months **525** all time **5** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $850k - **Active:** 2012 2012 - [Yellowsmith](https://millionrounds.com/company/yellowsmith) *Seed* **$850k** *US* Aug 2012 Joined · +9 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** Alongside - [Great Oaks Venture Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) - Leah Busque *1* - [Lightbank *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) - [Michael Marks *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-marks) - [Rachel Sheinbein *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rachel-sheinbein) - Raj Atluru *1* - Rebecca Lynn *1* - [Riverwood Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverwood-capital) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj)** Managing Member of the General Partner since 2025 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Salvo Health, Inc.** Director since 2024 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Aiwa Health, Inc.** Director since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Calibrate Health NewCo, LLC** Director since 2023 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Threshold Ventures Founders](https://millionrounds.com/fund/threshold-ventures-founders)** Managing Member of the General Partner since 2022 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Threshold Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/threshold-ventures)** Managing Member of the General Partner since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Verge Analytics, Inc.** Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **BetterUP, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Brightline, Inc.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Threshold Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/threshold-ventures)** Executive Officer on 2 filings · since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **OODA Health, Inc.** Director since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Vineti, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Oration PBC** Director since 2014 - SEC Form D · Company raising **MYSHAPE INC** Director since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at DFJ - [**Tim Draper** Founding Partner *61 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-draper-6) - [**Bill Bryant** General Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-bryant) - [**Bubba Murarka** Team *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bubba-murarka) - [**Randy Glein** Investor at Innovium Inc. *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/randy-glein) - [**Josh Stein** Founder and Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-stein) - [**Steve Jurvetson** Managing Director & Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-jurvetson) - [**Chris Shanahan** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-shanahan) - [**Joshua Stein** Managing Member *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/joshua-stein) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 8 Mar 2023 · 58 min ANGEL: Threshold VC's Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693 With [Emily Melton](https://millionrounds.com/person/emily-melton) About this episode Emily Melton joins Molly to discuss her early days in venture and what she learned while working at DFJ (1:30). Then, they talk about the barriers that healthcare imposes on entrepreneurship (17:22), building a diverse culture within venture capital (29:53), market distortions, and how to optimize… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 11 Jan 2017 · 35 min 20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ With [Emily Melton](https://millionrounds.com/person/emily-melton) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) About this episode Emily Melton is partner at DFJ, where she focuses on consumer and mobile technology, as well as healthcare technologies and marketplaces. Emily has made investments in the likes of BetterUp, Elation Health, Livongo, Redfin, Shift, and Wellframe. Early in Emily's career, she sourced investments in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=emily-melton). ## Find people like Emily Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)