Melissa Cheong
Managing Partner at Blackhorn Ventures, impact investor, and board member
Denver, Colorado
Joined July 2025
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Melissa Cheong is an experienced Managing Partner at Blackhorn Ventures, an investment firm focused on technology-driven industrial resource efficiency, where she plays a key role in managing the firm's strategic goals, building partnerships, and developing investment strategies for current and future funds. blackhornvc+2
She has a strong background in impact investing and family office advisory, having served as Chief Investment Officer at Zoma Capital and Treehouse Investments, and as Managing Director at Imprint Capital, where she focused on direct investment and private credit before its acquisition by Goldman Sachs. blackhornvc+3
Melissa is actively involved in numerous board and advisory roles, particularly in climate technology and impact-focused organizations, including the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Optera, Briq, AGORUS, Blue Earth Capital AG, and as an advisor to Catalyze. bonfils-stantonfoundation+4
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Enjoys skiing and spending time outdoors with her family in the mountains. bonfils-stantonfoundation+1
Aspires to climb at least 10 'fourteeners' (mountain peaks exceeding 14,000 feet) in Colorado. venturecapitaljournal
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