Dr Melissa Foo is a global investor and portfolio manager, specializing in impact investment, ecosystem development and innovation. Melissa was based in New York City from 2013 – 2016 and worked on multiple early-stage deals in Healthcare, Education, B2B, FinTech, Real Estate Technology and Social Enterprise with the New York Angels.
Melissa received an MBA from Columbia Business School with a dual-concentration in Family Enterprise Management & Impact Investing. She obtained her dental qualification from the University of Melbourne in 2005 and was attached to the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Hospital Sungai Buloh focused on trauma and facial reconstruction. She is a member of the Malaysian Association of Corporate Directors, the Tokyo Plastic Dental Society and is a Consultant Cosmetic Dental Surgeon at mydentist and the Malaysian Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.
Melissa is a consultant at Malaysia’s Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) and a speaker and mentor at Lean Startup Kuala Lumpur. When she is not identifying the next big thing in startups, she is passionate about travel, meeting people, making connections and giving. Her philanthropic work with the family organization serves underprivileged communities across Southeast Asia.