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Melanie Nabar
Founders spend months choosing an investor and then find out who they actually got after the money lands. Melanie Nabar sits on the boards where that plays out, and she will tell your audience exactly what to look for before they sign.
As a guest Specific, comfortable with real numbers, and useful to founders. Not a theory person.
She does the work after the check
clears, not just before it
Melanie Nabar is a Principal at Volition Capital, a growth equity firm investing since 2010 with a 675 million dollar fund and 1.7 billion dollars under management. The firm is known for a selective approach, partnering with a small number of founder-owned, capital-efficient businesses.
Melanie has led and supported transactions totaling roughly 175 million dollars. Her portfolio includes high-growth software companies such as ABCS Insights, Zenarate, HAAS Alert, Halos, and Digital Onboarding.
She sits on the board of Digital Onboarding and serves as board observer for ABCS Insights, Zenarate, HALO, and HAAS Alert, advising on acquisitions, executive hiring, financial planning, and scaling operations in competitive markets.
Sourcing and executing deals is the visible half of the job. The part she is known for is the post-investment relationship that actually drives the growth.
Volition Capital
Investing since 2010. A 675 million dollar fund and 1.7 billion dollars under management, named a Top Growth Equity Firm of 2024.
Transactions
Roughly 175 million dollars led or supported.
Recognition
Named a Top Woman Leader in Growth Investing for 2025 by GrowthCap.
Board roles
Board member at Digital Onboarding. Board observer at ABCS Insights, Zenarate, HALO, and HAAS Alert.
Strategic Advisory Board
The firm draws on executives from Wayfair, Chewy, The RealReal, and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Where Melanie invests
AI-enabled solutions
AI adoption inside regulated industries, and how to build a product moat that actually holds.
Hardware-enabled software
Companies combining physical hardware with sophisticated software platforms, and what makes that combination work.
PropTech
Property technology, from management platforms to smart building systems, a sector the firm has been in since 2010.
Contrarian strategies
Finding opportunities in overlooked markets and taking non-consensus positions.
Post-investment value
Acquisitions, executive hiring, financial planning, and the operational work of scaling.
Eight topics, all of them specific
Melanie is available for podcasts, panels, and conferences. Her angle is actionable rather than theoretical, and she is comfortable getting into real numbers.
Evaluating the right growth equity partner
How founders should assess investors who bring strategic alignment and not just capital, and the red flags worth walking away from.
Building defensible product moats in the AI era
How leading companies create durable competitive advantage while the underlying technology keeps shifting under them.
Uncovering opportunities in PropTech
The misunderstood and underestimated addressable market in property technology, and where the niche openings are.
Customer acquisition metrics for scaling
The five customer acquisition metrics every CEO needs to understand to scale efficiently rather than expensively.
Growth equity beyond VC and buyouts
What growth equity actually is, and when it is the right structure compared with early-stage venture or a later buyout.
AI adoption in regulated industries
Integrating AI in financial services and healthcare, where compliance and innovation pull against each other.
Hardware-enabled software success factors
The nine factors that separate hardware plus software companies that build a defensible position from those that do not.
The evolution of performance PR and marketing
How data-driven approaches are reshaping brand visibility and return on spend.
Investment strategy
and market insight
- How should founders assess a potential growth equity partner, and what red flags should they watch for when looking for strategic alignment?
- What are the key considerations for a fast-growing company choosing between growth equity, venture capital, and a buyout?
- How do you uncover the often underestimated addressable market inside PropTech?
- What are the five customer acquisition metrics every CEO needs to understand, and how do you advise portfolio companies on them?
- What contrarian investing strategies actually work when looking at overlooked markets?
- How does a strategic advisory board of seasoned operators change what a firm can offer a portfolio company?
Technology, innovation and portfolio impact
- How are investors thinking about defensible product moats while the AI landscape keeps changing?
- How has performance PR and marketing evolved, and which data-driven strategies actually move return on spend?
- What disruptive models and emerging trends are you most excited about in pet-focused technology and services?
- What are the nine success factors for companies combining hardware with sophisticated software platforms?
- What trends are you seeing among fast-growing companies, and how does that shape investment thesis today?
- How is AI adoption progressing in regulated industries such as call centers in financial services, and what does that mean for compliance?
Melanie on air
Most recently on Who Says You Can’t with Jothy Rosenberg, episode 116, on choosing the right investor. Also Female VC Lab Podcast, episode 072, on growth equity and women in venture capital, plus two conversations on scaling businesses and where technology investing is heading.
Everything you need to book Melanie
Contact
Time zone
Eastern Standard Time
Availability
Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Microphone
Shure professional microphone with high-quality earbuds
Connection
Reliable internet, quiet recording environment
Topic tags
Technology investing, software, SaaS, AI, growth equity, PropTech, hardware-enabled software, customer acquisition, women in finance, venture capital.
Book Melanie
Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST. All podcast booking handled through Heartcast Media.