ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

Allow me to re-introduce myself. #iamGiselleMelo currently raising a VC fund to invest in Underestimated + Unstoppable Founders.

- Entrepreneur since I was 12

- Born & grew up in a neighbourhood called Parkdale in downtown Toronto

- Brazilian parents

- My grandma + HipHop raised me

- I found success in tech & the capital markets.

- 6+yrs as ceo @NicheeStudio where we build software that clients & their users love.

- 4+yrs where I sold wealth management businesses & firms w transactions totalling 5+Billion in AUM. It’s how I earned the name “the Girl that Moves Money”.

- In Aug 2021 i stepped away from the investment banking business to launch @matrventures.  We’re currently fundraising to do VC differently … here 4TheCulture, the underdogs, the brilliant immigrants, the overlooked innovators in tech.

- #JediSkool is a term I've used for years when sharing and venting about my Losses and Lessons as an entrepreneur with a small circle of close friends. Today #JedSkool is evolving and taking Losses, Lessons, and Wins public on Twitter, LinkedIn, + IG. So let's build - no cap.

- With #JediSkool I aim to share practical strategies; spark convos; be a connector for founders to win BIG.

- From age 12 it took me 14 yrs, few wins + many losses to build a real business, then 7 yrs to make it in tech. I want to shorten that time significantly for today's founders

- Raising a VC fund is hard & takes a lot of time. I'll be with you here as often as possible:

1. 4TheCulture

2. Techie Techie Talks

3. Venture capital simplified

Shout out to my CoFounder & CTO @dnralex at our Software Design and Development corp @nicheestudio and to an amazing team of  Partners at @MatrVentures @hessiejones @AlaricAloor @NeerajMATR. We're the new majority supporting the new majority. LFG!!!