Melissa Widner

Chief Executive Officer at Lighter Capital

📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2019
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Board Observer
Jul 2019
Digital Shadows, a ReliaQuest company, minimizes digital risk by identifying unwanted exposure and protecting against external threats. Organizations can suffer regulatory fines, loss of intellectual property, and reputational damage when digital risk is left unmanaged. Digital Shadows SearchLight™ helps you minimize these risks by detecting data loss, securing your online brand, and reducing your attack surface. To learn more and get free access to SearchLight, visit www.digitalshadows.com.
Board Member
Dec 2018
Connect Folio to Gmail and all your emails, files, and contacts are magically organized into Smart Folders. Never search for a document, email, or file again. It’s all right there! Save time managing projects, processes, clients or anything else straight from a Smart Folder with assignable tasks, shareable project boards and Google Drive attachment syncing. Folio Benefits: ✓ Keep your inbox clean & organized ✓ Project/client/campaign management straight from your Gmail ✓ Customizable project boards ✓ Save 10-20 hours per month ✓ Automatically organize emails into Smart Folders by topic or project ✓ Automatic organization of all attachments for each Smart Folder ✓ Google Calendar Integration - never miss a meeting or deadline ✓ Google Drive Integration - auto sync attachments to dedicated folders ✓ Google Contacts Integration - no new contacts database, everything in one place ✓ DocuSign Integration - get the signatures you need straight from your inbox About Amitree: Amitree aims to empower busy professionals by solving this massive email productivity problem with an AI-powered approach. Our algorithms understand what an email is about and how your business works, so we can help you rapidly get the information you need from your emails in your existing workflow. The random, unstructured firehose of emails gets transformed into a powerful business organizer that keeps you in control, while moving faster. All your stuff, organized and at your fingertips. We're hiring! angel.co/amitree/jobs
Board Observer
Mar 2017
Wave is simple money management solutions for small business owners. As an award-winning company, we are unwavering in our commitment to grow and support both our customers and our people. We care deeply and we challenge directly. We re-imagine the possible, together, to achieve extraordinary results for the small business owners we serve.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Trusted by more than 1M businesses in over 100 countries, Veem is the market leader in automating accounts payables and receivables for businesses. Started with the intention of making business payments as simple as sending an email, Veem has revolutionized the way businesses pay and get paid around the world by empowering business owners, accountants, and finance professionals to take control of their payment processes. Veem levels the playing field by providing enterprise-level payment tools to small businesses. Designed with data security and privacy in mind, Veem adheres to strict compliance, privacy and data protection practices. Services for senders in the US are delivered by Veem Payments Inc. under state money transmission licenses. Money movement services are brought to you by Veem Payments Inc., licensed as Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. See www.veem.com/licenses
Board Member
2002
Alliance of Angels is the largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest. Each year, we invest $4M+ into 20+ companies. Since 1997, we have invested $100M+ into 200+ companies and celebrated 40+ exits generating more than a billion dollars of returns. Our network of 150+ active angels invest both individually and through a member driven fund.
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2019
Board Observer
Jul 2019
Digital Shadows, a ReliaQuest company, minimizes digital risk by identifying unwanted exposure and protecting against external threats. Organizations can suffer regulatory fines, loss of intellectual property, and reputational damage when digital risk is left unmanaged. Digital Shadows SearchLight™ helps you minimize these risks by detecting data loss, securing your online brand, and reducing your attack surface. To learn more and get free access to SearchLight, visit www.digitalshadows.com.
2018
Board Member
Dec 2018
Connect Folio to Gmail and all your emails, files, and contacts are magically organized into Smart Folders. Never search for a document, email, or file again. It’s all right there! Save time managing projects, processes, clients or anything else straight from a Smart Folder with assignable tasks, shareable project boards and Google Drive attachment syncing. Folio Benefits: ✓ Keep your inbox clean & organized ✓ Project/client/campaign management straight from your Gmail ✓ Customizable project boards ✓ Save 10-20 hours per month ✓ Automatically organize emails into Smart Folders by topic or project ✓ Automatic organization of all attachments for each Smart Folder ✓ Google Calendar Integration - never miss a meeting or deadline ✓ Google Drive Integration - auto sync attachments to dedicated folders ✓ Google Contacts Integration - no new contacts database, everything in one place ✓ DocuSign Integration - get the signatures you need straight from your inbox About Amitree: Amitree aims to empower busy professionals by solving this massive email productivity problem with an AI-powered approach. Our algorithms understand what an email is about and how your business works, so we can help you rapidly get the information you need from your emails in your existing workflow. The random, unstructured firehose of emails gets transformed into a powerful business organizer that keeps you in control, while moving faster. All your stuff, organized and at your fingertips. We're hiring! angel.co/amitree/jobs
Member Board Of Directors
Jul 2018
Lighter Capital provides tech entrepreneurs access to non-dilutive financing to help grow their companies without giving up equity, board seats, or personal guarantees. As the leader in Revenue-Based Financing, Lighter Capital has provided over $350+ million in more than 1,000+ financing rounds to over 500+ companies. Beyond financing, founders have access to invaluable connections within the Lighter Capital Community, free startup resources in our Founders Hub, and more than $100,000 in partner product and service discounts.
2017
Board Observer
Mar 2017
Wave is simple money management solutions for small business owners. As an award-winning company, we are unwavering in our commitment to grow and support both our customers and our people. We care deeply and we challenge directly. We re-imagine the possible, together, to achieve extraordinary results for the small business owners we serve.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Trusted by more than 1M businesses in over 100 countries, Veem is the market leader in automating accounts payables and receivables for businesses. Started with the intention of making business payments as simple as sending an email, Veem has revolutionized the way businesses pay and get paid around the world by empowering business owners, accountants, and finance professionals to take control of their payment processes. Veem levels the playing field by providing enterprise-level payment tools to small businesses. Designed with data security and privacy in mind, Veem adheres to strict compliance, privacy and data protection practices. Services for senders in the US are delivered by Veem Payments Inc. under state money transmission licenses. Money movement services are brought to you by Veem Payments Inc., licensed as Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services. See www.veem.com/licenses
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