Asia

Melissa Guzy

Melissa joined VantagePoint in 2001 and currently leads the  firm's  Asia investment team headquartered in Beijing with offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.  She has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and as an investor. Prior to joining VantagePoint, she co-founded and served as CEO of a VantagePoint portfolio company in the semiconductor market.  In the mid 1990s, the company developed its manufacturing base in China and signed global licensing agreements with companies in Korea,  the US, and Hong Kong. She attended Wellesley College and  received a Masters in Finance from the  University of Florida.  She is the author  of the paper “Venture Capital Returns and Public Market Performance”. She has been a guest lecturer on the Venture Capital Industry at the University of Florida and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  Melissa is a Hopkins Fellow and participated in the Women’s Leadership Program at Harvard University.

“VantagePoint China is a local team with global resources—we are looking for entrepreneurs with big ideas that can have an impact on local industries.”

—Melissa Guzy
Managing Director and Group Leader, Emerging Markets-Asia