Neb Mela

Nebreceivedan MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Businessand holds aBachelor of Scienceinelectricalengineering from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering.

Neb Mela is a Partner at Tishman Speyer Ventures where he focuses on early stage investments in PropTech startups that are transforming the way we utilize, build, transact, access, operate and manage physical space.Beforejoining Tishman Speyer, Neb wasanInvestment Director at Intel Capital,driving early-venture and growth-equity investments inenterprise applicationsandvertical AI& ML companies, includingTransportationand Mobility,PropTech,ClimateTech space.Hewasactively involvedin the firm's investments in startups,includingMoovit(acq. by Intel),Katana Graph, Gro Intelligence,TriEye,Mighty Networks,NextInput(acq.by Qorvo),Accurics(acq.by Tenable),among others.Before Intel Capital, Neb worked in the technology investment banking group at Wells Fargo Securities and Robinson Humphrey, helping technology companies through capital raising,M&A, and leveraged buyout.Hebegan his career in the consulting industry at Accenture.

As a member of Kauffman Fellows Class 24, Neb is serving his fellowship at Intel Capital with mentor Trina Van Pelt, Vice President and Senior Managing Director.