Melissa Dolan

Melissa Dolan is a Director at Emil Capital Partners, where she oversees existing portfolio companies and sources new venture capital investments. She joined the investment firm in 2020 and will continue in her current role through at least 2025, transitioning into the venture capital space after gaining operational experience in the consumer goods sector. Between 2016 and 2019, Dolan worked in brand management roles at General Mills and Danone, developing specialized expertise in product strategy, consumer marketing, and market positioning. Earlier in her career, she held finance positions within the Private Debt group at Ares Management and the Leveraged Finance team at Wells Fargo Securities. Her professional background combines foundational experience in corporate debt structuring with operational brand management, informing her current focus on evaluating and supporting emerging early-stage consumer ventures across the broader venture capital market.