Mel Passarelli combines 30+ years of scaling enterprise software companies with his current role deploying seed-stage capital at Launch NY, bringing Fortune 500 growth experience to very early-stage startup building. His career is defined by leading multiple underperforming software businesses to successful exits—including Attunity from near-bankruptcy to a NASDAQ-listed company acquired for ~$560M—so he brings an operator's playbook for rescuing and growing struggling tech companies that he can apply to founders he backs. Mel Passarelli combines 30+ years of scaling enterprise software companies with his current role deploying seed-stage capital at Launch NY, bringing Fortune 500 growth experience to very early-stage startup building. His career is defined by leading multiple underperforming software businesses to successful exits—including Attunity from near-bankruptcy to a NASDAQ-listed company acquired for ~$560M—so he brings an operator's playbook for rescuing and growing struggling tech companies that he can apply to founders he backs.