Steve Melhuish is the Founding Partner and General Partner at Wavemaker Impact. See sector focus and contact routes.
Steve Melhuish is the Founding Partner and General Partner at Wavemaker Impact, where he focuses on climate and social impact investing, following his 11-year tenure as CEO and co-founder of the Singapore tech unicorn PropertyGuru. Since 2018, he has narrowed his investment thesis exclusively to the climate space, backing startups that address climate change and poverty through his impact platform Planet Rise. He typically invests personal capital as an angel investor, having made approximately 25 investments in startups and 12 recorded angel investments overall. His notable portfolio includes PropertyGuru, the region's largest internet real estate website, and Agros, a Business/Productivity Software company he invested in in March 2025. Melhuish also co-founded Planet Rise in 2019 to provide financial support and advisory services to organizations tackling environmental and social challenges. He publicly articulated a distinctive point of view in a 2024 Medium article titled “Entrepreneurs are Not Born, They’re Bred,” arguing that entrepreneurial capability is developed rather than innate.
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