Melissa Klinger

Klinger was one of MuleSoft’s early commercial hires as the company expanded to Europe and served as its UK sales lead, leading a sales team and working across customer success and strategy as the company grew rapidly through its IPO and acquisition.⁠[1][1][2]

After Salesforce acquired MuleSoft in 2018, Klinger founded DIG Ventures together with MuleSoft founder Ross Mason, initially as Mason’s family office and later as a venture capital firm. She recalled that after selling MuleSoft, Mason saw that early-stage founders in Europe lacked operational support, so the two joined forces; once the family office showed early success, they decided to raise a dedicated fund.⁠[1][2][3][3]

Klinger became a director of DIG Ventures Advisors Limited on December 24, 2021, the day the company was incorporated in England, and remained in office as of October 2026; she is a British national residing in England.⁠[4][4]

When DIG closed its $100 million first institutional fund in April 2025, Klinger, speaking as a partner, said the UK is a major focus but that DIG invests across Europe and in select companies from Israel and the U.S.: “We always follow the talent.” She said there is a gap in the European ecosystem between technical talent and commercial success, and that DIG aims to be a hands-on partner helping founders with go-to-market strategy, hiring, and scaling.⁠[2][3][3][3][3]

She said founders engage with DIG because the team came out of MuleSoft and is good at selling highly technical products well; she described Europe as a “dark horse” in AI, with talent at about half the cost of the U.S., and said the challenge is raising enough money for some AI-driven ventures.⁠[2][2][2][2]

On October 1, 2026, DIG announced the close of its $120 million third fund; the firm is led by Ross Mason, Klinger, and Rytis VitkauskasRytis VitkauskasRytis Vitkauskas is a Lithuanian, UK-based venture capitalist and entrepreneur and a general partner at DIG Ventures, a London early-stage venture firm. In 2012 he co-founded the event discovery and booking app YPlan in London and served as its CEO; the company was acquired by Time Out Group in 2016. He then invested at Target Global and Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he was the firm’s first partner in London.Open the full entry.⁠[5][6]

As of October 2026, Klinger is a general partner at DIG Ventures, specializing in helping technical founders build out their go-to-market functions.⁠[1][1]

DIG Ventures: Official website: https://dig.ventures/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-klinger/ (opens in a new window)⁠[1]