# Melanie Fellay

> Melanie Fellay is the Denver-based cofounder and CEO of Spekit, an enterprise software company built from a problem she encountered while leading Salesforce adoption at RealtyShares. Born in Geneva, raised between Switzerland and the Bahamas, and educated in accounting and finance at the University of Colorado Boulder, Fellay turned an operator's frustration with scattered workplace knowledge into a just-in-time enablement platform. She has led Spekit through more than $60 million in venture funding, earned a place on Forbes' 2022 30 Under 30 list, and authored Just-in-Time: The Future of Enablement in a World of AI.

- **Role:** CEO and Cofounder at Spekit
- **Organizations:** Spekit, RealtyShares, Surna Inc., University of Colorado Boulder
- **From:** Geneva, Switzerland
- **Education:** BBA, Accounting and Finance; minors in Economics and Spanish for the Professions, University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business, High school; class valedictorian, St Andrew's International School, The Bahamas
- **Known for:** Cofounded Spekit in 2018 and led it as CEO., Raised more than $60 million in reported venture funding for Spekit, including a $45 million Series B in 2022., Named to Forbes' 2022 30 Under 30 list in Marketing & Advertising.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2014** — Worked as a business statistics recitation leader at the University of Colorado Boulder.
- **2014-2015** — Worked as a finance and cost consultant at Surna Inc.
- **2015-2018** — Held roles across investor services, customer success, Salesforce product ownership, business operations and chief of staff at RealtyShares.
- **2017** — Formed the idea for contextual workplace learning after managing Salesforce adoption and seeing employees struggle with scattered training materials.
- **2018** — Cofounded Spekit with former coworker Zari Zahra and became CEO.
- **2021** — Spekit raised a $12.2 million Series A; Fellay was selected for Forbes' 2022 30 Under 30 list in Marketing & Advertising.
- **2022** — Spekit raised a $45 million Series B, bringing reported total funding to roughly $60 million.
- **2025** — Spekit was named a Visionary in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for Revenue Enablement Platforms.
- **2026** — Published Just-in-Time: The Future of Enablement in a World of AI and marked Spekit's eighth birthday.

## Achievements

- Cofounded Spekit in 2018 and led it as CEO.
- Raised more than $60 million in reported venture funding for Spekit, including a $45 million Series B in 2022.
- Named to Forbes' 2022 30 Under 30 list in Marketing & Advertising.
- Named among Entrepreneur's 100 Women of Influence.
- Authored Just-in-Time: The Future of Enablement in a World of AI.
- Graduated in the top 5 percent of her class at the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
- Was voted RealtyShares Employee of the Year in 2017.
- Helped launch the Diversity at Dreamforce Scholarship for underrepresented business owners.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a LinkedIn essay reflecting on difficult founder lessons and the return of a customer opportunity that had churned in 2022.
- **2026-06** — Wrote about rethinking go-to-market knowledge and the opportunity for contextual knowledge systems.
- **2026-02** — Published commentary on consolidation in sales enablement following the Seismic-Highspot merger.
- **2026-01** — Marked Spekit's eighth birthday and reflected publicly on its uncertainty, growth, scaling problems and recovery.
- **2026-01** — Shared 2026 revenue-enablement predictions focused on organizational readiness, trusted context and AI inside workflows.
- **2025-11** — Spekit and Crunchbase published a founder Q&A on the product insight, fundraising experience and company values behind Spekit.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spekit.com/melanie-fellay
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniefellay
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/melfellay

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Last updated: 2026-08-26