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Joyance Partners
Joyance Partners

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About Company
Joyance Partners is a venture capital partnership that invests in companies focused on delivering "Delightful Moments."

Related to

Social Starts
Social Starts
Social Starts

Social Starts

Social Starts is a venture capital partnership that invests in the emerging science of individual health to deliver happiness.

Sector

Closed End Investments

Subsector

Closed End Investments

Keywords

Financial Services, Health Care, Venture Capital

Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

count Of Investments

365

count Of Exists

67

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Sector :

Subsector :

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Also Known As

Social Starts

founded date

01.01.2017

founders

Number of employees

1-10

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2017 by William Lohse and based in San Francisco, Joyance Partners manages over $20M in assets and invests in seed, pre-Seed, Series A, convertible notes, and other ventures. Its portfolio includes companies such as WholyMe, Planted Foods, Finless Foods, Elma Care, Embr Labs, Medal, and Osmosis. Joyance Partners is interested in companies that explore new technologies in areas such as genetics, neuroscience, bioscience, personal pharma, the microbiome, virtual and augmented reality, next-generation food, and emergent community.
Contacts

location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Contact Email

Website URL

https://www.joyancepartners.com/

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Financials

Investments
78
Date 
name 
Lead 
type 
Raised 
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People

Founders
1
William Lohse
William Lohse

William Lohse

William Lohse is a Founder Joyance Europe of Joyance Partners.

current job

Joyance Partners
Joyance Partners

count Of Investments

24

count Of Exists

14
William Lohse

William Lohse

Employee Profiles
7
Claire Cherry
Claire Cherry

Claire Cherry

Investment Partner

Investment Partner

Emi Gonzalez
Emi Gonzalez

Emi Gonzalez

Senior Principal

Senior Principal

Michio Painter

Michio Painter

Adboard member and venture partner

Adboard member and venture partner

William Lohse
William Lohse

William Lohse

Founder Joyance Europe

Founder Joyance Europe

Charles C. Smith
Charles C. Smith

Charles C. Smith

Venture Partner

Venture Partner

Toshi Eguchi
Toshi Eguchi

Toshi Eguchi

Partner

Partner

Andrew Nealon
Andrew Nealon

Andrew Nealon

Chief Analyst

Chief Analyst

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