| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.08.2023 | The Investment Potential of Personalized Psychedelics | Photo by Victoria Rain
Our funds focus on the apex of health and happiness, so naturally, we are fa... |
| 16.08.2023 | Alba Health: A Microbiome Map for Your Baby’s Well-Being | Photo by Victoria Rain
Joyance Partners invests in companies that cultivate joy through science and... |
| 16.08.2023 | Inception with Charlie Silver, CEO of Ruby Bio | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Charlie Silver, CEO of Ruby Bio, a company making sustaina... |
| 14.06.2023 | Why Joyance? A Win-Win Opportunity to Leverage Data Science ... | I began at Stanford with the intention of achieving a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and a minor in... |
| 26.05.2023 | Investing in Delightful Moments with Managing Partner Mike E... | In a recent interview, Builder Nation’s Elisa Munoz delved deep into Managing Partner Mike Edelhart’... |
| 12.05.2023 | 2023 Father’s Day Gift Guide to Health and Happiness
FITNES... | Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
Want to give Dad the gift of joy? Surprise him with a unique and... |
| 12.05.2023 | Inception with Katy Cottam, CEO of Luna Daily | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with CEO Katy Cottam about how Luna Daily makes microbiome-bala... |
| 05.05.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Ground Breaking Beauty & Pio... | Photo by cottonbro studio
Consumers’ sense of what it means to “look good” keeps shifting, so natur... |
| 01.05.2023 | Inception with Amélie Quilichini, CEO of Kolibri | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart speaks with Amélie Quilichini, CEO of Kolibri, a company that plays m... |
| 01.05.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Forward-Thinking Food & Drin... | Photo by Gustavo Fring
The global Food and Beverage market is huge, growing, and constantly changin... |
| 26.04.2023 | 50 Years of VC Culture - Are We Innovating Toward a Dead End... | From hand-cranked computers to touchpad screens, from “walking on the skulls of the dead” to buildin... |
| 19.04.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Transformative Techbio | Photo by Artem Podrez
As our Managing Partner’s mentor Bill Ziff used to say: “Language is truth.” ... |
| 18.04.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now - Life-Altering Alternative Mater... | Photo by Polina Tankilevitch
Materials, both those derived from nature and human-created, are essen... |
| 14.04.2023 | Inception with Lauren Picasso, CEO of Cure Hydration | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Lauren Picasso, CEO of Cure, a premium hydration brand wit... |
| 14.04.2023 | Gift Mom the Gift of Joy! | Photo by Ketut Subiyanto
Want to give Mom the gift of joy? Surprise her with a unique and innovativ... |
| 13.04.2023 | Inception with Sabina Bruehlmann, CEO of Nimble | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Sabina Bruehlmann, CEO of Nimble, a company transforming p... |
| 13.04.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Next-Gen Neurotech | Photo by Yan Krukau
In a world awash in stress, neurotech that lifts mood, diminishes anxiety, deep... |
| 12.04.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Pivotal Personal Health | Photo by Ketut Subiyanto
Personal health is, and long has been, big business.
The US healthcare ex... |
| 28.02.2023 | Moving Beyond The Unicorn | Photo credit: Cottonbro Studio
The time has come, I believe, to move beyond the unicorn.
Over rece... |
| 27.02.2023 | Inception with Jamie McCroskery, CEO of Bluebird | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Jamie McCroskery, CEO of Bluebird, helping brands produce ... |
| 17.02.2023 | Inception with Chris Bryson, CEO of New School Foods | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Chris Bryson, CEO of New School Foods, about creating whol... |
| 17.02.2023 | Why We Invest in Women-Led Startups (Spoiler: It’s Not Becau... | Founders and investors are ringing in the new year with a sobering statistic: In 2022, 82.2% of VC f... |
| 28.01.2023 | This Venture Capitalist Says Corporate Priorities Are Conver... | Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash
The following is a guest post our Managing Partn... |
| 25.01.2023 | Quotes to Entrepreneur By: Oldies Edition | When times are hard, and these times certainly qualify, it’s helpful to return to first principles. ... |
| 12.01.2023 | Inception with Martin Stübler, CEO of BioFluff | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Martin Stübler, CEO of BioFluff, developing the world’s fi... |
| 10.01.2023 | Facing Chaotic Times as Early-Stage Investors | Photo by Andras Kovacs on Unsplash
Usually, at the start of the new year, it’s natural to make pred... |
| 16.12.2022 | Five Tenets for Investing during Turbulent Times | Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash
As we traverse through turbulent times in venture—stagnant public ... |
| 01.12.2022 | The Sorry State of American Healthcare | Photo by Markus Frieauff on Unsplash
American healthcare is failing.
This isn’t just a personal op... |
| 01.12.2022 | Babies and Bathwater: Is Crypto Done? | Photo by Lubomirkin on Unsplash
We aren’t active as crypto investors.
While valuations and hype he... |
| 01.12.2022 | Inception with Sarah Adler, CEO of Wave | In this episode of our Inception podcast, Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Sarah Adler, CEO... |
| 11.11.2022 | 2022 Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Food, Drink, & Hom... | Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that overwhelming t... |
| 11.11.2022 | 2022 Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Parents, Kids, & S... | ‘Tis the season to be shopping – that overwhelming time each year when we endeavor to find the perfe... |
| 11.11.2022 | 2022 Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Mental Health & Se... | Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that overwhelming time each year ... |
| 11.11.2022 | 2022 Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Fashion, Beauty, and B... | 2022 Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Fashion, Beauty, & Bodycare
‘Tis the season to be shoppin... |
| 08.11.2022 | Where We Want to Invest: Value from the Air | Photo by Raychan on Unsplash
We’ve been on a quest to find startups that can produce valuable produ... |
| 04.11.2022 | Where We're Investing Now: Gen Z | Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash
As an investor, founders creating startups aimed at Gen Z are some... |
| 22.10.2022 | Is the Unicorn Party Over? | Photo by Meritt Thomas on Unsplash
A chart from Pitchbook’s recent “Snapshot of Global Markets” pai... |
| 05.10.2022 | The Blossoming of our Bioscience Focus | Throughout time, science has responded to medical challenges with blunt instruments. Does this treat... |
| 04.10.2022 | Wealth and Happiness: The Annual Report | The latest version of the World Happiness Index is out.
This is a report that tracks what I call th... |
| 02.10.2022 | The Foundation of our Food and Drink Focus | The first time we officially declared Food as a focus area was in the spring of 2018. “We see an imp... |
| 02.10.2022 | The Motivation Behind our Microbiome Focus | Photo by CDC on Unsplash
Scientific exploration of the microbiome represents the opening of one of ... |
| 02.10.2022 | Can Delight Tech Startups Achieve Greater Success? Five Year... | Photo by Bart LaRue on Unsplash
Analysis of the global picture of human change is essential to our ... |
| 02.10.2022 | The Cultivation of our Community Focus | Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash
The first time we officially identified “Community” as a prime ... |
| 02.10.2022 | Nurturing our Neuroscience Focus | Photo by Priyanka Singh on Unsplash
Clearly, the ability to read, stimulate, or alter the patterns ... |
| 13.09.2022 | Inception with Christoph Jenny, Co-Founder of Planted | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Christoph Jenny, co-founder of Planted, a company producin... |
| 26.08.2022 | Entrepreneurship and The Power of Pessimism | Photo by Brandon Morgan on Unsplash
My last blog post was a paean of the importance of optimism for... |
| 18.08.2022 | Inception with Stella Smith, CEO of pirkx | Managing Partner Mike Edelhart talks with Stella Smith, CEO of pirkx, providing affordable health an... |
| 09.08.2022 | The Pink Elephant Pitch (aka How to Turn Off a VC) | I make it a practice to always think the best of everyone. I didn’t use to. When younger, I was a wo... |
| 09.08.2022 | Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? | Photo by Nandhu Kumar on Unsplash
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?
This is the theme u... |
| 11.01.2022 | Woody's Guthrie's List for a Well Lived Year | Image: Open Culture
There is brains and there is brilliance. Much more rarely, there is genius.
On... |
| 03.08.2021 | Living Longer and Living Better: SH2, the Science of Health ... | Our new sister fund, SH2, the Science of Health and Happiness fund, just completed its initial close... |
| 03.07.2021 | Why We're A Data-Driven VC | Photo by Adeolu Eletu on Unsplash
We’ve said for years that we are data driven early-stage investor... |
| 24.06.2021 | Inception with Oriana Papin-Zoghbi, CEO of AOA Dx | Oriana Papin-Zoghbi is CEO of AOA Dx, revolutionizing early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. In this epi... |
| 12.06.2021 | Where We Are Investing Now: Architecture, Workspaces, and Su... | Photo by Alexander Abero on Unsplash
Architecture
The pandemic has changed our perception of our c... |
| 09.06.2021 | Inception with Tal Brown, CEO of Zone7 | Tal Brown is Co-Founder and CEO of Zone7, a data-driven AI system that helps coaches and athletes op... |
| 12.05.2021 | Where We Are Investing Now: Food | Photo by Natural Chef Carolyn Nicholas on Unsplash
Food and drink are essential for survival and ar... |
| 26.04.2021 | Where We Are Investing Now: Neuroscience and Delightful Mome... | Photo by Priyanka Singh on Unsplash
Neuroscience has been a focus area for our funds for over five ... |
| 21.04.2021 | Inception with Sana Alajmovic, CEO of Sigrid Therapeutics | Sana Alajmovic is CEO of Sigrid, a company transforming the way we prevent and treat chronic lifesty... |
| 14.04.2021 | Inception with Daniel Chait, CEO of Greenhouse | Daniel Chait is CEO of Greenhouse and co-author of the book Talent Makers: How the best companies wi... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Made In Cookware is Donating Sales from Ne... | *COVID-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredibl... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Inception with Erika Mozes, Co-Founder of ... | *COVID-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredibl... |
| - | Inception with Aaron Albert, CEO of Mine'd | Aaron Albert is CEO and co-founder of Mine’d, a platform that connects consumers with mental health ... |
| - | Inception with David Montiel, CEO of BeelinguApp | David Montiel is co-founder and CEO of BeelinguApp, empowering people to learn a new language by con... |
| - | Avoid These Pitfalls When Pitching To VCs | Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash
I met with a first-time entrepreneur this week. ... |
| - | The New ABCs of Startup Investing | Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
There is a pervasive mythology that startup investing is particu... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Neuroscience | Photo credit: geralt on Pixabay
In our focus on the Technological Vectors of Happiness, one of the ... |
| - | Meet the Joyance Partners Team! | We have partners arrayed across the globe with deep backgrounds in biosciences, neurosciences, AR/VR... |
| - | Inception with Tigran Sloyan, CEO of CodeSignal | Tigran Sloyan is co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, the most advanced technical assessment solution o... |
| - | Inception with Owen Phillips, CEO of BrainKey | Owen Phillips is co-founder and CEO of BrainKey, transforming MRI scans into personal brain dashboar... |
| - | Inception with Melanie Travis, CEO of Andie Swimwear | Melanie Travis is CEO of Andie, a swimwear brand made by women, for women. In this episode, Melanie ... |
| - | Delightful Moments for Mom: Our Mother’s Day Gift Guide | Photo by Austin Wade on Unsplash
Want to go beyond the humdrum gifts of simple flowers and corny ca... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Digital Health and Delightful Mo... | Photo by Bart LaRue on Unsplash
Joyance Partners was founded in 2016 with the sole intention of fin... |
| - | Inception with Ed Likovich, CEO of Nymbl | Ed Likovich is CEO and co-founder of Nymbl, preventing falls by combining medical science with mobil... |
| - | Why Joining Joyance Partners was the Easiest Decision I Ever... | Here is the official part: Joyance Partners is a venture capital partnership that invests in compani... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Biosciences | Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash
Health is a remarkable area for early-stage investment. It shows... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Affordable Luxury and High Emoti... | Photo by Artem Bali on Unsplash
The Internet has disintermediated everything about consumer goods; ... |
| - | What Makes Our Fund Unique? | There are many elements that make Joyance Partners and our sister fund, Social Starts, unique. Learn... |
| - | Inception with Sumit Sinha, CEO of Phable | Sumit Sinha is CEO of Phable, an innovative at-home healthcare app simplifying life for both patient... |
| - | Inception with Jared Feldman, CEO of Canvs | Jared Feldman is CEO of Canvs, the industry standard in emotion measurement. In this episode, Jared ... |
| - | Inception with Christian Brucculeri, CEO of Snaps | Christian Brucculeri is CEO of Snaps, the leading conversational AI platform for global consumer bra... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Digital Health | Photo by Marek Levák on Unsplash
Joyance Partners was founded in 2016 with the sole intention of fi... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now (and Forever): Delightful Moments | Photo by Bart LaRue on Unsplash
Joyance Partners was founded in 2016 with the sole intention of fin... |
| - | Our Investment Focus and the Long, Hot Summer | Photo by Benjamín Gremler on Unsplash
As I write this, Britain is sweltering under the hottest temp... |
| - | COVID-19 Edition: Pistol Lake Re-Tools Warehouse to Make Muc... | *COVID-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredibl... |
| - | The New Old Way of Doing Business | Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash
Rational exchange is dead. Take that, Adam Smith. That’s right — peop... |
| - | How To Recruit Great Sales People | Photo by Anna Samoylova on Unsplash
My last post covered tips for recruiting great sales leaders. T... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Consumer Goods | Photo by Hanson Lu on Unsplash
Each year, we shift our areas of investment focus based on a top to ... |
| - | The Summer of Our Discontent | Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash
It looks like we are in for a “long hot summer” in pretty ... |
| - | Cycling for a Cause: Joyance Partners Joins Techbikers! | I’ve known about TechBikers for a few years, and that’s how long I’ve been wanting to join one of th... |
| - | Press Release: Joyance Partners Announces European Expansion | London, UK - May 02, 2019 -- Joyance Partners, a venture capital partnership that invests in early-s... |
| - | Blockchain without the BS | Photo by Daniela Micali on Unsplash
We at Joyance Partners and Social Starts see distributed trust ... |
| - | Trusting Your Gut: How our Portfolio Companies are Taking Ad... | Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash
Last month marked an important step for microbiome science: Cam... |
| - | Joyance Partners: Investing in Happiness | I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am—and our entire team is—about our new endeavor: pursuing t... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Life Sciences, Part 2 - Framewor... | Photo by CDC on Unsplash
Our last post explained how we are looking at Life Sciences investment thi... |
| - | How Expensive is Your Happiness? | Lifestyle creep is something we’re all familiar with. As a kid, a 10 dollar weekly allowance was Kin... |
| - | COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Change | *Covid-19: We are committed to helping our community through this crisis. To that end, our incredibl... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: India | Photo by Hardik Joshi on Unsplash
By Investment Partner Neha Tanna
Our funds are always on the loo... |
| - | Free Telehealth for Mental Health Practices | All,
I am writing this letter to share my mental health journey and how it led to a business decisi... |
| - | Where We Are Investing Now: Longevity and Aging Economy | Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash
Longevity and Aging Economy will be one of the core investment a... |
| - | What We Wish We Were Investing in Now: Serendipity Systems | Photo by Sapan Patel on Unsplash
Humans love serendipity. Unlike so many other species, we crave ne... |
