Holly Jacobus
Member 2020 at Dreamers
Jackson, Wyoming
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Partner
2019 - Current
Investing in companies with the capacity to create, or contribute to the creation of delightful moments.
Venture Partner
2017 - 2019
We invest in companies that use science and technology to cultivate joy and improve how we live.
Member
2019
Member 2020
2020
A high-impact membership community for trailblazing women. As seen on CNN Money, Huffington Post, WCVB5, Refinery29, The Fetch, and more.
Dreamers & Doers is a private collective for extraordinary entrepreneurial womxn.
Investment Partner
2019 - 2022
Named Most Active global VC by CB Insights and Pitchbook 2019 Named 2nd Most Active VC in Middle America by Crunchbase 2020
Social Starts is a venture capital partnership that invests in companies focusing on emerging science.
Board Member
2021 - 2021
Hamama provides indoor microgreen seed kits enabling people to grow nutritious microgreens at home.
Raised $5,190,812.00 from 500 Global, DOV Management, Invariantes Fund, Fernando Pontaza, Azure Capital Partners, Asymmetry Ventures, Social Starts and 500 Global.
Chief Revenue Officer
2018 - 2019
Vice President, Business Development & Partnerships
2017 - 2018
Director Of Partnerships
2016 - 2018
In this position I have focused primarily on enterprise sales & customer success, building a team of trusted advisors for our new and existing Fortune 500 clients.
Business Development Manager
2014 - 2016
Sales Strategy & Execution Partnerships
Account Executive
2013 - 2014
Clients: Facebook NY, Aereo, Zonoff, and Usablenet
Account Associate
2012 - 2013
LaunchSquad is a PR firm specializing in building brand stories for disruptive startups, such as AOL, Evernote and Aereo. At LaunchSquad we specialize in telling stories of innovation and disruption. We provide strategic guidance to entrepreneurs and senior executives on business development, launch strategy, branding, marketing, social media, video development, and PR. Some of the companies I've worked with, include: Aereo, Zonoff, Human Face of Big Data, Onswipe, Usablenet, and Path.to. In my time at LaunchSquad I have: • Generated new business (starting at $15,000 per month) through attending networking events or taking inbound lead calls and pitching our services. • Within 5 months I was assigned as the independent Account Manager for a client after successfully being the onsite PR rep at the DLD conference (Munich, Germany) at the client’s request. • Experienced in creating heavily researched, strategic media lists for regional and national launches. • Led team pitching efforts to these lists. • Successfully pitched clients to multiple publications including: LA Times, Inc. Magazine, Washington Post, JET Magazine and NPR. • Participated in multiple successful business development pitches. • Been specifically requested by clients to be on their accounts. • Proven written communication skill with experience writing abstracts, bylines and personalized pitches.
Intern
2012 - 2012
•Trained in creating focused and detailed Media Lists for specific areas of the United States including: Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Raleigh, LA, San Francisco •Trained in creating focused and detailed Media Lists for specific products including: tablets, browsers, technology-focused books, optimized website design, apparel, job search engines •Worked on client accounts: Path.to, Onswipe, Usablenet
LaunchSquad is an award-winning public relations and creative communications firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston & Detroit.
Education
BA
2009 - 2012
High School Diploma
2003 - 2007