Mike Edelhart

Managing Partner

2017 - Current

Joyance invests in companies that, through science and tech, cultivate joy to improve the way we live, focusing on the health and consumer sectors from Pre-Seed to Series A.

Managing Partner

2014

Social Starts is a venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach to investing in moment-of-inception and Series A financing rounds. We focus on companies that encompass the intersection of health and happiness.

Managing Partner

2020

Ataraxia is an early-stage fund manager focused on helping people live longer and live better.

CEO

2010 - 2013

Pivot was a conference focused purely on how major brands, agencies, marketers, and content creators can succeed by understanding, accessing, and influencing the emerging Social Construct.

Revenue Advisor

2010 - 2011

APPNATION drew together leaders from all areas to delineate the ideas, practices, and players to define the next stage of app transformation.

Managing Director

2008 - 2010

First30 Services is a company that creates companies or helps in their creation, from rapid product prototypes to analyzing markets to parachuting in an entire team to get a company rolling.

CEO

2008 - 2009

LiveDeal is an internet classifieds and small business services company.

Chairman

2004 - 2008

Sequoia-backed XML digital publication archive and digital edition company.

CEO

2005 - 2006

CEO

2001 - 2003