Joyance 2

Joyance Partners, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. It specializes in startups and emerging technologies that empower individuals to improve their health and well-being, with a particular interest in health tech and consumer sectors. The firm invests in companies that leverage science and technology to cultivate joy and enhance lives, targeting pre-seed to Series A rounds in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Omar Al-Busaidi

Investment Partner and Venture Partner

Yang Chen

Investor

Jun Deng Ph.D

Investment Partner

Sonia Dewar

Investment Partner

Mike Edelhart

Managing Partner

Toshi Eguchi

Managing Director, Joyance Asia

Jim Louderback

Venture Partner

Hidenari Nakayama Ph.D

Venture Partner, Joyance Partners

Neal O'Hara

Venture Partner

Seth Rosenblatt

Venture Partner

Nobuhiro Takanuma

Partner, Joyance Partners

Past deals in Self-improvement

Sunnyside

Series A in 2023
Sunnyside is a developer of an alcohol tracking application aimed at helping individuals cultivate healthier drinking habits. The app creates personalized plans based on users' current drinking patterns and personal goals. It also sends daily reminders via text messages to assist users in setting and maintaining limits on their alcohol consumption. By encouraging users to reduce their weekly drink intake, the application promotes benefits such as better sleep, improved diet, financial savings, and an overall enhanced sense of well-being.

Wave Life

Seed Round in 2023
Wave Life is a new kind of mental health platform that makes emotional wellbeing an achievable part of everyday life. The app's mental health coach and toolkit empower users to live each day with intention. Mental health coaching helps to build self-awareness, discover values, and cope with stress.

Felt

Seed Round in 2021
At Felt (formerly Mine'd), we believe emotional well-being begins with building better relationships with yourself and those around you. We are the first interactive feelings school to help you improve your relationships and navigate life's hardest moments. Through immersive Felt Courses, live coaching and on-demand content, the top therapists, coaches and experts, we'll teach you the relationship skills you never learned in school. ABOUT US We have grown really fast, totally organically (we acquired over 100k users with over one million videos watched in the last 6 months alone!) We also raised a $3.5MM seed round from some amazing investors including Listen Ventures (early VC behind Calm), Jefferey Katzenberg's fund WNDRCO (President of Dreamworks), Able Partners (VC behind Goop, Bumble, Oura Ring, Bulletproof, Daily Harvest), Ed Baker (former VP of Growth at Facebook and Uber), Jillionaire from Major Lazer, and more. ABOUT OUR TEAM Our team cares deeply about celebrating emotional wellness and breaking the rules while doing it to drive more access. We are constantly working to push the norm and reinvent how folks think about and interact with emotional health support. We lead with compassion and curiosity, work hard but celebrate in the process, and love strong opinions balanced with strong collaboration. We have a diverse, world-class team. Some of us come from reputable enterprises in tech and media while others are self-made personal growth experts. We create deep and meaningful connections and relationships with everyone in the company as we are all building Mine'd together. Mine'd is a meritocracy founded in collaboration and innovative minds. Come join us in our mission is to celebrate emotional and relational wellness. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York.

Expectful

Seed Round in 2021
Expectful is a digital health and wellness platform focused on supporting women throughout their reproductive journey, specifically before, during, and after pregnancy. The app offers a range of resources, including guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, and expert advice tailored to the needs of expectant and new mothers. By providing a non-pharmacologic and accessible solution, Expectful aims to alleviate prenatal and postpartum stress, ultimately enhancing maternal and infant health outcomes. Its research-backed approach ensures that users receive effective tools to navigate the mental and emotional challenges associated with pregnancy and early motherhood.

Nymbl Science

Series A in 2020
Nymbl Science is focused on enhancing balance and reducing falls among older adults through a scientifically validated digital training program. The company leverages medical science and mobile technology to offer a unique application that combines physical and cognitive training. Users engage in dual-tasking exercises that promote reflexive balance, using just a smartphone for approximately 10 minutes a day. This approach not only helps users measure and track their health care status but also empowers them to improve their balance, thereby boosting confidence and enhancing overall quality of life. Nymbl Science aims to prevent one million falls, ultimately allowing older adults to maintain their independence and enjoyment of life.

Nymbl Science

Seed Round in 2020
Nymbl Science is focused on enhancing balance and reducing falls among older adults through a scientifically validated digital training program. The company leverages medical science and mobile technology to offer a unique application that combines physical and cognitive training. Users engage in dual-tasking exercises that promote reflexive balance, using just a smartphone for approximately 10 minutes a day. This approach not only helps users measure and track their health care status but also empowers them to improve their balance, thereby boosting confidence and enhancing overall quality of life. Nymbl Science aims to prevent one million falls, ultimately allowing older adults to maintain their independence and enjoyment of life.

Nymbl Science

Seed Round in 2019
Nymbl Science is focused on enhancing balance and reducing falls among older adults through a scientifically validated digital training program. The company leverages medical science and mobile technology to offer a unique application that combines physical and cognitive training. Users engage in dual-tasking exercises that promote reflexive balance, using just a smartphone for approximately 10 minutes a day. This approach not only helps users measure and track their health care status but also empowers them to improve their balance, thereby boosting confidence and enhancing overall quality of life. Nymbl Science aims to prevent one million falls, ultimately allowing older adults to maintain their independence and enjoyment of life.
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