# Holly Jacobus

> Holly Jacobus is a pre-seed investor at Joyance Partners (New York) backing Retail and Nutrition. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Joyance Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joyance-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyjacobus

Holly Jacobus is an Investment Partner with Joyance Partners, investing in companies with the capacity to deliver Delightful Moments in US and EU. Her focus is new foods, consumer packaged goods, sexual wellness, femtech, farmtech and earth-positive manufacturing methods. Holly spent her career growing startups through early stage sales and PR,most recently as the Chief Revenue Officer at Citia, a NYC based global content creation, storage and distribution platform servicing Fortune 500 brands including GE (global), Mastercard (US), Viacom (global), and P&G (global). Holly was raised on a farm in California where she became the first graduate of Stanford University’s online high school (EPGY OHS) and an Academic All American Volleyball Player. She later studied bioengineering at UC Berkeley and French at Georgetown University where she played D1 Volleyball. When Holly isn’t investing or helping companies scale, you can find her backpacking the Sierra Nevadas or skiing the Tetons with her dog Lucy. Recent investments include: Dame, Mission Barns, New School Foods, Finless Foods, Gwella, Bubble Beauty, and many more.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MeliBio | MeliBio is a technology-based company focusing on plant biology, precision fermentation, and food science that replaces honeybees with microorganisms as a medium for honey production. The company was founded in 2020 by Aaron M. Schaller, PhD and Darko Mandich and is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. TIME named MeliBio'sapproach in making honey without bees as Best Inventions 2021. In 2023, MeliBio launched consumer-facing brand Mellody. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Attn: Grace | Attn: Grace is the Certified B Corp.™ behind the only natural incontinence care line that outperforms conventional brands. Our products and packaging combine innovative, plant-based materials with cutting edge technology to deliver high performance, skin-safe protection women can trust while supporting better overall health and wellbeing. We arealso deeply committed to eliminating the shame and stigma historically associated with urinary incontinence and ensuring women have access to reliable information about this condition, including treatment options that may be available.Attn: Grace was founded by Mia Abbruzzese and Alexandra Fennell in 2019 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $900K | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tusk Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tusk-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [18.ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/18-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-v) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Precursor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/precursor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Social Starts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-starts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Joyance Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

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

5 contacts available at Joyance Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Holly Jacobus | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holly-jacobus |
| Andrew Nealon | Chief Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-nealon |
| Charles Smith | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-c-smith |
| Charles Smith | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-smith |
| Claire Cherry | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-cherry |

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## FAQ

### What does Holly Jacobus invest in?

Holly Jacobus invests primarily in Retail, Nutrition and E-Commerce startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Holly Jacobus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Holly Jacobus closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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