About Joyance Partners
Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Mar 2026, Joyance Partners is an active investor, having invested in 191 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to HealthTech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of KilgourMD Overall, Joyance Partners portfolio has seen 2 unicorns and 22 acquisitions including key companies like Osmosis, Orbillion Bio and Noctrix Health. A lot of funds co-invest with Joyance Partners, with names like Social Starts sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Joyance Partners has team of 21 people including 9 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Joyance Partners' List of Top Investments
Joyance Partners has a portfolio of 191 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Epicore Biosystems and Beelinguapp.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Germany and 16 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, HealthTech, Retail and 27 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Joyance Partners:1. Osmosis
Educational resources platform for medical students and professionals. Allows students to upload curricular material, such as documents and lectures, create their own flashcards, questions, and answer these assessment items using spaced repetition. Scoreboard shows a student their accuracy, confidence, and retention of knowledge, while the platform recommends additional resources such as videos and articles.
Key facts about Osmosis
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Charlottesville (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $8.99M
- Employee Count: 338 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, Education Competition and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 07, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Medal
Developer of a platform for recording, editing, and sharing game clips. The platform allows users to capture gameplay with a button press and share instantly. It supports automatic clipping for various games and allows importing clips from console systems. The platform offers editing tools, multi-track audio balancing, and customizable clip lengths.
Key facts about Medal
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Naarden (Netherlands)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $89.3M
- Employee Count: 107 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: PEAK6, Ridge Ventures and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 11, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Mixlab
Internet first brand offering customized drugs for vets. The veterinarian sends the company prescription or the company reaches out to the vet. The company creates customized medical packages of generic veterinary medications, compounds in liquids, treats, and transdermals. It delivers the medicine with a personal note and toy. The platform claims to provide next-day delivery.
Key facts about Mixlab
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $40.6M
- Employee Count: 157 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Alliance Bank, TQ Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 14, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Folia
Folia Health provides a platform for health tracking of children. Their tools to help parents to become caregivers for kids with chronic conditions. The platform provides questionnaires about their child's symptoms that help parents connect to doctors.
Key facts about Folia
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.5M
- Employee Count: 47 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Crosslink Capital, S3 Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 01, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Lark Health
AI-powered platform offering various fitness and wellness services. The platform offers personalized diet plans based on health assessments and can track weight readings, daily activity levels, sleep, mindfulness check-ins, meals, and more. Also, offers programs for diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, and prevention.
Key facts about Lark Health
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $162M
- Employee Count: 128 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Trinity Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Joyance Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Joyance Partners has invested in 191 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 7 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 7 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in KilgourMD and most recent follow-on round was in Epicore Biosystems.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2024 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
2023 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2022 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2021 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
2020 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Joyance Partners' Investments by Stage
Joyance Partners has made 44 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.71M, 19 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.32M and 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $12.9M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 44 |
Series A | 19 |
Series B | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Joyance Partners' Investments by Sector
Joyance Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the HealthTech, High Tech, Consumer, Sustainability Tech and Consumer Goods. Notably, it has invested in 153 Tech companies, 95 Consumer (B2C) companies, 81 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 74 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
HealthTech | 23 |
High Tech | 18 |
Consumer | 17 |
Sustainability Tech | 17 |
Consumer Goods | 12 |
Others | 73 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Joyance Partners' Investments by Geography
Joyance Partners has made most investments in United States (34), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 34 |
United Kingdom | 5 |
Germany | 4 |
India | 4 |
Japan | 4 |
Others | 16 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Joyance Partners' recent investments
Joyance Partners has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - KilgourMD.Here are the most recent investments by Joyance Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 26, 2026 | United States | Series A | 2037 | ||
Nov 11, 2025 | United States | Series B | 1795 | ||
Oct 15, 2025 | Japan | Seed | 1406 | [+2] | |
May 15, 2025 | Japan | Series B | 6795 | ||
May 01, 2025 | United States | Series B | 6657 |
Unicorns in Joyance Partners' Portfolio
Joyance Partners has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Upside Foods and Auction.com. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Upside Foods. It became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Joyance Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Joyance Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
59 | Provider of cell-based meat alternatives | 2015 | Berkeley | Series C | xukpy{j | ||
52 | Online auction-based real estate marketplace for residential properties | 2007 | Irvine | Series A | jj{qzjv |
Acquired companies in Joyance Partners' Portfolio
22 companies from Joyance Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was NovoNutrients in Jun 2026 by Biosphere for $*****.Here are Joyance Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 29, 2021 | Series A | 6860 | |
Apr 30, 2026 | - | - | 4613 | |
Apr 28, 2026 | Oct 01, 2024 | Seed | 5444 | |
Oct 30, 2025 | Mar 23, 2021 | Seed | 1641 | |
May 27, 2025 | Mar 30, 2021 | Seed | 4423 |
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Team profile of Joyance Partners
Joyance Partners has a team of 21 members including 9 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 1 Principal located in United States, Switzerland and 1 more location. Joyance Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Joyance Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | Carouge | - | ||
Partner | Lausanne | - | ||
Partner | United Kingdom | - | ||
Partner | Burlington | - | ||
Partner | New York | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | Geneva | - |
Co-investors of Joyance Partners
Over the past 9 years, 665 investors have co-invested in Joyance Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Joyance Partners: EIC Fund, America’s Seed Fund and 191 others have invested in rounds before Joyance Partners. There are 3 companies where EIC Fund has invested before Joyance Partners and 2 companies where America’s Seed Fund has invested before Joyance Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Joyance Partners: 311 investors entered a company along with Joyance Partners. These include investors like Social Starts (6 companies).
- Invested after Joyance Partners: A total of 161 investors have invested in Joyance Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Y Combinator (2 companies), European Innovation Council (2 companies) and SevenCommerce & Ventures (2 companies).
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