HJ

Holly Jacobus

Investment Partner

Jackson, Wyoming

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Skills

Press Releases
Event Management
Blogging
Public Relations
Strategy
Research
Start-ups
Spanish
Editing
Entrepreneurship
French
Microsoft Office
English
Creative Writing
Bylined Articles
New Business Development
Citia
Sales Management
Strategic Sales Plans
Partnerships

Education

Work Experience

  • Investment Partner

    2019

    Investing in companies with the capacity to create, or contribute to the creation of delightful moments.

  • Venture Partner

    2017 - 2019

  • 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.

2019 - 2022

  • 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

2021 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2021

2014 - 2019

  • 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

2012 - 2014

  • 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