Holly Jacobus

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.

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

Board Member

2021 - 2021

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

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