Sramana Mitra: Since you’re talking about personal health as the current focus and we are in this immense public health crisis, what is your analysis? How do you process the current environment? Mike Edelhart: At the highest level, we’re geeks. We’re data people, which means we can’t look back in history and know exactly what’s
Mike Edelhart: The second is science and technology. We’re deep science oriented. The ideas we hear from the entrepreneur on day one won’t be the ideas by which the company actually succeeds. It’s all delineated by change and unexpected circumstances.
Sramana Mitra: Social Starts and Joyance Partners are two separate funds. What are the fund sizes? Mike Edelhart: We are about $70 million all in. We will be more than doubling in size. We are investing out of Social Starts fund four which is just under $20 million. Social Starts is about $50 million all-in
Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner at Social Starts and Joyance Partners, shares some fascinating developments from their portfolio, especially a healthcare startup that is thriving in the Covid-era.