William Lohse

William Lohse is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor with a diverse background in founding and leading companies. Currently, William serves as the Founder of Joyance Europe and Joyance Partners Delightful Moments since July 2017, and has been a Founder at Social Starts Health and Happiness VC since 2010. Previously, William was an Angel Investor at Software Venture Partners from 1990 to 2010 and founded and served as CEO of SmartAge, the first DotCom focused solely on services for small businesses, from 1998 to 2001. Additional leadership experience includes serving as President of Softbank Conferences (1992-1997) and Ziff-Davis Publishing (1985-1990). Earlier roles include Founder of Breakthrough Software, VP of Marketing and Sales at Information Unlimited Software, and VP of Sales at MicroPro. William holds a BA in Philosophy from Sonoma State University.