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What does LAUNCH invest in?
LAUNCH invests most often at Seed and Series A (77% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Climate Finance, Climate Impact (Broad) and Consumer.
LAUNCH highlights
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9 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 77% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.0M
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
LAUNCH invests in early-stage startups through accelerator programs, venture funds, and The Syndicate.From their own website
- Type
- Accelerator
- Cheque size
- $25K – $250K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeed
- Sectors
- Climate FinanceClimate Impact (Broad)Consumer
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first82 appearances
- 2026
8 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- Feb
- 2025
13 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2024
2 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- 2023
1 round
- Feb
- 2022
2 rounds
- Mar
- Mar
- 2021
1 round
- Mar
- 2019
7 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Jul
- May
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- 2018
7 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration18 named
ACAdam CampbellExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
AGAndrew GallowayManager of the Issuer's Managing MemberiFiling they signed
AJAndrew JohnsonManager of the Issuer's Managing MemberiFiling they signed
AWAshley WhitehurstOfficer of the Issuer's ManageriFiling they signed
HRHarold R. HopeExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
HRHelen R. CrowleyExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JCJ. Christopher KojimaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JCJason CalacanisManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JNJeremy NeilsonOfficer of the Issuer's ManageriFiling they signed
JLJohn LewisExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
KRKevin R. SparkExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
LALincoln ArchibaldExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MRMarc R. BoheimExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MCMichael Christopher BrandmeyerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MRMichael R. MieleExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
RTRichard ThomsOfficer of the Issuer's Administrative ManageriFiling they signed
TKTravis KososkiManager of Sialan LLCiFiling they signed
VTVu TranGeneral PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 18 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
3+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
7 of 16 we have independently watched raise
BrilliantCalmFitbodRobinhoodSuperhumanThalamusVantaAll-In PodcastApply for FundingAthenaDensityFounder UniversityMediaOffersRillaThe Syndicate
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
EmployInsightBought by Get It®UndisclosedNov 2014
ListnBought by SFX EntertainmentUndisclosedJan 2014
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.