# LAUNCH: portfolio, investments and team

> LAUNCH is an accelerator based in United States. 82 investments on record, 9 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# LAUNCH

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 82 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $32M, Aug 2026 Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed Climate Finance Climate Impact (Broad) Consumer

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**69%** of best year **9** **cheques in 12 months**, 82 on record

Since the last cheque **18** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $250K** Rounds led **1 of 82** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 46%**

Pitch LAUNCH

## LAUNCH highlights

- 01 9 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 77% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.0M
- 04 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-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** Climate Finance Climate Impact (Broad) Consumer
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **82 appearances**

- **2026** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[Mogul](https://millionrounds.com/company/mogul)** Series A · US · Fintech Global **$16M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[Outro](https://millionrounds.com/company/outro)** Seed · US · MedCity News **$7.0M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[FintechOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/fintechos)** Growth · GB · Gapminder VC **$28M** With 10 others
- **Sept** **[Veridion](https://millionrounds.com/company/veridion)** Series A · Gapminder VC **$20M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[The Wellness Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wellness-company)** Seed · CA · BetaKit **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[micro1](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)** Venture · US **$100M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[8090 Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/8090-labs)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$135M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[WafR](https://millionrounds.com/company/wafr)** Seed · MA · Disrupt Africa **$4.0M** With 8 others
- **2025** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[YO Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-labs)** Series A · Ventureburn **$10M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Kuunda](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuunda)** Seed · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$7.5M** With 10 others
- **Oct** **[REasy](https://millionrounds.com/company/reasy)** Pre-seed · CM · TechCabal **$1.8M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[Liftwomen](https://millionrounds.com/company/liftwomen)** AU · Startup Daily **$859K** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[SeaPattern](https://millionrounds.com/company/seapattern)** Seed · SE · Silicon Canals **$5.8M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Zanifu](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanifu)** KE · Disrupt Africa **$20M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Micro1](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$35M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Impulse Biomedical](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-biomedical)** ZA · Disrupt Africa **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Lace AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lace-ai)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$14M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[PayTic](https://millionrounds.com/company/paytic)** Seed · MA · Disrupt Africa **$4.0M** With 10 others
- **Feb** **[Factor House](https://millionrounds.com/company/factor-house)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$3.2M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[LNKO](https://millionrounds.com/company/lnko)** MA · Disrupt Africa **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[MyGigsters](https://millionrounds.com/company/mygigsters)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$1.1M** With 5 others
- **2024** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Ampeco](https://millionrounds.com/company/ampeco)** Series B · BG · TechCrunch **$26M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[ReciMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/recime)** Seed · US · Even Capital **$1.0M** With 7 others
- **2023** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Veridion](https://millionrounds.com/company/veridion)** Seed · RO **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **2022** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Wert](https://millionrounds.com/company/wert)** Seed · EE · 13books Capital **$5.0M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[Balloon](https://millionrounds.com/company/balloon)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 5 others
- **2021** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Talla](https://millionrounds.com/company/talla)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2019** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[Riipen](https://millionrounds.com/company/riipen)** Seed · CA · FinSMEs **$3.8M** With 9 others
- **Dec** **[Balloon](https://millionrounds.com/company/balloon)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.1M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[15Five](https://millionrounds.com/company/15five)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Amastan Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/amastan-technologies)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 3 others
- **May** **[PeopleGrove](https://millionrounds.com/company/peoplegrove)** US · Prweb **$4.7M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **Market Beyond** Seed · IL · FinSMEs **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[B2B-Export](https://millionrounds.com/company/b2b-export)** Series B · RU · Ewdn **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **2018** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[15Five](https://millionrounds.com/company/15five)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.2M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Scroll](https://millionrounds.com/company/scroll)** Series A · US · Scroll **$7.0M** With 11 others
- **Sept** **[Yumble](https://millionrounds.com/company/yumble)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **Toka** IL · VentureBeat **$13M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Modumate](https://millionrounds.com/company/modumate)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.5M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Inbox Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/inbox-health)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.4M** With 2 others

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 registration **18 named**

AC **Adam Campbell** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

AG **Andrew Galloway** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

AJ **Andrew Johnson** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

AW **Ashley Whitehurst** Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

HR **Harold R. Hope** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

HR **Helen R. Crowley** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JC **J. Christopher Kojima** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JC **Jason Calacanis** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JN **Jeremy Neilson** Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

JL **John Lewis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

KR **Kevin R. Spark** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

LA **Lincoln Archibald** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MR **Marc R. Boheim** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MC **Michael Christopher Brandmeyer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MR **Michael R. Miele** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing they signed

TK **Travis Kososki** Manager of Sialan LLC i Filing they signed

VT **Vu Tran** General Partner i Filing 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 file numbered 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

[Brilliant](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant)[Calm](https://millionrounds.com/company/calm)[Fitbod](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitbod)[Robinhood](https://millionrounds.com/company/robinhood)[Superhuman](https://millionrounds.com/company/superhuman)[Thalamus](https://millionrounds.com/company/thalamus)[Vanta](https://millionrounds.com/company/vanta) All-In Podcast Apply for Funding Athena Density Founder University Media Offers Rilla The 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 listed **2 in all**

**[EmployInsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/employinsight)** Bought by Get It® **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Listn](https://millionrounds.com/company/listn)** Bought by [SFX Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfx-entertainment) **Undisclosed** Jan 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$32M**

raised in Aug 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.0M**

Led 1 of 82 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $25K – $250K
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *36*
- Series A *18*
- Venture *10*
- Series B *5*
- Pre-seed said *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [LaunchCapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchcapital) 14
- [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures) 7
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 5
- [LAUNCHub Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchub-ventures) 5
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 4
- [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as LAUNCH. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**LaunchCapital** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchcapital)[**Launch Africa** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**LAUNCHub Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchub-ventures)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Founder Collective** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[**LaunchVic** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchvic)[**SV Angel** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Social Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Accel** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Connecticut Innovations** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/connecticut-innovations)

## Recently backed

The latest companies LAUNCH put money into.

[**Mogul** $16M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mogul)[**FintechOS** $28M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fintechos)[**Veridion** $20M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/veridion)[**The Wellness Company** $1.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wellness-company)[**micro1** $100M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro1)[**WafR** $4.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wafr)

## Books by the people here

One book written by people at LAUNCH: [Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-calacanis).

- Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups, Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 [Jason Calacanis](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-calacanis) · 2017 4.25 from 2,982 ratings on Goodreads About the book One of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups. There are two ways to make money in create something valuable, or invest in the people that are creating valuable things. Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## Quick answers about LAUNCH

### 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.

### How active is LAUNCH?

82 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has LAUNCH invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mogul (Series A, Oct 2026), Outro (Seed, Oct 2026) and FintechOS (Growth, Sept 2026).

### How big are LAUNCH's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $250K.

### Does LAUNCH lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 82 investments on record (1%).

### Where does LAUNCH invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (46%), Morocco (8%) and Australia (8%).

### Is LAUNCH investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does LAUNCH invest alongside?

Most often LaunchCapital (14 rounds together), Launch Africa (7 rounds together) and 500 Global (5 rounds together).

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