Austin, US · Partner
Jason Calacanis
CEO and Founder at LAUNCH
Latest rounds
- NeurometricPre-seed · $4MJun 2026
- Shoot My TravelAngel · $1.1MMay 2019
- Inside.comRound · $2.6MFeb 2019
BacksInternetAIEnterprise SoftwareHealthcare
The firm
LAUNCHAccelerator · US9cheques in 12 months82all time1ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 50
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $126.5M
- Active
- 2007–26
- NeurometricPre-seed$4MUSJoined · +8 investors
- Shoot My TravelAngel$1.1MUSJoined · +1 investor
Inside.comRound$2.6MUSJoined · +1 investor
PassionflixSeed$4.8MJoined · +6 investors
NimbleSeries A$9MUSJoined · +5 investors
- Mouth FoodsSeries A$5.5MUSJoined · +2 investors · historical
InterviewedSeed$2MUSJoined · +6 investors · historical- WrapifyRound$1MUSJoined · +2 investors · historical
CozyVenture$3.4MUSJoined · +4 investors · historical
Hello Scout Inc.SeedUSJoined · +5 investors · historical
BentoSeed$1.5MUSJoined · +5 investors · historical
ZirtualDebt$2.6MUSJoined · +6 investors · historical
The latest 12 of 50. Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
15Five- Abra
AdStage
Anyplace
Assure
Backupify
Backyard
BeeRoll
BenchMade Modern- Bento
Betagig
Birdi
Blippy- Brilliant
BuzzCast
Cabana
Cafe X
Calm
Capbase
Chartbeat
ChroniFICirca
Clipisode
CloudNuro
Codiga
Cozy
Crossfader
Dandelion Chocolate- DaoCloud
Datastax
Daycation
Deep Sentinel
Density
Devpost
Dianthus
Evernote
36 of 164 companies.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundStillcore Capital Fund II, LPManaging Memberon 2 filings · since 2025
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundStillcore Capital Fund I, LPManaging Member of the General Partner of the issuer, Stillcore Capital Fund I GP, LLC.on 2 filings · since 2025
- SEC Form D · Other investment fundLAUNCHOfficer of the Issuer's Manageron 7 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundLAUNCHManaging Director of the Issuer's General Partnersince 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSparkPlug Applications Inc.Directorsince 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingContiq, Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingFormulate Labs, Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingFitbod, Inc.Directorsince 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raisingGrin Technologies Inc.Directoron 4 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingTakeoffs, Inc.Directorsince 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingGramercy Technologies, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCafe X Technologies, Inc.Directorsince 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBlokable, Inc.Directoron 5 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundLAUNCHManaging Member of the General Partnersince 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingTHISWEEKIN, INC.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raisingPASTFUTURE, INC.Directoron 2 filings · since 2010
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
Their book
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups, Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
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…
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