LAUNCH is an early-stage investment firm and startup accelerator founded by Jason Calacanis. It invests in ~40–100 startups per year through accelerator programs, venture funds, and The Syndicate, and has backed companies including Uber, Calm, and 1,000+ others.
They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.6M (across 93 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
88
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
HB
Heidi B.
Early Stage Investing
MN
Maddie Naumann
VC
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
100 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $4M | May 2026 | |
| Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | $2.8M | Nov 2025 | |
| Unknown | $4.6M | Jan 2025 | |
| Seed | $5M | Jun 2024 | |
| Seed | $1M | Jun 2024 | |
| Seed | $6M | Mar 2024 | |
| Seed | $1.1M | Mar 2024 | |
| Seed | $3.3M | Jan 2024 | |
| Series B | $8.3M | Oct 2023 | |
| Seed | $3.7M | Dec 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $2M | Sep 2022 | |
| Series A | $9.6M | Aug 2022 | |
| Seed | $2.5M | Aug 2022 | |
| Series B | $16.4M | Jun 2022 | |
| Series A | $8M | May 2022 | |
| Seed | $3.9M | Mar 2022 | |
| KKwant | Seed | $3.9M | Mar 2022 |
| Series A | $5.3M | Jan 2022 | |
| Seed | $1.3M | Jan 2022 | |
| Series B | $35M | Jan 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $800K | Jan 2022 | |
| Series C | $51M | Sep 2021 | |
| Seed | $2.5M | Aug 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Techstars11 shared
The Syndicate7 shared
Gaingels5 shared
RiverPark Ventures5 shared
Hustle Fund4 shared
Founders Fund4 shared
Material Impact4 shared
Anzu Partners4 shared
500 Global3 shared
Slow Ventures3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Andreessen Horowitz3 shared
Mucker Capital3 shared
Volta Energy Technologies3 shared
Lightbank3 shared
LionBird3 shared
Female Founders Fund3 shared
SOSV3 shared
GV2 shared
First Round Capital2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026
