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    Launchpad Capital

    Oakland, California, United StatesFounded 2020

    Launchpad Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Oakland, California. The firm invests across venture capital, SPACs, credit, and sports, with a primary focus on the fintech sector including credit, payments, crypto/blockchain, mortgage technology, and insurance.

    They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.3M (across 32 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    33

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Ryan Gilbert

    Ryan Gilbert

    Founder and Managing Partner

    Jurgen Van De Vyver

    Jurgen Van De Vyver

    Partner

    Shami Patel

    Shami Patel

    Partner

    Badis Friaa

    Badis Friaa

    Vice President

    MA

    Mariano A. Ugarte

    Founding Partner

    SO

    Sean OMalley

    Partner

    CZ

    Chris Zane

    Equity Analyst

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Bevyl AI logoBevyl AISeed$1.3MJun 2026
    ClearCut Surgical logoClearCut SurgicalSeed$3.7MJan 2026
    YYO LabsSeries A$10MDec 2025
    Surgicure Technologies logoSurgicure TechnologiesSeed$1.8MJan 2025
    RiskScout logoRiskScoutSeedAug 2023
    Tongo logoTongoSeed$7MSep 2022
    Keep Financial logoKeep FinancialSeed$9MMay 2022
    Rocketplace logoRocketplaceSeed$9MJan 2022
    ZZippity CarsSeed$3MJan 2022
    UNest logoUNestSeries B$26MNov 2021
    Blotout logoBlotoutSeed$3MNov 2021
    UpEquity logoUpEquitySeries B$20MOct 2021
    Copper Banking logoCopper BankingSeed$13.3MOct 2021
    Electra logoElectraSeed$3.6MJun 2021
    Zippity logoZippitySeed$3.3MSep 2019
    VVidmeSeed$3.2MApr 2015
    ezCater logoezCaterSeed$4MApr 2014
    Practically Green logoPractically GreenSeed$3MJan 2014
    InfoBionic, Inc. logoInfoBionic, Inc.Series B$8MJan 2014
    CContent RavenSeries A$2MJun 2013
    Avaxia logoAvaxiaSeries A$4.1MFeb 2012
    AceUp logoAceUpSeries A$22.5M
    InfoBionic logoInfoBionicSeries B$17M
    Extend logoExtendSeries C$17M
    Extend logoExtendSeries C$20M
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026