Launch.Co

Summary

Investment firm ‘Launch’ is on a mission to support founders and inspire innovation. The firm’s methodology is to invest millions of dollars into an approximate forty promising founders a year, some of which go on to change the world.

History

Investment firm Launch, launched by angel investor Jason Calacanis in 2010, is on a mission to support founders and inspire innovation. Their small team puts on one of the largest startup conferences in the world, ‘The  Festival’; the podcast ‘This Week In Startups’ and runs ‘The Launch Incubator’. The firm’s methodology is to invest millions of dollars into an approximate forty promising founders a year, some of which go on to change the world. Most of these founders spend twelve weeks in their “very intense — but fabulously fun — accelerator.”

How do they invest? One application form is considered for ‘Founder University’ which is a twelve-week course for founders who want to learn how to transform their vision into reality or a two-day intensive course for founders who have launched their product but haven’t raised Series A; ‘The Launch Accelerator’ which invests in seven start-ups for each cohort with the mission that the founders meet seven hundred plus investors and master growth strategies; or ‘Funds and Syndicate’ which directly invests in deals and also operates a syndicate of ten thousand plus accredited investors who invest alongside them.

The firm’s media division has two segments: ‘This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis and Molly Wood’ and ‘The All-In Podcast‘ with Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg.’

Vision and Mission Statement

Supporting founders. Inspiring innovation.

Key Team

Founder Jason Calacanis has invested in over three hundred startups in the past decade, was Sequoia Capital’s first Scout, and is the author of the book ‘Angel’. He hosts two podcasts, ‘This Week in Startups’ and ‘All-In’, and is a regular contributor to CNBC.

Products and Services

Events, Venture Capital, News, and Podcast. Their small team puts on one of the largest startup conferences in the world, ‘The  Festival’; the podcast ‘This Week In Startups’ and runs ‘The Launch Incubator’.

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