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Websitelaunch-capital.com
Twitter@launchcapital
Employees
Founded2008

Funds

Offices

HQ
1 Mifflin Place
Suite 320
Cambridge, MA, 02138
USA
New Haven, USA
142 Temple Street
Suite 206
New Haven, CT, 06510
USA
SF Bay Area Office

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LaunchCapital

LaunchCapital is a Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage funding to young, emerging companies and innovative concepts across a variety of industries.

LaunchCapital has a unique industry-agnostic approach to investing that enables it to take advantage of emerging technologies and trends and engage in an expansive number of investments across a diverse set of industries. Committed to filling a funding gap in the early-stage investment community, the firm’s strategy is focused on helping young companies grow, providing needed capital quickly and building value for all involved. LaunchCapital combines the dedication, direct experience and organization of a traditional venture capital firm with added flexibility, focus and speed to help its portfolio companies achieve milestones and impact markets.

With offices in key centers of innovation including: Boston, MA, New Haven, CT and San Francisco, CA, and close-ties with top universities and local communities, LaunchCapital offers their portfolio companies a solid network of resources. The firm currently features 20 portfolio companies, mostly comprised of software, consumer products, Internet and energy, and is looking make a substantial number of investments this year in unique start-ups and small businesses, with projected returns three to five times the size of total investment.

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Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Project Decor 5/13Series B$5M1
Bluetrain Mobile 4/13Seed$1.53M4
zozi 4/13Series B$10M13
Ancera 3/13Venture Round2
Ovuline 1/13Seed$1.4M4
Dekko 9/12Venture Round$1.9M12
NovaTract Surgical 6/12Series A$2.37M6
CustomMade 4/12Venture Round$4M6
Skystream Markets 4/12Series A4
EmployInsight 2/12Venture Round$1M5
Promoboxx 12/11Seed$565k7
CustomMade 11/11Series A$2.1M8
Precog 10/11Seed$750k5
Ginger.io 10/11Seed$1.7M10
AI Exchange 9/11Venture Round$1.5M4
Life360 9/11Series A$5.5M9
Eat Club 6/11Seed$1.5M8
zozi 5/11Series B$7M6
DoubleDutch 4/11Seed$1.2M12
Merchant Atlas 4/11Seed$1M4
Apperian 3/11Venture Round$9.5M6
Zadspace 3/11Series B$3.2M6
Intelligent Clearing Network 3/11Venture Round$1M2
Kibits 3/11Seed$1M6
Apparel Media Group 2/11Series A$1.15M15
FitnessKeeper 12/10Venture Round$1.11M2
Affinimark Technologies 10/10Venture Round$1.36M2
DoubleDutch 9/10Venture Round$200k2
zozi 8/10Series A$3M9
SocialSci 7/10Angel$500k6
Incentive Targeting 5/10Series A$2.35M2
Nimbit 5/10Venture Round$1.75M2
Daily Grommet 4/10Series A$3.4M4
CardStar 3/10Series A$1M3
SecretBuilders 3/10Venture Round$2.3M2
Sustainable Real Estate Solutions 2/10Venture Round$1.05M2
Helix Therapeutics 1/10Venture Round$600k1
PaperG 12/09Venture Round$1.1M4
FitnessKeeper 11/09Seed$400k4
Life360 11/09Angel$1M6
Fashion Playtes 8/09Series A$1.5M2
Continuity Engine 8/09Seed$1.9M4
Xconomy 11/08Series B2
RateItAll 6/08Series A$1.4M9
North by South 5/08Seed1

Videos

Sources

  1. Project Decor Raises $5M for Social Home Decorating (daniellemorrill.com) [edit]
  2. Bluetrain Mobile Raises $1.53M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. ZOZI Secures $10 Million in Growth Financing (prweb.com) [edit]
  4. Ancera Raises Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Ovuline Raises $1.4M From Lightbank, David Cohen And Others To Help Women Track Fertility And Pregnancy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. With $1.9 Million In Funding, Dekko Aims To Be The Platform On Which Good Augmented Reality Is Built (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. NovaTract Surgical Raises $2.37M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. Marketplace For Customized Goods CustomMade Raises $4M From Google Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Skystream secures Series A investment (masshightech.com) [edit]
  10. EmployInsight Grabs $1M For Its Employee Measurement Platform (And NYSE As Its First Client) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. TechStars 2011 Grad Promoboxx Raises $565K For Brand-To-Retailer Marketing Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  12. Google Ventures And First Round Drop $2.1 Million Into Custom Marketplace CustomMade (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. TechStars Grad ReportGrid Raises $750K Seed Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Xconomy (xconomy.com) [edit]
  15. AI Exchange Raises $1.5M in Venture Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  16. Life360′s Family Safety App Grabs $3.5 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Siemer Ventures Invests in EAT Club, Inc. (siemervc.com) [edit]
  18. Zozi Raises $7 Million To Let You Swim With Sharks – And More – At A Discount (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. Lightbank Leads $1.2 Million Round In Enterprise Mobile Startup DoubleDutch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  21. Apperian Raises $9.5M For Enterprise Mobile App Deployment Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Zadspace Closes $3.2M Series B Venture Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  23. Conn. startup's coupon clearinghouse lands $1M (masshightech.com) [edit]
  24. Google-Backed Kibits Lets You Share With Real-World Micro-Networks, Raises $1M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. Apparel Media Group (apparelmedia.com) [edit]
  26. RunKeeper Raises $1.11M in Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  27. LaunchCapital, CI invest $1.3M in Affinimark (masshightech.com) [edit]
  28. EDGAR [edit]
  29. Local-Activity Site Zozi Lands $3 Million Series A From 500 Startups And Zig Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. School on hold as start-up gets $ (bostonherald.com) [edit]
  31. Incentive Targeting brings in $2.35M in Series A round (masshightech.com) [edit]
  32. EDGAR [edit]
  33. Daily Grommet Raises $3.4 Million For Invention Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. CardStar Lands $1 Million for Mobile Coupons, Loyalty Cards (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
  35. cret Builders raises $2.3M to expand educational virtual world for (bx.businessweek.com) [edit]
  36. EDGAR [edit]
  37. Helix Therapeutics lands $600K funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
  38. paidContent (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  39. FitnessKeeper lands seed funds. (masshightech.com) [edit]
  40. Life360 Raises $750K+ to Keep your Family and Valuables Safe (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  41. Fashion Playtes Raises $1.5 Million For Tween Fashion Site (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  42. Continuity Engine Expands Presence with New Round of Funding and Partnership (freshnews.com) [edit]
  43. Xconomy Closes Second Financing Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
  44. Product Rater RateItAll Gets First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  45. Open Source Software Company Provides Near-Shore Services from the Latin American Free Software Movement (northxsouth.com) [edit]
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