LAUNCH

LAUNCH is a California-based organization that supports entrepreneurs and fosters innovation within the technology sector. Established in 2010, it encompasses multiple initiatives, including the LAUNCH Fund, which focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related companies. Additionally, LAUNCH operates an incubator designed to nurture startup development. Its flagship event, the LAUNCH Festival, attracts over 12,000 participants, including venture capitalists, angel investors, founders, and industry professionals, serving as a premier platform for startups to showcase their innovations. The organization also produces the podcast "This Week in Startups," which discusses trends and insights in the startup ecosystem. Through its various endeavors, LAUNCH aims to empower founders and promote the growth of emerging companies.

Jason Calacanis

Founder and CEO

Ashley Whitehurst

Managing Director

Past deals in Collectibles

Vincent

Funding Round in 2021
Vincent is an alternative investment search engine that connects everyday investors with private market opportunities. It unifies fragmented online investing platforms, assisting users in discovering investment prospects across Venture Capital, Real Estate, Collectibles, and other asset classes to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds.

SoleSavy

Series A in 2021
SoleSavy is a community-driven platform focused on sneaker enthusiasts and collectors. It aims to make sneaker collecting more accessible by providing a comprehensive marketplace that connects passionate individuals. The company offers educational resources, including video courses and personalized training, to help members navigate sneaker buying effectively. Additionally, SoleSavy enhances the user experience through weekly giveaways, coupons, and instant links to purchase sneakers, enabling customers to access limited-edition releases directly without incurring premium resale prices. By fostering a supportive environment, SoleSavy brings together like-minded individuals while simplifying the sneaker acquisition process.

SoleSavy

Seed Round in 2021
SoleSavy is a community-driven platform focused on sneaker enthusiasts and collectors. It aims to make sneaker collecting more accessible by providing a comprehensive marketplace that connects passionate individuals. The company offers educational resources, including video courses and personalized training, to help members navigate sneaker buying effectively. Additionally, SoleSavy enhances the user experience through weekly giveaways, coupons, and instant links to purchase sneakers, enabling customers to access limited-edition releases directly without incurring premium resale prices. By fostering a supportive environment, SoleSavy brings together like-minded individuals while simplifying the sneaker acquisition process.

SoleSavy

Seed Round in 2020
SoleSavy is a community-driven platform focused on sneaker enthusiasts and collectors. It aims to make sneaker collecting more accessible by providing a comprehensive marketplace that connects passionate individuals. The company offers educational resources, including video courses and personalized training, to help members navigate sneaker buying effectively. Additionally, SoleSavy enhances the user experience through weekly giveaways, coupons, and instant links to purchase sneakers, enabling customers to access limited-edition releases directly without incurring premium resale prices. By fostering a supportive environment, SoleSavy brings together like-minded individuals while simplifying the sneaker acquisition process.

SoleSavy

Seed Round in 2020
SoleSavy is a community-driven platform focused on sneaker enthusiasts and collectors. It aims to make sneaker collecting more accessible by providing a comprehensive marketplace that connects passionate individuals. The company offers educational resources, including video courses and personalized training, to help members navigate sneaker buying effectively. Additionally, SoleSavy enhances the user experience through weekly giveaways, coupons, and instant links to purchase sneakers, enabling customers to access limited-edition releases directly without incurring premium resale prices. By fostering a supportive environment, SoleSavy brings together like-minded individuals while simplifying the sneaker acquisition process.

Rare Edition

Seed Round in 2020
Rare Edition is a platform enabling users to buy, sell, grade, and securely store collectibles. It combines computer vision with human graders for transparent grading, offers secure storage, and hosts a verified marketplace for collectors to authenticate and trade valuable cards and coins.

Clectaverse

Seed Round in 2016
Clectaverse is the culmination of the founders passion for collecting across popular culture. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion and if you saw our offices you would see that it takes the form of 3.5" figures in many cases! Clectaverse is a platform celebrating collections and collectors globally, we enable you to show off your collections and to connect to others to buy, sell and trade. You can use your collectibles to discover, join and create engaging communities where you validate new members to ensure that content is relevant to what you love. We will be building in exclusive content channels and features where you will be the first to know about new collectibles and events thanks to our content partners. In short we are building an evolving Geek wonderland and we will be listening to your ideas to help shape what we believe will be the only one platform experience for collecting you will ever need.

Clectaverse

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clectaverse is the culmination of the founders passion for collecting across popular culture. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion and if you saw our offices you would see that it takes the form of 3.5" figures in many cases! Clectaverse is a platform celebrating collections and collectors globally, we enable you to show off your collections and to connect to others to buy, sell and trade. You can use your collectibles to discover, join and create engaging communities where you validate new members to ensure that content is relevant to what you love. We will be building in exclusive content channels and features where you will be the first to know about new collectibles and events thanks to our content partners. In short we are building an evolving Geek wonderland and we will be listening to your ideas to help shape what we believe will be the only one platform experience for collecting you will ever need.
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