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.

Mike Savino

President

Ashley Whitehurst

Managing Director

Molly Wood

Managing Director and Co-Host of TWiST

Past deals in Recruiting

SkillBank

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

15Five

Series C in 2022
15Five, Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based performance management platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and performance. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Raleigh and New York, 15Five offers a suite of tools that includes employee appreciation software, one-on-one meeting agendas, and a comprehensive 360° performance review system. The platform facilitates weekly check-ins for performance feedback, enables users to set objectives through OKRs, and allows for the collection of insights via polls and custom reports. With nearly 2,000 businesses globally utilizing its services, 15Five’s solutions are designed to help organizations foster high-performing teams by promoting regular communication, celebrating achievements, and providing constructive feedback to guide employee development.

Rolebot

Venture Round in 2022
an intelligent Recruitment Engine

LÜK

Seed Round in 2021
LÜK operates an online talent marketplace specifically designed for the fashion and entertainment industries, connecting clients with a diverse array of professionals, including models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. By aggregating top talent agencies into a single platform, LÜK simplifies the process of locating and booking creative talent for photo and video shoots, allowing brands to efficiently cast from multiple premium agencies. In addition to facilitating talent bookings, LÜK is evolving into a payments platform for the industry, addressing a significant pain point where talent agencies often wait 60 to 150 days for payment. By factoring the receivables of over 150 talent agencies within its network, LÜK ensures that these agencies receive same-day payouts, thereby enhancing cash flow and operational efficiency.

LeadIQ

Series B in 2021
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

GMTM

Pre Seed Round in 2021
GMTM, Inc. is a platform designed to connect athletes with various organizations, including schools, brands, camps, and employers, to enhance their opportunities. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, the platform facilitates online competition among athletes, offers learning resources from coaches, and serves as a social network that fosters engagement between athletes, fans, and college programs. By providing tools for organizations, GMTM enables coaches and sports clubs to effectively recruit and engage with athletes, maximizing their reach and access to potential opportunities in the sports industry.

Edge

Seed Round in 2021
EyeRate is a category defining messaging platform that merges reputation, customer experience, and employee incentives. By attaching employee incentives to customer engagement rates we provide our partners with industry leading engagement rates. EyeRate allows businesses to see a comprehensive view of what their customers are saying across all channels — review sites, social media, and feedback surveys. The end result is more new customers, better retention, and increased employee productivity.

SkillBank

Seed Round in 2021
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

Orreco

Series B in 2021
Orreco Their mission is to deliver a cutting edge biomarker program to optimise player performance, recovery and welfare. A tailored biomarker program can optimise player health and welfare and use sports science resources to target key or “at risk” players which will lead to increased player availability. Tailoring of recovery and player management strategies to individuals’ own biomarker profiles backs up decision making processes with data giving your team an informed recovery strategy.

SkillBank

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pay $0 upfront and land your dream marketing job. At OnDelta, we invest in our students and we help them make their dreams attainable. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background.

LeadIQ

Series A in 2020
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

LeadIQ

Series A in 2020
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

Edge

Pre Seed Round in 2020
EyeRate is a category defining messaging platform that merges reputation, customer experience, and employee incentives. By attaching employee incentives to customer engagement rates we provide our partners with industry leading engagement rates. EyeRate allows businesses to see a comprehensive view of what their customers are saying across all channels — review sites, social media, and feedback surveys. The end result is more new customers, better retention, and increased employee productivity.

Rolebot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
an intelligent Recruitment Engine

BLAYZE

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BLAYZE is pioneering the future of sports coaching. Athletes anywhere can upload their video to the best coaches in the world and receive a personalized "bite-sized" coaching video that they can watch anytime & anywhere.

GMTM

Pre Seed Round in 2019
GMTM, Inc. is a platform designed to connect athletes with various organizations, including schools, brands, camps, and employers, to enhance their opportunities. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, the platform facilitates online competition among athletes, offers learning resources from coaches, and serves as a social network that fosters engagement between athletes, fans, and college programs. By providing tools for organizations, GMTM enables coaches and sports clubs to effectively recruit and engage with athletes, maximizing their reach and access to potential opportunities in the sports industry.

LÜK

Seed Round in 2019
LÜK operates an online talent marketplace specifically designed for the fashion and entertainment industries, connecting clients with a diverse array of professionals, including models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. By aggregating top talent agencies into a single platform, LÜK simplifies the process of locating and booking creative talent for photo and video shoots, allowing brands to efficiently cast from multiple premium agencies. In addition to facilitating talent bookings, LÜK is evolving into a payments platform for the industry, addressing a significant pain point where talent agencies often wait 60 to 150 days for payment. By factoring the receivables of over 150 talent agencies within its network, LÜK ensures that these agencies receive same-day payouts, thereby enhancing cash flow and operational efficiency.

Scout

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Scout operates a platform that combines real estate information with advanced message personalization and task automation. The company focuses on engaging audiences through an artificial intelligence-driven tool that crafts customized messages for various customers. This approach not only enhances customer engagement but also aids businesses in expanding their customer base and boosting revenue. In addition to its technological offerings, Scout provides a real estate blog that keeps users informed about industry news, tips, advice, and the latest trends in the real estate market.

Thalamus

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in December of 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, Thalamus is the premiere, web-based, digital interviewing software specifically designed for application to graduate medical education (GME) training programs. Created by an anesthesiology residency applicant (now resident) and anesthesiology residency program director, Thalamus provides a comprehensive online interview reservation and travel experience via a real-time scheduling system – online and mobile. Whether on rounds in the hospital, studying for exams or traveling the country for interviews, residency and fellowship applicants may now instantaneously confirm their interview dates, take full control of their schedules and decrease their costs of travel. For program administrators, Thalamus streamlines communication by allowing applicants to self-schedule interviews, thereby eliminating unnecessary phone calls and emails. Thalamus handles all of the confirmations, cancellations, and rescheduling, so administrators can focus on the “personal touch” and optimize resident recruitment.

ClosedWon

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ClosedWon humanizes the sales process by accelerating warm conversations and converting data into qualified sales meetings. ClosedWon is a radically simple conversation web app that harness the power of email, voice, SMS and social-selling in a relationship platform.

15Five

Series A in 2018
15Five, Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based performance management platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and performance. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Raleigh and New York, 15Five offers a suite of tools that includes employee appreciation software, one-on-one meeting agendas, and a comprehensive 360° performance review system. The platform facilitates weekly check-ins for performance feedback, enables users to set objectives through OKRs, and allows for the collection of insights via polls and custom reports. With nearly 2,000 businesses globally utilizing its services, 15Five’s solutions are designed to help organizations foster high-performing teams by promoting regular communication, celebrating achievements, and providing constructive feedback to guide employee development.

LeadIQ

Seed Round in 2018
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

LÜK

Pre Seed Round in 2018
LÜK operates an online talent marketplace specifically designed for the fashion and entertainment industries, connecting clients with a diverse array of professionals, including models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. By aggregating top talent agencies into a single platform, LÜK simplifies the process of locating and booking creative talent for photo and video shoots, allowing brands to efficiently cast from multiple premium agencies. In addition to facilitating talent bookings, LÜK is evolving into a payments platform for the industry, addressing a significant pain point where talent agencies often wait 60 to 150 days for payment. By factoring the receivables of over 150 talent agencies within its network, LÜK ensures that these agencies receive same-day payouts, thereby enhancing cash flow and operational efficiency.

Marlow

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Marlow is a professional development organization that focuses on enhancing the skills of leaders, managers, and emerging talent through personalized coaching services. The company partners members with dedicated coaches to transform best practices and frameworks into effective daily habits. Marlow offers a subscription-based business model that caters to both corporate clients and individual consumers, providing flexible pricing options. Its services include bi-weekly coaching calls, asynchronous messaging, and tailored activities designed to support clients in achieving their professional goals. By removing guesswork from career advancement, Marlow empowers employees across mid-market to enterprise-level organizations to unlock their full potential.

meaZr

Seed Round in 2017
meaZr (read: measure) is an AI driven HR Technology platform for online Talent Measurement powered with a Global Online Community of Talent Measurement Experts (meaZrmaticians), which transforms recruiters to the most loved SuperHeroes of Talent Measurement.

LeadIQ

Seed Round in 2016
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

LeadIQ

Venture Round in 2016
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

Betagig

Seed Round in 2016
Betagig Inc. is a platform designed to streamline the job shadowing process, enabling students, recent graduates, and career switchers to discover opportunities they may not have previously considered. Incorporated in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Betagig addresses the challenges of turnover and hiring mismatches by allowing candidates to experience a day in the life of a job before applying. This approach benefits employers by helping HR managers fulfill their hiring needs, enhance diversity, and attract quality candidates. By connecting potential employees with real-world job experiences, Betagig aims to foster a better understanding of company culture and position requirements, thereby improving the overall hiring process.

Jibe

Convertible Note in 2016
Jibe Inc. is a cloud-based recruiting technology company that offers solutions designed to enhance the talent acquisition process for enterprises. The Jibe Recruiting Cloud platform enables organizations to identify, attract, and engage candidates through a suite of tools, including mobile-friendly job applications and employee referral systems. This platform allows job seekers to submit applications from various devices, integrates application data directly into applicant tracking systems, and facilitates the distribution of job postings across multiple channels. Jibe serves leading Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, and Marriott, leveraging strategic partnerships with major tech firms to enhance its offerings. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, Jibe has positioned itself as an innovative leader in the evolving landscape of recruitment technology. It operates as a subsidiary of iCIMS, Inc. since June 2019.

Forge

Seed Round in 2016
Forge Technologies, Inc. develops an online platform for managing hourly workforce needs, focusing on hiring, scheduling, and employee retention. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company serves various sectors, including retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare. Forge's software facilitates talent sharing and flexible scheduling, allowing businesses to efficiently find candidates, conduct background checks, and monitor employee performance. It also provides tools for attendance tracking and rewards systems to recognize high-performing employees. As of February 2020, Forge operates as a subsidiary of WorkJam, Inc.

REscour

Seed Round in 2015
REscour Inc. is a commercial real estate data and market intelligence platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2014. The platform enables real estate professionals to collect, organize, and analyze property and market-level data, facilitating informed investment decisions. By aggregating diverse data points from both public and private sources, REscour provides users with updated insights and tailored recommendations based on their portfolios and market preferences. It allows property owners and brokers to filter relevant news by various criteria and access geo-located articles, enhancing their understanding of local markets. The platform also integrates clients' internal data with external information, creating a comprehensive data warehouse that streamlines access and visualization of critical data. Through these features, REscour offers a competitive advantage to its users by providing timely answers to their inquiries and supporting efficient deal closures.

LeadIQ

Seed Round in 2015
LeadIQ, Inc. develops an innovative sales prospecting automation platform designed to enhance lead management and improve sales productivity. The company's key products include Prospector, which allows users to search for prospects on LinkedIn and other websites while saving them directly into their CRM tools, and Scout, which retrieves contact information from company websites. Additionally, LeadIQ offers personal intelligence APIs that provide comprehensive profiles, including email, phone numbers, and job details for potential leads. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, LeadIQ also maintains offices in Singapore and New Hampshire. The platform aims to streamline the sales process by enabling sales teams to capture leads efficiently, enrich data with relevant information, and focus on high-quality leads, ultimately facilitating increased deal closures and revenue growth.

Hello Scout

Seed Round in 2015
Hello Scout on a mission to make your travels relaxing, spontaneous and unique. They provide a text message and app-based concierge to hotels looking to enhance their guest experience. Hello Scout uses a combination of city experts and bots to reply to guest requests.

BetterCompany

Series A in 2015
At BetterCompany, it is our mission to help companies connect with best candidates at the best time, when they're looking! We use a blend of art and science to match candidates to roles and companies and we understand that timing is everything.

REscour

Seed Round in 2015
REscour Inc. is a commercial real estate data and market intelligence platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2014. The platform enables real estate professionals to collect, organize, and analyze property and market-level data, facilitating informed investment decisions. By aggregating diverse data points from both public and private sources, REscour provides users with updated insights and tailored recommendations based on their portfolios and market preferences. It allows property owners and brokers to filter relevant news by various criteria and access geo-located articles, enhancing their understanding of local markets. The platform also integrates clients' internal data with external information, creating a comprehensive data warehouse that streamlines access and visualization of critical data. Through these features, REscour offers a competitive advantage to its users by providing timely answers to their inquiries and supporting efficient deal closures.

REscour

Pre Seed Round in 2015
REscour Inc. is a commercial real estate data and market intelligence platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2014. The platform enables real estate professionals to collect, organize, and analyze property and market-level data, facilitating informed investment decisions. By aggregating diverse data points from both public and private sources, REscour provides users with updated insights and tailored recommendations based on their portfolios and market preferences. It allows property owners and brokers to filter relevant news by various criteria and access geo-located articles, enhancing their understanding of local markets. The platform also integrates clients' internal data with external information, creating a comprehensive data warehouse that streamlines access and visualization of critical data. Through these features, REscour offers a competitive advantage to its users by providing timely answers to their inquiries and supporting efficient deal closures.

LeadGenius

Series A in 2014
LeadGenius, Inc. is a lead generation and outreach company that serves businesses, development organizations, nonprofits, and researchers both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2011 and based in Berkeley, California, LeadGenius offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes customer research to generate targeted lead lists, data enrichment to ensure the accuracy and relevance of lead information, and lead qualification to identify viable prospects. Additionally, the company provides outbound email prospecting to facilitate sales outreach. With its end-to-end sales solution, LeadGenius assists sales teams in efficiently growing and scaling their operations throughout the sales process, ultimately enhancing their ability to convert leads into customers.

BetterCompany

Seed Round in 2014
At BetterCompany, it is our mission to help companies connect with best candidates at the best time, when they're looking! We use a blend of art and science to match candidates to roles and companies and we understand that timing is everything.
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