Jason Calacanis
Founder @ Launch Accelerator
San Francisco, United States
Jason Calacanis is a pre-seed investor at Launch Accelerator in San Francisco focused on Software and Internet. Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.
- Total investments:
- 557
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 34%
Last updated:
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Industries Jason Calacanis invests in
Stages Jason Calacanis invests in
Countries Jason Calacanis invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $722k–$5.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$2.1M
- Series A
- $2.7M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 68 (12%)
- Internet 35 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 34 (6%)
- SaaS 33 (6%)
- E-Commerce 27 (5%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 121 (22%)
- Seed 91 (16%)
- Series A 32 (6%)
- Convertible Note 32 (6%)
- Funding Round 23 (4%)
Country
- United States 229 (41%)
- Australia 7 (1%)
- Canada 4 (1%)
- Brazil 2 (0%)
- Ireland 2 (0%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Maverick Intelligence
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Maverick Intelligence provides software that identifies anonymous website visitors and delivers contact and company data for sales insights. | Convertible Note / Jul 30, 2026 | |
8090 Solutions
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8090 Solutions provides an AI-native software development platform through Software Factory, a system designed to help teams manage the software development lifecycle from planning to deployment. The platform connects business requirements, architecture planning, implementation tasks, testing, and feedback within a shared workspace using AI-drivenworkflows and knowledge management. 8090 Solutions enables organizations to coordinate product, engineering, and business teams while maintaining visibility across software projects. The company’s solutions support custom software development, AI-assisted engineering processes, and enterprise software delivery through structured collaboration between teams and AI agents. | $135M / Series A / Jun 29, 2026 | |
Neurometric AI
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Neurometric AI provides engineering consulting services intended for AI hardware. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Jun 25, 2026 | |
Argyle Build, Inc.
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Argyle Build is a Portland-based vertical SaaS company delivering AR-powered spatial project management for heavy industrial construction. Built for $100M+ projects, the platform runs on tablet and head-mounted AR hardware, enabling field teams to overlay spatial layout data onto physical environments in real time, replacing paper-based QA withstructured deviation capture and spatial intelligence. Argyle's physical AI approach integrates robotics-ready spatial data accumulation with multi-stakeholder construction workflows, serving advanced manufacturing and data center customers across large-scale industrial infrastructure buildout. The company holds two issued US patents, is SOC 2 certified, and carries DBE/SBE/WBE certifications. | Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2026 | |
Secludy
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Secludy is privacy-guaranteed AI training made easy. We use advanced privacy technology to generate synthetic datasets that mimic your original dataset so that you can train your AI models on your most valuable data – without risks of leaking PII.With Secludy, you can:- Enable privacy-guaranteed fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) forAI assistants, chatbots, and other machine learning applications.- Deploy within your cloud - use Secludy without sharing any data with us.- Stay compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA. | $4M / Seed / May 13, 2026 | |
HOVR Industries
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HOVR Industries is an aerospace technology company developing autonomous drone systems designed for high-precision commercial inspections and emergency response. The company leverages an open-source, hardware-agnostic architecture to provide scalable, cost-effective aerial robotics for industrial and public safety applications. By utilizingcommercial off-the-shelf components and advanced navigation stacks, HOVR enables automated data collection and monitoring in complex environments. | $25K / Pre-Seed / Apr 21, 2026 | |
ChurchAI
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The Intelligent OS For Churches. | $125K / Convertible Note / Apr 17, 2026 | |
Milq AI
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Vibe Code iOS Apps in Swift | Convertible Note / Mar 23, 2026 | |
VoiceClaw
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voice-driven AI development for non-technical humans. | $125K / Convertible Note / Mar 17, 2026 | |
Lauft
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Lauft is an online technology platform, it allows customers to find home with one scroll while tailoring recommendations. | Convertible Note / Mar 05, 2026 | |
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Launch Accelerator Contacts
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FAQ
What does Jason Calacanis invest in?
Jason Calacanis invests primarily in Software, Internet and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 557 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Jason Calacanis's check size?
Jason Calacanis typically joins rounds of $722k–$5.5M at Seed, $100k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $2.7M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jason Calacanis participates in.
When did Jason Calacanis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jason Calacanis closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 557 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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