Launchpad LA
VC Fund
Santa Monica, United States
Launchpad LA is a seed fund startup accelerator that specializes in investments in startups. The company offers businesses with investments, office spaces for four months, perks and discounts, and access to a network of mentors, advisors, and investors. Their goal is helping talented local entrepreneurs build relationships, get funded, and grow.Launchpad LA is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2009 by Sam Teller, Mark Suster, and Adam Lilling.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $10M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Launchpad LA invests in
Stages Launchpad LA invests in
Countries Launchpad LA invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (24%)
- Mobile 4 (16%)
- E-Commerce 4 (16%)
- Internet 3 (12%)
- Advertising 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (80%)
- Series A 3 (12%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 23 (92%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Tannenbaum
Mentor
|
Mentor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Mark Geller
Mentor
|
Mentor | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProspectWise is a venture-funded startup based in Santa Monica. Our mission is to modernize and empower local small businesses by connecting them to the best technology solution providers in the world. | Seed / Mar 22, 2016 | ||
| 3TEN8 develops a cloud SaaS-based platform that helps mobile operators to understand and optimize their wireless networks and subscriber's experience. They creating cognitive operations technology (AIOps) for closed-loop, self-healing, and self-operating networks in 4G, 5G, and beyond. Its software provides insights and analytics for mobilecarriers. The company 's self-learning artificial intelligence technology predicts outages and network degradations and delivers self-healing actionable insights focused on preventing customer impact. Amr Salem, Naresh Guntupalli, and Elica Rahdar founded 3TEN8 on August 15, 2014. It has its headquarters in Santa Clara in California. | $1.7M / Seed / Apr 15, 2015 | ||
| Zeitview is an aerial data analytics platform that provides aerial drone services for energy and infrastructure sectors. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, the company analyzes visual data to provide actionable insights, enhancing asset performance and longevity. Zeitview serves industries such as solar, wind, propertymanagement, telecommunications, and utilities. Their platform delivers fast, accurate inspections, aiming to lower costs and improve operational efficiency. | Seed / Apr 08, 2015 | ||
| AssetAvenue is a financial services company that offers an online lender for real estate investment properties. Its online platform and proprietary data models enable the company to deliver new benchmarks for transparency and flexibility. The company provides borrowers and brokers with faster and more flexible funding solutions than traditionalbanks.AssetAvenue was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $4M / Seed / Jun 27, 2014 | ||
| Creating, Sharing and Celebrating the World's Visual Language | $2M / Seed / May 19, 2014 | ||
| Jukin Media has spent more than 10 years making it easy for amateur video creators to monetize their content. The company markets their videos to media companies and advertisers looking for authentic content with a proven ability to engage audiences. Jukin Media’s library of more than 50,000 pieces of carefully curated, user-generated content (UGC)is available for rates starting at just $49.Media outlets ranging from Wired to The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal have noted Jukin Media’s rise to lead the viral video licensing industry. The company already works with more than 1,000 of the largest corporate media and advertising brands— including Disney, Paramount, CBS, and many others—eager to leverage the inspiration, entertainment, and humor in its highly clickable, shareable UGC. Collectively, the videos in Jukin's library have amassed more than 110 billion lifetime views. Jukin Media adds new content on trending topics daily, ensuring an always-fresh supply of content to help its partners keep up with breaking news and popular demand.The company believes that the future of storytelling is both global and viral, and rests in the hands of everyday users creating an inexhaustible stream of content. One of the value-added propositions the company brings to any partnership is its ability to identify, source, and efficiently package and deliver the best of this content. The Jukin Media team brings a depth of experience and industry understanding to their work. This experience helps the company save its corporate partners time, money, and frustration through its ability to quickly establish copyright ownership and handle licensing and payment requirements to creators. Jukin Media’s popular brands include The Pet Collective, FailArmy, This Is Happening, People Are Awesome, and more. Together, they have garnered more than 200 million fans. The company also produces and sells its own long-form content based on its wide-ranging UGC library. Jukin content has been featured on FOX, MTV Networks, Facebook Watch, Viacom International Media Networks, and several other TV and streaming networks. | $1M / May 13, 2014 | ||
| Parachute Home engages in the production of modern bedding and bath essentials for a more comfortable home. | $800K / Seed / Mar 21, 2014 | ||
| KLUTCH eliminates the typically painful back-and-forth scheduling process and transforms it into a sleek, elegant, mobile decision-making platform. KLUTCH was designed to get people together in the real world. As a decision-making platform, KLUTCH has reinvented consensus scheduling for mobile devices. | $650K / Seed / Mar 13, 2014 | ||
| Listn is the iTunes home sharing network for the world. Stay connected with your friends and their music, navigate their iPods, explore their musical preferences, add a song or delete a song - #Listn keeps you updated! | $500K / Seed / Nov 05, 2013 | ||
| Mark43 creates the next generation of law enforcement software that allows police to effortlessly collect, manage, analyze, and share information. It is on a mission to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. Its intuitive software delivers cloud-first technology anddata-driven insights to public safety.The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York City. | $2M / Seed / Jul 15, 2013 | ||
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FAQ
What does Launchpad LA invest in?
Launchpad LA invests primarily in Software, Mobile and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Launchpad LA?
The team at Launchpad LA includes Jeff Tannenbaum (Mentor) and Mark Geller (Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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