LaunchCapital

LaunchCapital, founded in 2008, specializes in seed and early-stage investments, providing essential capital for entrepreneurs looking to develop their businesses. With a portfolio of over 200 companies, LaunchCapital typically invests between $50,000 and $150,000, utilizing two distinct investment vehicles. LaunchCapital Ventures employs a traditional venture capital approach, focusing on equity investments in high-growth potential opportunities. In contrast, LaunchCapital Small Business combines equity and debt financing to support businesses aimed at generating immediate revenue and exhibiting consistent growth, often with a local or regional focus. The firm primarily invests in technology, consumer, and medical sectors and operates offices in Boston, New Haven, New York City, and the San Francisco/Bay Area.

Elon Boms

Founder and Chairman

Patrick Casey

Associate

Konstantine Drakonakis

Venture Partner

Alice Linnehan-Smith

Director of Finance and Administration

Bill McCullen

CIO

Cliff Sirlin

Managing Director

Past deals in Vermont

Faraday

Series A in 2021
Faraday, Inc. operates an analytics platform that provides various solutions aimed at enhancing customer engagement and business outcomes. Its offerings include Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for multichannel outreach, Models for predictive analytics, and Teams for collaborative data management. The company serves multiple sectors, including banking, payments, energy, and education. Incorporated in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, Faraday leverages data-driven strategies to assist clients in customer acquisition, particularly for home upgrades. By applying analytical methods, Faraday seeks to improve the effectiveness of marketing efforts and drive business growth.

Benchmark Space Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Benchmark Space Systems is building a low-cost propulsion system for the rapidly growing small satellite market. The company system uses a non-toxic, inert chemical that is safe to transport and store, making it attractive to a range of customers. The small satellite market is predicted to be $30B over the next 10 years, and propulsion is a key enabling technology for this growth. Their system also uses a proprietary, patent-pending system that will offer tremendous value by offering solid performance at a low cost. It proposes a resistor jet micro propulsion system that leverages a solid gas generator to offer high-performance, low-cost propulsion with key safety features. Benchmark Space Systems was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Burlington, VT, USA.

SemiProbe

Seed Round in 2015
SemiProbe, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of probing, inspection, and test solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company offers a range of systems, including manual, semiautomatic, and fully automatic options, capable of handling probing tasks from individual die to over 450 mm wafers and substrates. SemiProbe develops specialty probers and custom software solutions to meet the testing needs of emerging applications such as MEMS, nanotechnology, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics. Its products are utilized in various applications, including device characterization, failure analysis, and wafer inspection. The company serves a diverse clientele, including universities, government research laboratories, and semiconductor firms, both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2005 and based in Winooski, Vermont, SemiProbe has established a global presence with hundreds of installed systems across five continents.

Faraday

Series A in 2014
Faraday, Inc. operates an analytics platform that provides various solutions aimed at enhancing customer engagement and business outcomes. Its offerings include Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for multichannel outreach, Models for predictive analytics, and Teams for collaborative data management. The company serves multiple sectors, including banking, payments, energy, and education. Incorporated in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, Faraday leverages data-driven strategies to assist clients in customer acquisition, particularly for home upgrades. By applying analytical methods, Faraday seeks to improve the effectiveness of marketing efforts and drive business growth.

Draker

Series A in 2008
For over a decade, Draker has been providing monitoring, management and control solutions for commercial and utility solar energy systems. Draker’s range of products and services allows PV developers, owners and operators to increase efficiency and optimize profitability of their solar assets. Draker’s turnkey commercial and end-to-end utility solutions include project-based services, field instrumentation, data collection and management, robust web applications with advanced analytical tools, and public information displays.