LaunchCapital

LaunchCapital, established in 2008, is a venture capital firm headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, with additional offices in Boston, New York, and San Francisco. The company invests in early-stage startups, focusing on seed rounds with investments typically ranging from $50,000 to $150,000. LaunchCapital supports entrepreneurs across various sectors, including commerce, marketplace, consumer, media, entertainment, enterprise software, emerging tech, data, finance, healthcare, and medical technology. The firm employs two distinct investment strategies: LaunchCapital Ventures, which follows a traditional equity model for high-growth opportunities, and LaunchCapital Small Business, which offers a blend of equity and debt financing for businesses with linear growth expectations and local or regional reach.

Jason Gray

Vice President of Portfolio Operations

Bill McCullen

Director, Boston

Past deals in Vermont

Benchmark Space Systems

Convertible Note in 2022
Benchmark Space Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in the research, design, and manufacture of propulsion products tailored for the small satellite market. Founded in 2014 and based in South Burlington, Vermont, with an additional office in Burlington, the company provides integrated spacecraft propulsion systems, mobility subsystems, and orbit transfer products. Its offerings are essential for various satellite operations, including orbit insertion, deorbit, collision avoidance, and momentum management. Benchmark Space Systems is focused on delivering low-cost propulsion solutions that utilize a non-toxic, inert chemical, enhancing safety in transport and storage. The company's proprietary resistor jet micro propulsion system combines thruster, propellant storage, and control hardware into a compact package, making it an attractive option for businesses, scientists, and universities looking to utilize small satellites. With the small satellite market projected to grow significantly, Benchmark Space Systems is positioned to play a key role in this sector's development.

Faraday

Series A in 2021
Faraday, Inc. is a technology company that operates an analytics platform, primarily serving the banking and payments, energy, and education sectors. Established in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, the company offers four key solutions: Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for data-driven multichannel outreach, Models for predicting key business outcomes, and Teams for permission-based data collaboration. Faraday's platform enables clients to gain insights, optimize marketing campaigns, and make data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes.

Benchmark Space Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Benchmark Space Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in the research, design, and manufacture of propulsion products tailored for the small satellite market. Founded in 2014 and based in South Burlington, Vermont, with an additional office in Burlington, the company provides integrated spacecraft propulsion systems, mobility subsystems, and orbit transfer products. Its offerings are essential for various satellite operations, including orbit insertion, deorbit, collision avoidance, and momentum management. Benchmark Space Systems is focused on delivering low-cost propulsion solutions that utilize a non-toxic, inert chemical, enhancing safety in transport and storage. The company's proprietary resistor jet micro propulsion system combines thruster, propellant storage, and control hardware into a compact package, making it an attractive option for businesses, scientists, and universities looking to utilize small satellites. With the small satellite market projected to grow significantly, Benchmark Space Systems is positioned to play a key role in this sector's development.

SemiProbe

Seed Round in 2015
SemiProbe, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing probing, inspection, and test solutions tailored for the semiconductor industry. The company offers a range of systems, including manual, semiautomatic, and fully automatic options, capable of handling substrates from individual die to over 450 mm wafers. Additionally, it provides specialty probers for unique testing requirements, along with software solutions such as PILOT control software for communication with various test equipment and SPCal for probe system calibration. SemiProbe products cater to diverse applications, including device characterization, failure analysis, and testing in fields like MEMS, nanotechnology, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics. The company serves a global clientele, which includes universities, government research labs, and semiconductor firms, and has established a significant presence with hundreds of installed systems worldwide. Founded in 2005, SemiProbe is based in Winooski, Vermont.

Faraday

Series A in 2014
Faraday, Inc. is a technology company that operates an analytics platform, primarily serving the banking and payments, energy, and education sectors. Established in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, the company offers four key solutions: Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for data-driven multichannel outreach, Models for predicting key business outcomes, and Teams for permission-based data collaboration. Faraday's platform enables clients to gain insights, optimize marketing campaigns, and make data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes.
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