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.

Jason Calacanis

Founder and CEO

Molly Wood

Managing Director and Co-Host of TWiST

Past deals in Entertainment

Amplium

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Amplium is a technology company specializing in an immersive video platform for Apple's Vision Pro. It enables filmmakers to upload and share 180° 3D videos in ultra-high 16K resolution, providing viewers with an unprecedented, immersive experience. The platform, founded by Hibiki Sato and Asahi Kobori, offers real-time color grading and an intuitive interface for customizing player settings. Amplium has secured pre-seed funding from investors such as The LAUNCH Fund and DG Incubation.

Scener

Seed Round in 2021
Scener, Inc. operates an online virtual movie theater and is recognized as a leading social viewing platform for streaming services. Founded in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, Scener enables groups of viewers to synchronize video playback while engaging in video and text chat, enhancing the shared viewing experience. The company's mobile application integrates universal search and TV remote control features, along with social viewing capabilities, expanded content discovery options, and support for both two-screen and native watch parties. This allows users to enjoy movies and TV shows together, fostering a communal atmosphere in the digital space.

ProductionPro

Seed Round in 2021
ProductionPro, Inc. is an entertainment technology company that develops an online platform aimed at enhancing creative collaboration in film, television, and theater production. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides tools that facilitate digital asset management, team collaboration, and the organization of production elements. By consolidating scripts, research, designs, and continuity into a single platform, ProductionPro enables producers and creative teams to visualize and streamline their ideas before the production phase. This approach not only improves communication among team members but also allows for more efficient decision-making, ultimately setting a new standard in the industry for managing complex creative processes.

STEEZY

Seed Round in 2021
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

Endora Technologies

Angel Round in 2021
Endora Technologies specializes in developing a suite of casual mobile games that integrate users' personal memories to create unique digital experiences. Founded in 2020 and based in Longview, Texas, the company aims to promote nostalgic reflection as a daily practice, allowing users to revisit their memories in an engaging way. By enabling the upload of photos and videos, Endora's technology personalizes gameplay, fostering a sense of belonging and perspective among users. The company believes that by encouraging positive reflection on memories, it can contribute to increased happiness and overall well-being.

Giggster

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Giggster is a booking platform that connects content creators with property owners, facilitating the rental of film-friendly locations for various purposes, including film shoots, business meetings, and events. The company offers a searchable library of locations, enabling users to efficiently find and secure spaces for their projects. In addition to location rentals, Giggster provides support for paperwork and budgeting, streamlining the collaboration process for producers. By focusing on time and cost efficiency, Giggster aims to simplify the logistics of location scouting and booking in the film industry.

STEEZY

Secondary Market in 2020
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

Scener

Seed Round in 2020
Scener, Inc. operates an online virtual movie theater and is recognized as a leading social viewing platform for streaming services. Founded in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, Scener enables groups of viewers to synchronize video playback while engaging in video and text chat, enhancing the shared viewing experience. The company's mobile application integrates universal search and TV remote control features, along with social viewing capabilities, expanded content discovery options, and support for both two-screen and native watch parties. This allows users to enjoy movies and TV shows together, fostering a communal atmosphere in the digital space.

STEEZY

Venture Round in 2020
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

Scener

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Scener, Inc. operates an online virtual movie theater and is recognized as a leading social viewing platform for streaming services. Founded in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, Scener enables groups of viewers to synchronize video playback while engaging in video and text chat, enhancing the shared viewing experience. The company's mobile application integrates universal search and TV remote control features, along with social viewing capabilities, expanded content discovery options, and support for both two-screen and native watch parties. This allows users to enjoy movies and TV shows together, fostering a communal atmosphere in the digital space.

Inside.com

Venture Round in 2019
Inside.com, Inc. is a publisher of subscription-based email newsletters that focus on various domains, including technology, politics, business, entertainment, lifestyle, and sports. Founded in 2006 and based in Culver City, California, the company aims to deliver daily roundups and analyses of the latest news and trends, catering to both aspiring entrepreneurs and established executives. Inside.com offers a platform that not only disseminates curated news stories and in-depth topic explorations but also features podcasts and virtual events. This diverse content allows readers to stay informed on significant developments across multiple industries, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engagement.

ProductionPro

Seed Round in 2018
ProductionPro, Inc. is an entertainment technology company that develops an online platform aimed at enhancing creative collaboration in film, television, and theater production. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides tools that facilitate digital asset management, team collaboration, and the organization of production elements. By consolidating scripts, research, designs, and continuity into a single platform, ProductionPro enables producers and creative teams to visualize and streamline their ideas before the production phase. This approach not only improves communication among team members but also allows for more efficient decision-making, ultimately setting a new standard in the industry for managing complex creative processes.

STEEZY

Pre Seed Round in 2018
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

STEEZY

Seed Round in 2018
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

Zupp

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Zupp is a mobile application tailored for college students, aiming to enhance their college experience. The platform offers users access to exclusive deals and rewards, including free food and drinks, buy-one-get-one meals, and discounts at various bars and restaurants. Additionally, Zupp provides opportunities for spontaneous events such as happy hours, complimentary comedy shows, and curated scavenger hunts in the city. By facilitating these experiences, Zupp helps students forge friendships through shared adventures, enriching their social lives during their college years.

Inside.com

Convertible Note in 2018
Inside.com, Inc. is a publisher of subscription-based email newsletters that focus on various domains, including technology, politics, business, entertainment, lifestyle, and sports. Founded in 2006 and based in Culver City, California, the company aims to deliver daily roundups and analyses of the latest news and trends, catering to both aspiring entrepreneurs and established executives. Inside.com offers a platform that not only disseminates curated news stories and in-depth topic explorations but also features podcasts and virtual events. This diverse content allows readers to stay informed on significant developments across multiple industries, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engagement.

STEEZY

Convertible Note in 2018
STEEZY, Inc. is a dance education company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2014. It offers a range of online dance classes and tutorials for various styles, including hip-hop, jazz-funk, whacking, popping, and krump. The platform features a proprietary video player designed to enhance the learning experience, making it engaging and accessible for users at all skill levels. STEEZY collaborates with experienced instructors who have performed with notable artists and appeared on popular dance shows, ensuring high-quality instruction. The company's mission is to elevate dance as a prominent category in sports and fitness, providing tools and curated programs that allow beginners and seasoned dancers to connect and refine their skills.

PassionFlix

Seed Round in 2017
Passionflix Inc. is an entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in the production and distribution of romantic movies and series. Founded in 2016, Passionflix focuses on adapting bestselling romantic novels into visual content, offering a unique subscription-based streaming service that allows viewers to experience these stories in a cinematic format. In addition to its film and series offerings, the company also sells apparel and caps online, enhancing its brand presence within the romance genre. Passionflix aims to cater to fans of romantic literature by providing original adaptations that resonate with the emotions and themes of the source material.

Fresno Unlimited

Seed Round in 2017
Fresno Unlimited is a digital media and entertainment company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in using machine learning and proprietary insights to transform the premium content model, aiming to enhance programming quality for consumers. By integrating intelligent content with strategic distribution, Fresno Unlimited utilizes a content analytics engine to create and disseminate entertainment video services across various digital platforms. This approach allows the company to capture and analyze critical data, enabling content creators to derive value for brands within the entertainment sector.

PassionFlix

Seed Round in 2017
Passionflix Inc. is an entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in the production and distribution of romantic movies and series. Founded in 2016, Passionflix focuses on adapting bestselling romantic novels into visual content, offering a unique subscription-based streaming service that allows viewers to experience these stories in a cinematic format. In addition to its film and series offerings, the company also sells apparel and caps online, enhancing its brand presence within the romance genre. Passionflix aims to cater to fans of romantic literature by providing original adaptations that resonate with the emotions and themes of the source material.

ProductionPro

Seed Round in 2016
ProductionPro, Inc. is an entertainment technology company that develops an online platform aimed at enhancing creative collaboration in film, television, and theater production. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides tools that facilitate digital asset management, team collaboration, and the organization of production elements. By consolidating scripts, research, designs, and continuity into a single platform, ProductionPro enables producers and creative teams to visualize and streamline their ideas before the production phase. This approach not only improves communication among team members but also allows for more efficient decision-making, ultimately setting a new standard in the industry for managing complex creative processes.

ProductionPro

Convertible Note in 2016
ProductionPro, Inc. is an entertainment technology company that develops an online platform aimed at enhancing creative collaboration in film, television, and theater production. Founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides tools that facilitate digital asset management, team collaboration, and the organization of production elements. By consolidating scripts, research, designs, and continuity into a single platform, ProductionPro enables producers and creative teams to visualize and streamline their ideas before the production phase. This approach not only improves communication among team members but also allows for more efficient decision-making, ultimately setting a new standard in the industry for managing complex creative processes.

RushTix

Pre Seed Round in 2016
RushTix, Inc. is a subscription-based live entertainment platform established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in offering a variety of live events, including music, health, and comedy shows. In addition to its live entertainment offerings, RushTix has developed an AI-driven platform called ReelMagic, which enables users to engage in immersive 3D story worlds. This platform allows users to influence narratives and interact with virtual characters in real-time, fostering a unique online experience. Creators can also utilize this platform to develop and monetize their interactive experiences within a dedicated marketplace, further enhancing the community aspect of immersive entertainment.

Clectaverse

Seed Round in 2016
Clectaverse is the culmination of the founders passion for collecting across popular culture. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion and if you saw our offices you would see that it takes the form of 3.5" figures in many cases! Clectaverse is a platform celebrating collections and collectors globally, we enable you to show off your collections and to connect to others to buy, sell and trade. You can use your collectibles to discover, join and create engaging communities where you validate new members to ensure that content is relevant to what you love. We will be building in exclusive content channels and features where you will be the first to know about new collectibles and events thanks to our content partners. In short we are building an evolving Geek wonderland and we will be listening to your ideas to help shape what we believe will be the only one platform experience for collecting you will ever need.

Clipisode

Convertible Note in 2016
Clipisode is a video content marketing platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform facilitates the creation of videos by enabling users to collaborate and share content through links, making it easy to collect and combine authentic video stories. This approach fosters interaction between celebrities and their fans, allowing for the integration of branding and animations in the videos. By simplifying the video creation process, Clipisode aims to enhance user engagement, build trust, and create memorable experiences that can be easily shared across various social media platforms.

Clectaverse

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clectaverse is the culmination of the founders passion for collecting across popular culture. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion and if you saw our offices you would see that it takes the form of 3.5" figures in many cases! Clectaverse is a platform celebrating collections and collectors globally, we enable you to show off your collections and to connect to others to buy, sell and trade. You can use your collectibles to discover, join and create engaging communities where you validate new members to ensure that content is relevant to what you love. We will be building in exclusive content channels and features where you will be the first to know about new collectibles and events thanks to our content partners. In short we are building an evolving Geek wonderland and we will be listening to your ideas to help shape what we believe will be the only one platform experience for collecting you will ever need.

Shots Podcast Network

Series A in 2015
Shots Podcast Network, founded by John and Sam Shahidi, is a creator network that offers media management services specifically designed for influencers and celebrities. The company specializes in producing original mobile-first content tailored for platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. By facilitating content management and promotional strategies, Shots Podcast Network enables creators to effectively navigate the complexities of digital media, enhancing their reach and engagement with audiences. The network has garnered support from notable figures, including Justin Bieber and Floyd Mayweather, further establishing its presence in the entertainment industry.

Clipisode

Seed Round in 2015
Clipisode is a video content marketing platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform facilitates the creation of videos by enabling users to collaborate and share content through links, making it easy to collect and combine authentic video stories. This approach fosters interaction between celebrities and their fans, allowing for the integration of branding and animations in the videos. By simplifying the video creation process, Clipisode aims to enhance user engagement, build trust, and create memorable experiences that can be easily shared across various social media platforms.

Clipisode

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clipisode is a video content marketing platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform facilitates the creation of videos by enabling users to collaborate and share content through links, making it easy to collect and combine authentic video stories. This approach fosters interaction between celebrities and their fans, allowing for the integration of branding and animations in the videos. By simplifying the video creation process, Clipisode aims to enhance user engagement, build trust, and create memorable experiences that can be easily shared across various social media platforms.

Clipisode

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clipisode is a video content marketing platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform facilitates the creation of videos by enabling users to collaborate and share content through links, making it easy to collect and combine authentic video stories. This approach fosters interaction between celebrities and their fans, allowing for the integration of branding and animations in the videos. By simplifying the video creation process, Clipisode aims to enhance user engagement, build trust, and create memorable experiences that can be easily shared across various social media platforms.

RushTix

Pre Seed Round in 2015
RushTix, Inc. is a subscription-based live entertainment platform established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in offering a variety of live events, including music, health, and comedy shows. In addition to its live entertainment offerings, RushTix has developed an AI-driven platform called ReelMagic, which enables users to engage in immersive 3D story worlds. This platform allows users to influence narratives and interact with virtual characters in real-time, fostering a unique online experience. Creators can also utilize this platform to develop and monetize their interactive experiences within a dedicated marketplace, further enhancing the community aspect of immersive entertainment.

Clipisode

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Clipisode is a video content marketing platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform facilitates the creation of videos by enabling users to collaborate and share content through links, making it easy to collect and combine authentic video stories. This approach fosters interaction between celebrities and their fans, allowing for the integration of branding and animations in the videos. By simplifying the video creation process, Clipisode aims to enhance user engagement, build trust, and create memorable experiences that can be easily shared across various social media platforms.

Streamfog

Streamfog is a technology company that specializes in integrating Augmented Reality (AR) into live video streams, with a focus on enhancing advertising experiences. Its web-based platform enables streamers to incorporate interactive 3D alerts into their broadcasts, while brands can display immersive AR advertisements within those streams. By seamlessly blending ads into the content, Streamfog aims to improve viewer engagement and redefine traditional ad tech.
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