LaunchBay Capital
Growth equityLondon · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
LaunchBay Capital aims to foster innovation and liquidity in the technology space. It operates a series of secondary investment funds and co-investment vehicles, providing capital and deal-making expertise to growth-stage technology companies. The firm positions itself as an actively managed player specializing in secondary transactions.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 13 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 28 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×8Cloud Computing ×5Fintech ×5SaaS ×5Crypto & Web3 ×3Deep Tech ×3Cybersecurity ×2
HQs:United States×13Canada×1
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathLLM frontier and research company building large-scale, steerable, and interpretable AI systems, including the Claude family of models.
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Applied Intuition develops physical AI software for autonomous and intelligent machines, including vehicles, robots, ships, and satellites across industries like automotive, defense, logistics, and manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSunnyvale, US
Qasar Younis(Co-founder and CEO)Peter Ludwig(Co-founder and CTO)
Carta is a cloud-based ERP platform for private capital markets that manages cap tables, equity administration, fund management, and valuations for startups, private companies, and venture funds globally.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Henry Ward(Co-founder)Manu Kumar(Co-founder)Charly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)Jeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)Nick Avery(Chief People Officer)Nicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)
Circle provides a full-stack platform for digital finance, combining blockchain infrastructure, stablecoins (USDC, EURC), and payment networks to enable borderless value exchange and financial access globally.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Jeremy Allaire
Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA
Aidan Gomez(Co-founder and CEO)Ivan Zhang(Co-founder)Nick Frosst(Co-founder)
Technology-led bank providing embedded banking, payments, and lending infrastructure to leading fintechs.
Cross River is a bank that combines traditional banking safety and compliance expertise with technology innovation to provide end-to-end financial solutions for partner companies.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSJersey City, US
Develops scalable cloud and AI infrastructure powered by stranded energy to support high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads.
Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergyDenver, US
Cully Cavness(Co-Founder)Chase Lochmiller(Executive Officer, Director)
Cyberhaven provides data detection and response (DDR) software that helps security teams investigate incidents involving data exfiltration and insider threats by reconstructing the complete timeline and context of user actions and data movements.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Fin is an AI customer service agent that resolves customer issues across service, sales, and support channels with industry-leading 76% resolution rates.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Fluidstack develops infrastructure for AI by rapidly deploying compute capacity, enabling delivery of gigawatts of computing power in six months compared to industry standards of 18-24 months, with focus on data center acquisition, design, operation, and supporting major AI infrastructure projects.
AI & Machine LearningCloud Computing
Gary Wu(Founder & CEO)inCésar Maklary(Founder)
Hydra develops Brokkr, an operating system that enables independent data centers to operate AI Factories by providing shared infrastructure, customer access, and monetization tools on a unified network.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingMiami, US
Garrett Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)inAaron Ginn(Executive Officer, Director)in
Klarna is a mobile banking and payments platform that offers flexible payment options, shopping features, and financial management tools to millions of users globally through partnerships with thousands of merchants.
ConsumerE-commerceFintech
Sebastian Siemiatkowski(Founder & CEO)
Lambda builds modular AI data centers ("AI factories") with power, liquid cooling, and high-bandwidth interconnects, and provides GPU cloud infrastructure for training and deploying AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Benhamin Nelson(Executive Officer)Austen Allred(Executive Officer, Director)Jessica Verrilli(Director)John Danner(Director)
GPU cloud platform for large-scale AI training and inference, offering on-demand and reserved compute pre-configured for modern ML workloads.
Sarasota, US
JONATHAN BLOCK(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMARTIN DE CRANE D'HEYSSELAER(Director)ROWLAND HOBBS(Director)WEI YUAN(Director)DOUGLAS SINCLAIR(Director)
Faction is a venture capital firm that invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects at the seed and series A stages, focusing on entrepreneurs building fundamental utility across the technology stack.
Crypto & Web3New York, US
Gal Barnea(Executive Officer)Christina Calvaneso(Executive Officer)Brian Pozesky(Executive Officer)Menashe Ezra(Director)Erez Shachar(Director)Tal Riesenfeld(Director)
AI company developing a medical search engine used by physicians for clinical decision support.
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Varda industrializes low Earth orbit by manufacturing pharmaceuticals and other specialized products in space, then returning them to Earth via reusable reentry capsules.
BiotechDeep TechSpace TechEl Segundo, US
Will Bruey(Founder)Delian Asparouhov(Founder)
Zapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Wade Foster(Founder)in
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAnthropic AI Safety and Research · techcrunch.com · Jul 20, 2026
Carta · medicalbuyer.co.in · Jul 14, 2026
Nominal · medicalbuyer.co.in · Jul 14, 2026
Zapier · aiweekly.co · Jul 8, 2026
Crusoe Energy · arti-trends.com · Jul 6, 2026
Cross River Bank · businesswire.com · Jul 1, 2026
Hydra Host · x.com · Jun 24, 2026
Cyberhaven · cyberhaven.com · Apr 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does LaunchBay Capital invest at?
- LaunchBay Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does LaunchBay Capital focus on?
- LaunchBay Capital focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is LaunchBay Capital located?
- LaunchBay Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does LaunchBay Capital lead rounds?
- LaunchBay Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamAlan Vaksman, Launchbay Capital- Interview studio
RestartILEconomy · Alan Vaksman
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Co-investors · 1
Firms observed investing alongside LaunchBay Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with LaunchBay Capital's recorded portfolio.
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