Launchpad Capital
Venture capitalOakland · Pre-Seed–Growth · 5 people tracked
Also known as LAUNCHPAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
Investment thesis
Launchpad Capital positions itself as a long-term partner that backs bold teams with reliable capital and hands-on execution. Its activity spans venture capital, SPACs, credit, and sports investments, supporting companies from inception (day zero) through to scale. The firm emphasizes empowering founding teams to succeed and helping turn early visions into realized businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 33 of 40 portfolio companiesFintech ×24SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×6Consumer ×5Crypto & Web3 ×5InsurTech ×5Enterprise Software ×4PropTech ×4
HQs:United States×23
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×63 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×3The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
Airbnb ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 22016 · 13 dated
Adaptive provides a cloud cost optimization platform that detects, remediates, and prevents "shadow waste" and inefficiencies across multi-cloud, Kubernetes, AI platforms, data cloud, and code.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Aviv Revach(Founder)Eyal Brosh(Founder)
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalNew Era Capital PartnersUS Venture PartnersNew Era CapitalPitangoU.S. Venture Partners+1 more
Alden Investment Group is a boutique financial firm offering financial planning and investment management, an integrated broker-dealer and RIA platform for advisors, and capital markets solutions for institutions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Alpen Labs builds a Bitcoin layer-2 network that enables financial applications through a ZK rollup with optimistic bridge architecture.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Abishkar Chhetri(Founder)Pramod Kandel(Founder)Simanta Gautam(Founder)John LightTrey Del BonisLiam Eagen
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesHivemind Ventures, LlcMirana VenturesResolute VenturesSTILLMARKAsymmetric+3 more
Blotout provides a privacy-focused signal platform combining an ID graph, contextual data, and consent governance to deliver server-side conversion (CAPI) tracking and post-cookie attribution for ecommerce and lead-generation advertisers.
AdTechCybersecurityMarketing TechFremont, US
Mandar Shinde(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Boulos(Director)
BoardAlok Nandan(Director)in
Co-investorsFirst Rays Venture PartnersLoftyInc CapitalStrategxy Ventures LLCTunitas Ventures
Castle Creek Launchpad is a venture capital fund formed by Castle Creek Capital and Launchpad Capital to invest in early-stage fintech companies that work with financial institutions.
Fintech
Central Payments provides embedded finance services, including configurable card products, funds movement, and program-lifecycle management for brands, along with compliance, oversight, and settlement services for banks.
FintechSaaS
Consensys builds a vertically integrated platform for decentralized finance, offering consumer wallet applications, developer infrastructure, blockchain APIs, and protocol-level software that manage the full onchain transaction lifecycle.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechFort Worth, US
Joseph Lubin(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsArcane GroupArgonautic VenturesBR CapitalCoinbase VenturesDragonflyDVC+17 more
Copper is a mobile app that pays users with points redeemable for gift cards and cash (e.g.
Consumer
Stefan Berglund(Co-founder)Eddie Behringer(CEO / Co-founder)in
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesFinancial Venture StudioMaven VenturesOperator StackRestive VenturesSamsung Next+4 more
Current is a mobile-first banking platform offering no-fee spending accounts and integrated financial services to everyday Americans.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Stuart Sopp(Founder)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Activant CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAvenir Growth CapitalCota CapitalElizabeth Street Ventures+8 more
Exponential.fi is a San Francisco-based DeFi platform for discovering, risk-assessing and investing in crypto liquidity pools.
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersParadigmScribble Ventures
Extend provides product protection plans that merchants offer shoppers at checkout to cover product failures and accidental damage such as drops, breaks, and spills, handling repairs or replacements with online claims support.
E-commerceInsurTechRetail TechSaaS
Woodrow Levin(Founder)inJoe Moss(Founder)in
Co-investorsGraph VenturesGreatPoint VenturesSoftBank Vision FundB CapitalCommerce VenturesFinTech Collective+2 more
LEEO provides commercial auto insurance with data-driven underwriting, using telematics, AI, and data science to price and underwrite coverage for fleets and small businesses.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechMobility & TransportationReno, US
Jonathan Matus(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMax Chee(Director)Charles Moldow(Director)in
Co-investorsAquiline Technology GrowthFoundation CapitalExpansion Venture CapitalMS&AD VenturesSquareOne Capital
Co-investorsTribeca Early Stage Partners
Grid is a consumer mobile app that offers cash advances, paycheck boosts, and credit-building tools to help users manage personal finances.
ConsumerFintech
Gernot Zacke(Founder)in
Co-investorsFikaKindred VenturesObvious Ventures
Harmonic Insurance Services facilitates embedded income-protection insurance products, such as coverage that pays a monthly benefit to workers facing involuntary layoffs.
FintechInsurTech
Co-investorsTranspose Platform Management
Marstone provides digital investing and financial wellness software, including a white-labeled, turnkey investment platform that financial institutions can configure to offer do-it-yourself and advisor-assisted investment solutions to their customers.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsSlater Technology Fund
MBI is an event-driven pricing and promotions platform for banks and credit unions, connecting to an institution's first-party data sources to run configurable pricing and promotional campaigns without replacing legacy core systems.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Zach Bruhnke(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew Capital
Mesh Payments provides a corporate travel and expense platform combining corporate cards, expense management, and travel booking with an AI-driven orchestration layer that automatically codes, categorizes, and reconciles transactions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Oded Zehavi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalEntrée CapitalMeron CapitalTLV PartnersLiberty City VenturesModerne Ventures+1 more
MIC Global provides embedded income protection insurance that digital platforms can offer to their users, using automated underwriting, real-time fraud detection, and automation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech
Miami Beach, US
Alexander Lopatine(Executive Officer)Harry J Flood(Executive Officer, Director)David J Wright(LLC Manager)Scott W Killoh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCian Cotter(Director)Peter Sobiloff(Director)
Co-investorsCurql Collective, LLCInsight PartnersNext Level VenturesThe Banc Funds Company
Oakland Roots is a men's professional soccer team, and Oakland Soul is a women's soccer team offering a pathway to professional play, both based in Oakland.
Media & EntertainmentSports TechOakland, US
Co-investorsD3VC
Oakland Soul is a women's soccer team competing in the USL W League, offering a training environment and player development pathway toward professional soccer.
ConsumerSports TechOakland, US
Pinnacle is an AI-native real estate brokerage offering agents, teams, and independent brokerages a centralized platform (PinnacleHQ) for transaction management, compliance oversight, onboarding, and marketing tools.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Plaid provides financial infrastructure and APIs that enable developers to build financial technology products and services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US
Zach Perret(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Hockey(Co-founder & CTO)in
BoardMo Koyfman(Director)Rick Yang(Director)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAmbush CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroupCoatue ManagementEQUIAM+25 more
Prizeout offers a suite of rewards and instant cashback products that integrate with financial institutions' online banking platforms, letting them offer cashback on everyday shopping and milestones.
ConsumerFintechMarketing TechNew York, US
David Metz(CEO)David Burton(CFO)Richard Blankenship(CRO)Victoria Leon(COO)
Co-investorsChaos VenturesSprint Vc
Co-investorsATX Venture Partners
Tilt provides alternative credit products and underwriting technology to people with limited access to traditional credit, using non-traditional financial signals to assess creditworthiness and enable borrowing.
FintechSan Francisco, US
James Beshara(Founder/CEO)inKhaled Hussein(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzIcon VenturesNimble PartnersY CombinatorBalderton CapitalLerer Hippeau+2 more
Tongo operates a financial benefits platform for real estate agents and brokerages that centralizes checking, savings, retirement, and investment accounts and automates commission distribution.
FintechPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsElizabeth Street VenturesGood FriendsLAB VenturesMetaPropMetaProp VenturesMS&AD Ventures+3 more
Truehold Financial provides financing for real estate investors, including long-term loans for rental properties qualified on property cash flow and short-term loans covering purchase and renovation costs.
FintechPropTechSt. Louis, US
Azat Tulegenov(Founder)inConnie Adams(CEO)
Co-investors25MadisonBAM VenturesClocktower VenturesGreat Wave VenturesHabitat PartnersSamsung Next+3 more
UpEquity provides real estate services that help homeowners buying and selling simultaneously by unlocking equity and removing contingencies to enable competitive offers.
FintechPropTechAustin, US
Timothy Herman(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarly Light VenturesNext Coast VenturesOrigin VenturesRiptide VenturesS3 VenturesThe MBA Fund+2 more
Utila provides infrastructure for managing stablecoins and digital assets, serving fintechs, payment service providers, banks, and enterprises.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York City, US
Bentzi Rabi(Founder & CEO)inEdwin Handschuh(Founder)Sam Eiderman(Founder)in
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupHaymaker VenturesInspired CapitalNFXNIVNyca+5 more
Vouch provides directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance designed for venture-backed companies navigating investor disputes, wrongful termination claims, and governance challenges.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sam Hodges(Founder/CEO)inTravis Hedge(Founder)inKellyn Wulff(Executive Officer)Chean Yujun
BoardNicholas Shalek(Director)inMeyer Malka(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalFlucas VenturesIndex VenturesMS&AD VenturesSouth QuadVentureSouq+7 more
Zebec builds blockchain-powered financial products including payroll, cards, and payments solutions for individuals, businesses, and teams.
Crypto & Web3FintechHR TechSaaS
Simon Babakhani(CEO)Nea PadhyeSam Thapaliya
Co-investors500 GlobalAegis VentuesBreyer CapitalResolute VenturesAlameda ResearchDistributed Global+1 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMBI · marketbeat.com · Aug 19, 2026
Immediate · pymnts.com · Aug 17, 2026
Extend · quartr.com · Jul 24, 2026
Prizeout · startupfundraising.com · Jul 22, 2026
Plaid · fintech.global · Jul 16, 2026
Current · fintechfutures.com · Jul 16, 2026
Zebec Network · catalogo.cpal.edu.pe · Jul 14, 2026
Vouch · insurancebusinessmag.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Launchpad Capital made?
- Launchpad Capital has 40 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Launchpad Capital invest at?
- Launchpad Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Launchpad Capital focus on?
- Launchpad Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Launchpad Capital located?
- Launchpad Capital is headquartered in Oakland, US.
- Who does Launchpad Capital co-invest with?
- Launchpad Capital most often shares deals with Andreessen Horowitz, MS&AD Ventures, Y Combinator, among 139 tracked co-investors.
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