LaunchPad

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Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
May 1, 2025	Reflect Orbital	$20.0M Series A	—	8VC, Baidu Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Dimension Capital, Andrew Wheeler, Innovation Endeavors, Jungle Ventures, Lux Capital, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Starship Ventures, The Column Group, The Engine, The Hit Forge, Trammell Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Adam Wong, Balaji Srinivasan, Stephen Cole
Apr 1, 2025	Blackbird	$50.0M Series B	—	American Express Ventures, Infinity Ventures, Greg Bettinelli, Union Square Ventures
Mar 1, 2025	AMP	$13.0M Venture Round	—	8VC, Baidu Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Andrew Wheeler, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management
Sep 1, 2024	Reflect Orbital	$7.0M Seed	—	8VC, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Andreessen Horowitz, Baidu Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Andrew Wheeler, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Starship Ventures, The Engine, The Hit Forge, Trammell Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Adam Wong, Balaji Srinivasan, Stephen Cole
May 1, 2024	Verse	$21.0M Series A	—	8VC, Baidu Ventures, Congruent Ventures, GV, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management
Oct 1, 2023	Blackbird	$24.0M Series A	—	American Express Ventures, Infinity Ventures, Greg Bettinelli, Union Square Ventures
Sep 1, 2023	AMP	$18.0M Series A	—	8VC, Baidu Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Andrew Wheeler, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management
Aug 1, 2023	Fulcrum	$18.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 75 & Sunny, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Acrew Capital, AllerFund, Altimeter Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Battery Ventures, B Capital Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Bryant Stibel, Cedar Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Electric Ant, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Hardware Club, IrishAngels, Ironspring Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Motivate Ventures, Nine Four Ventures, Nonlinear, Operator Collective, Pelion Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, QVentures, Rally Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Shine Capital, Sixty8 Capital, SOSV, Stormbreaker, Techstars, Torch Capital, Charlie Songhurst, Doug Berg, Elie Seidman, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Zimmer, Joseph Aamidor - Aamidor Consulting, Josh Yguado, Karl Peterson, Marc Lasry, Michael Ryan Dubin, Michael Stoppelman, Nicolas Berggruen, Sean Rad
Aug 1, 2023	Rondo Energy	$60.0M Series B	—	2150, 8VC, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, ArcTern Ventures, Baidu Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ClimacticVC, Congruent Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Andrew Wheeler, Hitachi Ventures, Jungle Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft, Openspace Ventures, Planeteer Capital, Prelude Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Community Fund, The Westly Group, Vinyl Capital, Wellington Management, Ramez Naam, Ryan Wyatt, Yoav Lurie
Feb 1, 2023	Zeitview	$55.0M Series E	—	8VC, Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Baidu Ventures, Boost VC, Champion Hill Labs, Coatue, Congruent Ventures, Daffy, Rachel Slaybaugh, Fenway Summer, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Andrew Wheeler, Indeed.com, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Tiffany Luck, Openspace Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TCG (The Chernin Group), Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vera Equity, Wellington Management, Amit Agarwal, Charlie Songhurst, Gokul Rajaram, Jacqueline Reses, Jeffrey Wald, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Shishir Mehrotra, Tom McInerney, Tony Xu
Nov 1, 2022	AMP	$91.0M Series C	—	Anthemis Group, Atreides Management, Baukunst, Congruent Ventures, Galaxy Digital, GV, IA Capital Group, LightShed Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, March Capital, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, Wellington Management, David Lieb
Oct 1, 2022	Blackbird	$11.0M Seed	—	Greg Bettinelli, Union Square Ventures
Oct 1, 2022	Fulcrum	$19.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 75 & Sunny, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Acrew Capital, AllerFund, Altimeter Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Battery Ventures, B Capital Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Bryant Stibel, Cedar Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Electric Ant, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Hardware Club, IrishAngels, Ironspring Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, M25, Matchstick Ventures, MATH Venture Partners, Motivate Ventures, Nine Four Ventures, Nonlinear, Operator Collective, Pareto Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, QVentures, Rally Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Shine Capital, Sixty8 Capital, SOSV, Stormbreaker, Techstars, Torch Capital, Charlie Songhurst, Doug Berg, Elie Seidman, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Zimmer, Joseph Aamidor - Aamidor Consulting, Josh Yguado, Karl Peterson, Marc Lasry, Michael Ryan Dubin, Michael Stoppelman, Nicolas Berggruen, Sean Rad
Sep 1, 2022	Invisible AI	$15.0M Series A	—	8VC, Airbus Ventures, AIX Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Axiom Partners, Baidu Ventures, Balderton Capital, Congruent Ventures, James Hardiman, Footprint Coalition, Andrew Wheeler, Inspired Capital, Jungle Ventures, K9 Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Microsoft, Morpheus Ventures, Openspace Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Sierra Ventures, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Tribe Capital, Twelve Below, Village Global, Wellington Management, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Andy Coravos, Baron Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Peter Sonsini, Trevor McFedries, Yan-David Erlich
Mar 1, 2022	Big Cabal Media	$2.0M Seed	—	Hoxton Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Mango Capital, Ali Diab, Todd Rovak
Jan 1, 2022	Inflow	$2.0M Seed	—	500 Global, AppWorks, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Aniq Kassam, Hoxton Ventures, Lightbank, MaC Venture Capital, Mango Capital, Not Boring Capital, Octopus Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Seven Seven Six, Trajectory Ventures, Vibe Capital, XFactor Ventures, Adam Guild, Adrian Aoun, Ali Diab, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Cory Levy, Matteo Franceschetti, Shane Curran, Todd Rovak, Yusuf Sherwani, 500 Startups, AC Ventures
Nov 1, 2021	Medallion	$30.0M Series B	—	Acrew Capital, AIX Ventures, Atreides Management, B Capital Group, C2 Investment, Chemistry VC, Craft Ventures, Cyberlaunch, EVE Atlas, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Gradient Ventures, Sangeen Zeb, Infinite Capital, Kapor Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Liquid 2 Ventures, NewView Capital, Night Capital, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Positive Sum VC, Predictive VC, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Susa Ventures, Jarrod Dicker, Thirty Five Ventures, Breon Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matthew Dellavedova, Max Mullen, Michael G. Rubin, Mitch Garber, Odell Beckham Jr., Peter Reinhardt, Steve Aoki, Steven Sinofsky, Thomas Noonan, Will Gaybrick, Zachary Sims
Oct 1, 2021	Zeitview	$20.0M Venture Round	—	8VC, Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Baidu Ventures, Boost VC, Champion Hill Labs, Coatue, Congruent Ventures, Daffy, Rachel Slaybaugh, Fenway Summer, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Andrew Wheeler, Indeed.com, Jungle Ventures, Microsoft, Tiffany Luck, Openspace Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TCG (The Chernin Group), Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vera Equity, Wellington Management, Amit Agarwal, Charlie Songhurst, Gokul Rajaram, Jacqueline Reses, Jeffrey Wald, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Shishir Mehrotra, Tom McInerney, Tony Xu
Oct 1, 2021	GreenPark Sports	$31.0M Series B	—	Act One Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, Atreides Management, Convoz, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Galaxy Digital, Global Founders Capital, Greycroft, Icebreaker.vc, Left Lane Capital, LightShed Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital, March Capital, Ravelin Capital, Sapphire Ventures, SignalFire, Sunset Ventures, Sweater Ventures, TQ Ventures, Willow Growth Partners LP, Brad Lewthwaite, Colin Carrier, Jared Leto, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Weil, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, William Miller
Oct 1, 2021	Electric	$90.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, 1984 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, Acrew Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Asylum Ventures, Atreides Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Fifth Wall, Foundry Group, Freestyle Capital, G20 Ventures, Galaxy Digital, General Atlantic, LightShed Ventures, Lux Capital, March Capital, Notable Capital, Partech Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, Sunset Ventures, The Community Fund, Treble Capital, Christian Bach, Eric Wu, Steve Schlafman, Tushar Garg
Sep 1, 2021	Omneky	$3.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, Alloy Fund, Amazon Alexa Fund, Awesome People Ventures, Basecase Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Cornerstone Venture Partners, CVS Health, Eclipse Ventures, FAST — by GETTYLAB, Foundation Capital, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Luminate Accelerator, M13, MediaLink, Glenn Solomon, Rainfall Ventures, Rethink Impact, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, SJF Ventures, Speedinvest, Staircase Ventures, Surface Ventures, WorkLife Ventures, Akhil Paul, Akshay Sriprasad, Anthony Saleh, Austin Walters, Ben Uretsky, Dan Siroker, Humberto Ayres Pereira, Jeremy Cai, Joanne Bradford, Jonathan Widawski, Karl Jacob, Kunal Shah, Marc Benioff, Moisey Uretsky, Ricardo Marino, Richard Branson, Sameer Bhalla, Scott Belsky, Tom Williams
Sep 1, 2021	Elodie Games	$33.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 50 Partners, 75 & Sunny, Acrew Capital, AllerFund, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Bryant Stibel, Electric Ant, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Galaxy Digital, Goat Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Hans Tung, Operator Collective, Patron, Pelion Venture Partners, Resonado, Sapphire Ventures, Shine Capital, Thirty Five Ventures, Torch Capital, Transcend Fund, Uncork Capital, AJ Vaynerchuk, Elie Seidman, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Zimmer, Josh Yguado, Karl Peterson, Matthew Dellavedova, Michael Ryan Dubin, Michael Stoppelman, Ryan Spoon, Sean Rad, Trevor Wright
Aug 1, 2021	LaunchDarkly	$200.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, 75 & Sunny, Accel, Accomplice, Acrew Capital, AIX Ventures, AllerFund, Altimeter Capital, Amity Ventures, Atreides Management, B Capital Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bloomberg Beta, Boldstart Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Bryant Stibel, C2 Investment, Cervin Ventures, Chemistry VC, Citi Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Daffy, Electric Ant, Fifth Wall, First Round Capital, Geek Ventures, Grasshopper Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Heavybit, Immeasurable, Insight Partners, Lead Edge Capital, NewView Capital, Operator Collective, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Positive Sum VC, Quiet Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Shine Capital, Softbank Group, Susa Ventures, ThirdLove, Threshold Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Torch Capital, Transpose platform, Uncork Capital, U.S. Department Of Defense, Wing Venture Capital, David Dubick, Elie Seidman, Jason Lemkin, Jeffrey Wilke, Jeremy Zimmer, Josh Yguado, Karl Peterson, Michael Ryan Dubin, Michael Stoppelman, Sahin Boydas, Sean Rad
Aug 1, 2021	WarpBuild	$2.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, Atreides Management, C2 Investment, Chemistry VC, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Positive Sum VC, Quiet Capital
Aug 1, 2021	Nifty Games	$26.0M Series B	—	Atreides Management, Bain Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Fyrefly VC, Galaxy Digital, Humba Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, LightShed Ventures, Lux Capital, March Capital, Next Coast Ventures, OurCrowd, Shasta Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Dave Liu, Fanny Surjana

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Leadership Team

Key people at LaunchPad.

Finance and Investment Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at LaunchPad.

Finance and Investment Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Launchpad refers to multiple entities in the investment and startup ecosystem, but two prominent ones are:

1. Launchpad Capital (Venture Capital Firm)

Launchpad Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in innovative technology startups, particularly those with disruptive technologies and high growth potential. Their mission is to back bold teams with reliable capital and strategic support, helping startups scale from day zero to maturity. They focus on sectors like FinTech and other cutting-edge technologies, providing seed to Series B funding typically ranging from $500K to $5M. Launchpad Capital leverages data-driven insights to optimize investment decisions and portfolio growth, playing an active role in guiding startups through operational challenges and market competition[2][3].

2. Launchpad (AI-First Robotics Company)

Launchpad is a company founded in 2020 that builds AI-powered robotics solutions for the manufacturing sector. It serves manufacturers in the US, UK, and Europe by addressing labor shortages and improving competitiveness through automation. Their proprietary AI-first technology integrates humans and robots on factory floors, aiming to halve the time and cost of automation deployment. The company has demonstrated strong growth momentum, recently closing an $11 million Series A round to accelerate technology development and expand customer reach[5].

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Origin Story

Launchpad Capital was established as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage tech startups. It is led by partners such as Jurgen Van De Vyver and has evolved to incorporate data-driven investment strategies and active operational support to maximize startup success. The firm has built a reputation for identifying disruptive technologies and supporting founders with both capital and strategic guidance[2].

Launchpad (Robotics Company) was founded in 2020 with the vision to reimagine manufacturing and revitalize local economies by solving labor shortages through automation. The founders identified a critical need for more efficient integration of robotics in assembly lines and developed AI-first technology to meet this challenge. Early traction included deployments in factories across the US and Europe and securing significant funding from strategic investors like Lavrock Ventures and Lockheed Martin Ventures[5].

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Core Differentiators

Launchpad Capital (VC Firm)
Unique investment model combining financial capital with strategic, hands-on support
Strong network of industry experts and data analytics capabilities for informed decision-making
Proven track record in backing disruptive early-stage startups with high growth potential
Focus on sectors like FinTech and emerging technologies with flexible investment sizes

Launchpad (Robotics Company)
Proprietary AI-first robotics technology that optimizes human-robot collaboration
Significant reduction in automation deployment time and costs (estimated halving)
Strong strategic investor backing and cross-continental presence (US and Europe)
Focus on revitalizing manufacturing with scalable, real-world solutions

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Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Launchpad Capital rides the wave of increasing demand for early-stage funding in disruptive technology sectors, where innovation cycles are rapid and competition intense. The timing is critical as digital transformation accelerates across industries, and startups require not just capital but strategic partnerships to scale effectively. Their data-driven approach and active involvement influence the startup ecosystem by improving success rates and fostering innovation[2][3].

Launchpad (Robotics Company) capitalizes on the global manufacturing trend toward automation and AI integration, driven by labor shortages and the need for resilient supply chains. The company’s solutions align with market forces pushing for smarter, more flexible manufacturing processes. By enabling faster, cost-effective automation, Launchpad influences the manufacturing ecosystem toward greater adoption of AI and robotics, supporting economic revitalization in local communities[5].

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Quick Take & Future Outlook

Launchpad Capital is poised to continue expanding its portfolio in high-potential tech sectors, leveraging data analytics and strategic support to enhance startup growth. Trends such as AI, blockchain, and FinTech innovation will likely shape their investment focus. Their influence may grow as they deepen their operational involvement, potentially setting new standards for venture capital engagement in early-stage companies[2][3].

Launchpad (Robotics Company) is expected to accelerate its technology development and market penetration, fueled by recent funding and growing demand for automation. The ongoing labor shortages and push for manufacturing resilience will sustain strong tailwinds. Their ability to scale AI-driven robotics solutions could position them as a key player in the future of advanced manufacturing, potentially expanding into new geographies and sectors[5].

Both entities named Launchpad demonstrate a commitment to innovation and growth, whether through capital investment or transformative technology, underscoring their roles as catalysts in their respective ecosystems.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded LaunchPad?

LaunchPad was founded by Michael Kunitzky (Founder).