Jason Calacanis - Founder & CEO @ LAUNCH - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder & CEO
Primary Organization
LAUNCH

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

Personal Investments

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Jason Calacanis

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Angel Round - latchkey

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	latchkey	—	Angel Round - latchkey	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Orreco	—	Venture Round - Orreco	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Vibe3	—	Pre Seed Round - Vibe3	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	howie	—	Seed Round - howie	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Millet AI	—	Pre Seed Round - Millet AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	TaxGPT	—	Seed Round - TaxGPT	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Recall	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Recall	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Melengo	—	Pre Seed Round - Melengo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Nucanon	—	Pre Seed Round - Nucanon	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Dexla	Yes	Convertible Note - Dexla	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

549

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Argyle	LAUNCH	—	Pre Seed Round - Argyle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Abliteration.ai	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - Abliteration.ai	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Secludy	LAUNCH	—	Seed Round - Secludy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Brio Robotics	LAUNCH	—	Pre Seed Round - Brio Robotics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	ChurchAI	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - ChurchAI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Milq AI	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - Milq AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	VoiceClaw	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - VoiceClaw	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lauft	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - Lauft	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Grapple	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - Grapple	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	latchkey	LAUNCH	Yes	Convertible Note - latchkey	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Wealthfront

Wanderfly

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UberMedia

Wealthfront Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition.
Wanderfly Wanderfly is a web platform for discovering and sharing personalized travel recommendations.
UberMedia UberMedia is one of the most trusted mobile insights platforms that powers advertising, location measurement, and business intelligence.
Uber Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Space Monkey Space Monkey provides a subscription-based data storage solution enabling users to store data from any device.
Signpost Signpost is an AI communication platform that helps home service businesses respond faster and win more jobs.
Red Tricycle Red Tricycle is a digital media company that provides authoritative, localized content to its growing online community of busy urban moms.
Rapportive Rapportive is an email add-on that displays social media info about contacts inside the users’ inbox.
Nucanon Nucanon Collaborative game and narrative design softwar.
Jibe Jibe provides SaaS-based recruiting technology solutions to the Global Fortune 500.

Jobs

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Jason Calacanis

has

current jobs including

Teacher

Founder University

Founder

Launch Accelerator

, and

Founder & CEO

LAUNCH

. Additionally,

Jason Calacanis

has had

past jobs including

Host

This Week In

Founder University TeacherJan 2021
Launch Accelerator FounderJan 2011
LAUNCH Founder & CEOJan 2011
Uber Angel InvestorJan 2010
Inside.com Founder & CEOJan 2007
Growth University Co-Founder
Signpost Team Member
The Syndicate.com Founder
Autoblog Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
This Week In	Host	2009	2013
Weblogs	CEO & Co-Founder	Oct 2003	Nov 2006
Mahalo	Founder	2007	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Jason Calacanis

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Enklu

Director

Blokable

, and

Advisor

Ready Maker

Enklu Board MemberDec 1, 2019
Blokable DirectorMar 4, 2017
Ready Maker AdvisorJan 2017
Underground Cellar Board Member2017
Belgrave Trust Advisor & InvestorFeb 1, 2011
Jibe InvestorMar 1, 2010
Chartbeat AdvisorOct 2009
Guardian Circle Advisor
Lofty Advisor
Contiq Inc. Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
gdgt	Member of the Board of Directors	Jun 1, 2009	2013
Oracle Dyn	Member of the Board of Directors	Oct 1, 2012	2013
Savings.com	Member of the Board of Directors	—	Aug 1, 2010
ThisNext	Member of the Board of Directors & Investor	Jun 2006	Oct 2009
Gowalla	Investor	Nov 1, 2009	—
FamilyFinds	Advisor	2011	—

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