The world of financial services is transforming and more ready than ever for thoughtful disruption.
The combination of permanent structural changes to the global financial services industry and readily accessible infrastructure will unlock empowering financial and technology innovation at across the FIRE sector - from finance, to insurance and real estate - through products and services that are fair, transparent and give consumers and businesses full control of their hard earned money and the data tied to it.
LaunchPad Capital builds and invests in pre-seed and seed stage Fintech companies.
The combination of permanent structural changes to the global financial services industry and readily accessible infrastructure will unlock empowering financial and technology innovation at across the FIRE sector - from finance, to insurance and real estate - through products and services that are fair, transparent and give consumers and businesses full control of their hard earned money and the data tied to it.
LaunchPad Capital builds and invests in pre-seed and seed stage Fintech companies.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2020
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Hard Yaka | hardyaka.c... |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.08.2022 | Central Payments Closes $30 Million Growth Equity Raise | Trent Sorbe, Founder & President, Central Payments “Since inception, we have remained steadfast in our belief that new technology and the stability of a bank charter create opportunity for banks in fintech and embedded finance when othe... |
| 21.07.2022 | A first-time VC raised $2 million in 2 months to invest in women after Roe was overturned | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Erika Lucas wasn’t planning on launching a venture fund two months ago. Lucas, who runs mentorshi... |
| 17.11.2021 | UNest raises $26M Series B to help parents save for their kids’ expenses | UNest, a fintech startup that provides financial planning tools for parents saving on behalf of their children, announced today that it raised $26 million in Series B funding led by The Artemis Fund. Existing investor Northwestern Mutual Fu... |
| 20.08.2021 | Beauty-tech startup Watalook lands $1M in pre-seed | The Lithuanian based startup Watalook is striving to redefine the beauty tech market with its digital assistant for independent beauty professionals across the U.S. Watalook has experienced a growth of over 30% in users each month and has r... |
| - | The Land of 1000 Startups: How Lithuania Serves as a Launchpad For Future Unicorns | Ambitious goals are what drive innovation and progress. That’s true for many things in Lithuania – from its ascent as a world-class biotechnology hub to the country becoming a top-of-mind location for film producers. Lithuania’s vibrant sta... |
| - | San Francisco Venture Capital Firm Will Actively Invest In Lithuanian Startups | Launchpad Capital, a new early-stage venture capital firm led by long-time San Francisco-based fintech investor and entrepreneur Ryan Gilbert, will be investing in early-stage Lithuanian startups targeting North America. The firm has appoin... |
| - | “Startup Fair. Recharge 2021”: Meet Featured Investors | We dedicated this year‘s “Startup Fair” to RECHARGE for a reason. Not only to share lessons learned but also to recharge and strengthen the disrupted connections. Networking makes a huge part of our event and one of the aims is to bring tog... |
| - | Crypto peaked a year ago — investors have lost more than $2 trillion since | A year after bitcoin peaked at more than $68,000 it’s down below $18,000. The industry has been hit with macroeconomic challenges, market forces and scandals. What was dubbed the crypto winter earlier this year turned disastrous this week w... |
| - | Lithuania’s Watalook secures $1 million in pre-seed funding | Vilnius-based Watalook has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. The startup acts as a digital assistant to beauty industry professionals, with the ultimate goal of providing a healthy work/life balance. The funding is expected to ... |
| - | Funding Galore: From PolicyBazaar To Cashify — $157 Mn Raised By Indian Startups [March 1-6] | Infocus Funding Galore Every week, more than a dozen startup secure funding and many get acquired. In this weekly series, we bring the latest deals from the Indian startup ecosystem consolidated at a single page. We bring to you the latest ... |