This Week in Startups

Angel University is back! 😎 Jason Calacanis is hosting our next workshop on November 6th at 11 am PT to teach the strategies he's used to invest $100M+ in 300+ startups over the past decade. You will learn the following: ☑ How to Find Billion-Dollar Startups ☑ How to Build Your Angel Investor Network ☑ How to Allocate Capital & Provide Value to Founders ☑ How to Structure Deals & more The workshop also includes an interactive Q&A with Jason & Michael Savino! And all proceeds go to charity! Register 👉 https://lnkd.in/gmcZX9zg

From our very first intro call, Caylee Shea Harrington impressed me with her vision for Hookhub! 🚐 ✨ Caylee was a solo founder, ideating a marketplace for RV parking. The concept was simple: ✔️Hosts put up their land for booking ✔️Renters book the land to park their RV Caylee's insight into the problem and the huge market opportunity stood out so I accepted her into Founder University Cohort 8 💪 Throughout the program, she coded the MVP (herself!) and quickly added hosts and renters to the platform. Caylee then brought on cofounder, Evan Lehr! We were impressed with Hookhub going from 0 to 1 in Founder University, so LAUNCH invested! We can't wait to see what’s next for this amazing team! 🚀

So great to see so many familiar faces at the Founder Friday Host Jam! 🤗 Ready to host or join a Founder Friday? Visit https://lnkd.in/gav_Mssj 👋 This Week in Startups, LAUNCH, River Platform Company

Investors 🗣 The investment team at LAUNCH has been doubling down on sharpening our investor relationships. We are looking to “whisper” portfolio companies we are excited about to the top VC firms in our network. If you are a VC firm focused on tech companies and want to hear about some of our breakouts, email me at bianca@launch.co 🚀

Founder University Cohort 8 is still rockin'⚡ 10 amazing founders are pitching live to Jason Calacanis and Michael Savino! Cohort 9 applications are open 👉 https://lnkd.in/gwcua3CJ

LA32 just concluded their third investor session today with impressive results!🚀 Six out of seven companies received a #1 vote from an investor — the sign of a strong cohort 💪 What investors said about their #1 pick: ✅ Founder is solving a problem they’ve experienced firsthand ✅ Founder had a clear and strong presentation ✅ Founder revealed humanness and team-building skills ✅ Founder is pulling customers from unicorns, indicating great UX Thank you to our investor judges! See you in SF next week Linda Gray, Rami Abi Habib, Masoud A., Aleksandr Diamond, David Forman, Marc Régimbeau, Boris Kwemo, Marcelo Eden Siqueira, Aaron Rodriguez, Vinay C. 🫡

LA32 just wrapped up their second investor pitch session! 💪 Each week, our investor session at the LAUNCH Accelerator includes a 3-minute pitch and a 2-minute Q&A from each founder. After, investors can connect with founders in breakout rooms. Our current cohort is already rocking their pitches. If you don’t know them yet: 👨🍳 ChefReactions is a food media company that features commentary on viral home cook videos, products, restaurants, and travel. Founder: @chefreactions on TikTok 💻 ConvertMate uses AI to automate eCommerce SEO. Founders: Marc Régimbeau, Boris Kwemo ✉️ Ellis.so (LA32) is an outbound sales platform for startups. Founders: Aleksandr Diamond, Aaron Rodriguez 📹 Layerpath uses AI to help companies create interactive product demos, visual guides, and studio-quality explainer videos in minutes. Founders: Vinay C., Saravana Kumar 🔧 Mastertech.ai is an AI co-pilot for automotive repair. Founders: Linda Gray, David Forman ☎️ Rapha is a recruitment platform that helps startups hire without the interview process. Founders: Masoud A., Marcelo Eden Siqueira 📊 Querio enables companies to do analysis and reporting on their data at any technical level. Founders: Rami Abi Habib, Javier Bonilla We are actively recruiting for LA33! If you are a technical team interested in fundraising and growth, we’d like to hear from you! Apply for the next LAUNCH Accelerator cohort 👉  https://lnkd.in/grMjNd2d

LAUNCH's 32nd Accelerator cohort just met with investors for the first time. Tap in below to learn more about their experience and how we run the accelerator week in and week out to help founders scale as quickly as possible! 🚀