The LAUNCH Accelerator

We Back Builders.
14-week program. 7-14 startups per cohort.
Apply: [email protected]

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

👇 Join us! https://t.co/9gwdkeV4aL

[@jason @Jason]

Talked about new @YCombintor deal on @TWiStartups today:

1. Good for founders💰

2. Challenging for seed funds 😡

3. Very similar to the deal we have been offering @launch accelerator for 5+ years (100k + 250-750k from https://t.co/9RjORqqCNL ) ✅

🎙 https://t.co/ZnhjYkSt6g

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[@jason @Jason]

We've launched a new incubator for Cloud Kitchen Startups... it's called @LAUNCH Cloud Kitchen (LiCK!)

Some details:

1. It's a 14-week program to help entrepreneurs start, build, and scale a food business.

2. As I’m sure you are aware, a cloud kitchen (aka ghost kitchen) is a virtual restaurant operated like a regular restaurant but without dine-in.

3. There is a unique opportunity for founders to create the next legendary culinary brand enabled by these booming platforms, and we would like to accelerate the process for them.

4. The LCK will provide mentorship on kitchen economics, business operations, digital marketing, sales, branding, and fundraising.

5. We’ll accept seven entrepreneurs for our first cohort beginning in fall 2023.

We are looking for:

✅ Successful tech entrepreneurs interested in the food/ghost kitchen space

✅ Food entrepreneurs who want to expand in the ghost kitchen space

✅ Entrepreneurs or chefs looking for a co-founder

You don’t need an existing business to apply -- just a great idea!

We’ve put up a website with an FAQ and application:

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

We're excited to introduce The LAUNCH Cloud Kitchen Incubator (LCK), a 14-week program to help entrepreneurs start, build, and scale a food business.

The LCK will provide mentorship on kitchen economics, business operations, digital marketing, sales, branding, and fundraising.

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[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

LAUNCH Accelerator Spotlight 🔦

https://t.co/bx2vww0Lpi 💵

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

LAUNCH Accelerator Spotlight 🔦

https://t.co/WlMCRBQoAa🗣️

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

Great article on how LAUNCH accelerator alum @BalloonPlatform is helping the @astros! 💪⚾️

[Balloon🎈 @BalloonPlatform]

Although we never considered building specifically for sports, we knew Balloon’s application was horizontal across industries because bias, stalled innovation, and ineffective collaboration are ubiquitous.

Thanks @LemireJoe for covering our traction with the @astros + MLB! 🎈⚾️

[Thalamus @ThalamusGME]

@LAUNCH @AAMCtoday @ERASinfo Proud to represent LA11! Thank you for amplifying and helping make Thalamus what it is today!

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

Congratulations 👏 to LAUNCH Accelerator alum @ThalamusGME on their exciting partnership with @AAMCtoday & @ERASinfo !!

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

We met @JimenezBienen Founder of RillaVoice in late 2021.

It was early.

They had ~$4k MRR & hadn’t found PMF.

We liked it, but they were between stages where we invest.

So, we passed.

But then... 🧵

[Founder University @FounderUni]

Founders: starting to fundraise?

At @LAUNCH, we've watched hundreds of startups raise money from angels & VCs

Some are successful & others aren’t

Here’s 4 tactical steps to get started

🧵…

[Founder University @FounderUni]

Since launching the @FounderUni two-day program in 2017...

we've hosted 24 workshops

had 5,000+ founders learn about fundraising, growth, hiring, and more

AND invested in 18 of those founders

→ the next Founder University is February 16-17, and it's for woman founders 👇

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

The @LAUNCH Accelerator 26 class graduated last week! 🚀 

Check out our latest batch of amazing companies in eCommerce, food tech, digital wellness, HR tech, audio tech, climate tech, and digital fitness! 👇

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[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

@jasonnmyers @rhiankatie @Jason @LAUNCH @leblanc_au Ask and you shall receive!
https://t.co/nzj8uLIojQ

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

SO proud of our Cohort 26 grads! 🎓 🎓

Such an honor to work with these companies. We cannot wait to see what they do next! 🔥

If you have a product in market & $5-$100k in revenue, we'd love to meet you. Come work with us! https://t.co/HObjlyGHoe

https://t.co/joEfa7XDTb

[LAeats 🍔🥟🍩☕️🚀 @LAeats]

Looking for a possible CTO and co-founder for our food focused startup.

Anyone reading this know someone looking to take on and exciting new chapter going after an extremely large legacy market?

Please RT @CharlieCuddy @FounderUni @LAUNCH @Jason - Thanks

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

🎉 Go @MsErinCarpenter (@LAUNCH LA17 alum) for making this 🔥 list!

https://t.co/5FIpEKNygw

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

Thanks so much for joining us @MoxieVentures! 🙏

[Moxxie Ventures @MoxxieVentures]

🚀 Thank you @LAUNCH and @launchincubator for inviting @iynna_halilou from our team to meet the newest accelerator cohort! So many rockstars! 💙

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

So proud of our graduates!! 🚀🎓🔥

Chatter - https://t.co/gjkl8B3BVb
Elly - https://t.co/EEILjsz6U5
EnrichedHQ - https://t.co/qcKg8qpYia
Giphting - https://t.co/dTJQAKiHie
LegalQ - https://t.co/b1dkdkRNVy
Spring - https://t.co/QWQ7rdZPgc
Swayed - https://t.co/js7hiwzUdP

[LAUNCH @LAUNCH]

Huge congrats to the @LAUNCH Accelerator 25 class who graduated this month! 🚀

All presentations are from our Public Demo Day on 8/12/22.

Check out our latest batch of amazing companies 👇

[The LAUNCH Accelerator @launchincubator]

GO GO GO @AKGreenberg!

Founder @BalloonPlatform and accelerator alum.
😀👏💪🔥

https://t.co/zixq0TcqzF

[Charlie Cuddy @CharlieCuddy]

My favorite part of working with @launchincubator is the hour each cohort that we get to spend with @roelofbotha, @josephinekchen, & the @sequoia team!

The deep interest, brilliant insights & questions, experienced vision, & genuine support from Roelof and his team are unmatched