Investing Profile

Jason Calacanis(1126)

AngelVCInvestor
Founder & CEO at LAUNCH
calacanis.comSan Francisco, California
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Jason Calacanis's investing connections

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141 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 138 other investors on Signal.

Networks Jason is a member of
Sequoia Capital Network
61 CONNECTIONS
Uber Network
50 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
LAUNCH Investor
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
566

Jason Calacanis is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Retail (Pre-seed)Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed)Fashion (Pre-seed)Food and Beverage (Pre-seed)Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed)AI (Pre-seed)Sales & CRM (Pre-seed)Consumer Health (Pre-seed)Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed)Fashion (Seed)Retail (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Seed)Food and Beverage (Seed)Gaming/eSports (Seed)Sales & CRM (Seed)AI (Seed)Consumer Health (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Health & Hospital Services (Seed)Fashion (Series A)Gaming/eSports (Series A)Food and Beverage (Series A)Retail (Series A)Entertainment & Sports (Series A)AI (Series A)Sales & CRM (Series A)Consumer Health (Series A)Health & Hospital Services (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Fashion (Series B)Entertainment & Sports (Series B)Food and Beverage (Series B)Retail (Series B)Gaming/eSports (Series B)AI (Series B)Sales & CRM (Series B)Consumer Health (Series B)Cloud Infrastructure (Series B)Health & Hospital Services (Series B)Angel, Scout, and Solo-CapitalistsSan Francisco Bay Area

Jason Calacanis's Investments On Record (342)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Created by Humans
SeedJun 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), David Sacks (Craft Ventures)
PodcastAI
Pre SeedMay 2024
Pre SeedNov 2023$160K
$160K
Melengo
Pre SeedApr 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures)
Zweelie
AngelMar 2024
Recall
Pre SeedFeb 2024
Permar AI
Pre SeedFeb 2024
Flite
Pre SeedJan 2024$100K
$52M
Co-investors: Jim Goetz (Sequoia Capital), Denis Barrier (Cathay Innovation), Neil Sequeira (Defy Partners), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal)
Krepling
SeedJan 2024$3M
Pre SeedFeb 2022$1M
$4M
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Theodore Alling (Dynamo Ventures)

most interested in

Founders with traction for the LAUNCH Accelerator Founders with $1m+ ARR for jasonssyndicate.com

not interested in

coffee to discuss ideas.... please, build something!

Jason Calacanis's Experience

Host This Week in StartupsPresent
Producer LAUNCH2019 - Present
Host, ANGEL, the podcast AngelPodcast.com2017 - Present
Author ANGEL, the Book2017 - Present
Founder & CEO LAUNCH2011 - Present
Founder Launch Festival2011 - Present
Angel Investor Uber2010 - Present
CEO & Founder Inside.com2007 - Present
Broadcast Associate - Editing MLB Network2018 - 2019
Freelance Video Editor This Week in Startups2017 - 2019
Broadcast Event Logger MLB Network2017 - 2017
Entrepreneur in Action Sequoia Capital2006 - 2007
CEO & Co-Founder Weblogs, Inc.2003 - 2006
CEO VentureReporter.net1996 - 2003
Founder, CEO & Editor Silicon Alley Reporter1996 - 2001

Jason Calacanis's Education

University of Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Media Communication
Fordham University BA Psychology