Investing Profile

Jason Calacanis(1126)

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

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147 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 144 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
568

Jason Calacanis is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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

Jason Calacanis's Investments On Record (347)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
TaxGPT
SeedFeb 2025$5M
$5.5M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Peggy Grigus Mangot (Pioneer Fund), Kulveer Taggar
Recall
Pre SeedDec 2024$2M
$2M
River Platform Company
Pre SeedOct 2024$2M
$2.1M
Co-investors: Balaji Srinivasan
CustomerIQ
UndisclosedAug 2024
Created by Humans
Pre SeedJun 2024$6M
$12M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Cameron McLain (Giant Ventures), Tommy Stadlen (Giant Ventures), Kyle Vogt, Emmett Shear, Drew Houston
PodcastAI
SeedJun 2024$2M
Pre SeedOct 2023$100K
Pre SeedJun 2023$50K
$2.2M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Ellis
Pre SeedJun 2024
$12M
Co-investors: Tom Petit (Sequoia Capital), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures), Tom Blomfield, Matteo Franceschetti, Balaji Srinivasan, Jeremy Cai, Harry Hurst
Rivin
Convertible NoteMay 2024

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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