Founded in 2020, Launch House was the product of founders Jacob Peters, Michael Houck, and Brett Goldstein. It began life as a straightforward residency program — one that aimed to bring leaders of many kinds and from many fields together. Its original members included not only startup founders, but professionals like engineers as well.
Despite everything happening in the world at the time, Launch House enjoyed a tremendous amount of initial success. The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a time when people were prioritizing a sense of community, regardless of whether that was found in person, online, or from some combination of the two. Even though vaccines are now readily available and things appear to be transforming into some type of “new normal,” those original ideas remain steadfast.
Indeed, the founders agree that a sense of community directly relates to some of the most successful startups to ever come out of Silicon Valley. Of course, this raises the question: Should geography be a restriction for so many people? Just because you don’t live in the San Francisco area, does that mean that you shouldn’t have access to the resources you need to bring about some revolutionary new type of technology or other societal advancement?
The founders of Launch House don’t believe that should be the case, and they’ve been able to prove it in a wide range of different ways, all of which are more than worth exploring.
The Journey of Launch House
More than anything else, Launch House aims to become a new way to gather for the thought leaders of the next generation.
Part of how the brand is doing that is bringing together the digital world and the offline environment via a single platform — one that hopes to increase programming accessibility not just to those all across the United States, but internationally as well.
Today, Launch House is one of literally thousands of virtual offices that are enabling better communication and collaboration for its members online. These organizations are all going out of their way to increase the accessibility of founders, bringing them into the conversation in a way they may not have had access to in the past.
All of this is tied directly to Launch House’s ultimate mission, one that prioritizes growth first and foremost. In addition to offering perks like access to higher education courses, those who join Launch House get help in scaling and fundraising for their enterprises via in-person retreats and similar events.
Proof of this comes by way of the fact that Launch House recently announced its bold new venture arm, House Capital. It has a multimillion-dollar debut fund behind it and it, too, aims to bring about more resources and access for the next generation of tech entrepreneurs.
In addition to the Launch House founders, House Capital is joined by a plethora of powerful partners. All of them plan to pool their resources and invest in as many exciting companies as possible — including those that currently exist within the Launch House ecosystem and those that reside outside it.
All of this represents an unbeatable opportunity for those who are already members of the Launch House community — an opportunity to access funding and resources they may be unable to access on their own.
Launch House’s founders explained that the original seed of their idea came from the deep and authentic relationships they wanted to create with early-stage founders — the ones who have the passion and the perseverance today to legitimately change things for the better now and in the future. Because of that, those members of the Launch House community will be the first choice as House Capital continues to look for additional pre-seed and seed-stage companies they will be investing in moving forward.
Considering all that Launch House has been able to accomplish in just a few short years, it’s truly exciting to think about what the next few likely have in store for us all.
