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LaunchPad Venture

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Launchpad Venture Group is a Boston-based angel investment and venture capital firm funding early-stage tech companies.

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founded date

01.01.2000

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For Profit

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Private

Description

With over 45 active investors, Launchpad Venture Group is well-connected to potential customers, service providers, partners, and future sources of financing. Since its establishment in 2000, the firm has managed 67 active companies in its portfolio and has sold off its ownership in 50 companies. It focuses on innovative, technology-driven startups that address significant market opportunities. Launchpad Venture Group provides both human and financial capital to help entrepreneurs build successful companies.
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Ham Lord is an active member of the Boston entrepreneurial community. In the early part of his career he was on the founding team of three software companies: MicroChem Technologies, Polygen and Advanced Visual Systems. In 2000, Ham joined a small angel group and became one of the region’s most active angel investors. Since 2002, Ham has been at the forefront of developing best practices for angel investing. Seraf is his latest company with the explicit goal of bringing a new level of professionalization to the angel investment asset class. In addition to his role as a Co-Founder of Seraf, Ham is the Co-Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group, an angel investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Through his involvement with Launchpad, Ham has built a personal portfolio of 25+ early stage investments. In addition, he is a board member or board observer for Building Engines, EveryScape, Qstream and Repsly. Due to the combination of roles as an investor, advisor and angel group leader, Ham was named one of Xconomy's "Top Angel Investors in New England."

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