Venture Fund Member Profile
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LaunchCapital addresses the capital needs of companies that are in the earliest stages of funding by providing a needed source of financing to companies that can quickly advance to the next level of development. Our market-agnostic approach to investing enables us to quickly take advantage of emerging technologies and trends and best help our portfolio companies reach critical developmental, corporate and market milestones.
With a focus on capital efficient companies, we are able to quickly fund seed rounds individually or within our network of syndicate partners. LaunchCapital is committed to developing entrepreneurial talent both within our client base and through the relationships we have developed with leading universities across the country. Our difference is our ability to combine all of these elements into a program that quickly provides our companies with the tools they need to succeed.
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Elon Boms
Founder and Managing Director
Launch Capital LLC |
Elon S. Boms, Founder and Managing Director of Launch Capital LLC, joins the Venture Capital community with significant finance, consulting and marketing experience. His venture capital experience includes structuring bio-tech, consumer products and software development deals. Most recently, Elon was a managing consultant at Fidelity Investments where he worked primarily on strategy initiatives for financial investments in emerging markets. Prior to his work with Fidelity, Elon worked in Corporate Finance for Citigroup. Elon began his career as a brand manager at Georgia Pacific Company�s Dixie Foodservice division, where he assumed responsibility for $25M in capital investments and engineered a complete profit turnaround for the paper cup business. This wide spectrum of experiences has enabled Elon to approach business from a holistic perspective and has instilled in him a passion for developing and investing in new business concepts.
Elon earned his M.B.A from the Yale School of Management where he graduated with distinction in venture capital and a concentration in finance. Elon completed his B.A. in Economics from George Washington University. Elon is an avid golfer, skier, and gourmet chef. He lives in Boston with his soon to be wife.
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Helium is an industry leader in online content creation based on its sophisticated, patent-pending, and gaming-resistant internet-based rating engine targeting the subjective information marketplace. Helium's unique peer-ranking process enables its user community to sort the good content from the bad, creating a credible engine to help identify the best content and best writers. |
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Carsala Based in Berkeley, Carsala is a service that uses proprietary technology to help its customers find the right used car, without the negotiating hassle, at a desirable price. Carsala is not just a tool or listing site; it's the complete service. |
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RateItAll is a distributed consumer rating community where visitors can find and share opinions on virtually any topic. All of the site's content is available for syndication via widgets, and RateItAll members share in the advertising revenue associated with their reviews. RateItAll's mission is to power the distributed exchange of the world's opinions. |
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Promethegen is a new bio-fuels technology company based on molecular engineering developed at MIT. |
Elon participated in the FundingPost event: Boston Early-Stage Angel and Venture Event
on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in MA, Sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLP
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