Blackstone LaunchPad

company

About

Blackstone LaunchPad is a national model for fostering entrepreneurship through higher education.

  • 11 - 50

Highlights

Details

Industries
Communities,Education
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Accelerate

Blackstone LaunchPad is an experiential campus program designed to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career path and develop entrepreneurial skills and mindsets through individualized coaching, ideation and venture creation support. Developed as part of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Initiative and modeled after a successful program at the University of Miami, the program is will be available to over 500,000 by the end of 2015. Influenced by the enterprising heritage of Blackstone and its founders, the Blackstone Charitable Foundation is directing the firm’s resources and intellectual capital to support entrepreneurship nationwide and globally.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Blackstone LaunchPad has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 13, 2018, when ShearShare raised $1.06M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Apr 13, 2018 ShearShare
Pre-seed $1.06M B2B