Launchgarage

Jay Fajardo serves as Managing Partner and leads all investment decisions. A repeat founder, he previously built and sold ProudCloud to Snapchat parent Snap Inc., giving him direct experience with the exit path Launchgarage portfolio companies pursue. Investment committee composition beyond Fajardo is not publicly disclosed.

Launchgarage sources deal flow through its embedded position in Philippine startup communities — including hackathons, university networks, and founder referrals — a legacy of its origin as an innovation hub before formalizing as an investment firm. Its venture-building and corporate innovation programs surface early-stage teams addressing supply-chain, payments, and distribution challenges unique to the Philippine market.

Launchgarage targets pre-seed and seed stages, writing first institutional checks when local capital is scarcest. Ticket sizes generally fall below $500,000, often alongside angel syndicates, regional micro-VCs, or corporate venture arms active in Philippine early-stage rounds.

Launchgarage has not published formal exclusion criteria. Based on its portfolio composition, the firm concentrates on enterprise SaaS, fintech, digital health, agritech, and consumer platforms — it does not typically invest in hard tech, biotech requiring FDA-equivalent approval, or capital-intensive infrastructure plays.

Launchgarage operates as an early-stage venture firm with a fund structure for investment activity, though it also runs venture-building programs and corporate innovation partnerships that generate advisory fee income. This hybrid model is common among Philippine VC managers seeking sustainability beyond management fees on a small committed capital base.