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The largest fundraising platform for Muslims, globally.
We are an Ummah
Where deen meets tech
LaunchGood connects people from one corner of the world to another, embodying the global heartbeat of the Ummah.
In 1434 (2013)
we started with a belief
We believe Muslims have incredible values to share with the world. Together, we set out to build an inspired future.
🚀 LaunchGood.com officially launches
It wasn’t the fanciest website (or even mobile-friendly), but thanks to a few incredible Muslims willing to take a leap of faith like Nadoona, Bassem Rashidi, and Peter Gould, we took off.
😩 We failed to get VC funding - TWICE!
Despite some good early traction, we couldn’t find any VC funding.
In hindsight, it may have been a blessing in disguise - it forced us to bootstrap the whole way and be very intentional with every dollar we earned.
🏃♂️ Some early wins kept us motivated
Even though we were broke, we were growing, and early on there were some critically encouraging moments, like winning the AMCC Entrepreneur Showcase Award & the Islamic Economy Award (alongside Chris’ childhood hero Yusuf “Cat Stevens” Islam!).
🎩 Top talent joins our adventure with the first fellowship
Nothing has been more critical to our success than our team. We couldn’t afford to pay salaries at the beginning, yet needed serious professionals to build a serious company - so the LaunchGood Fellowship was born with Sameera, Tasneem and Loudawg. In total, we’ve had 7 cohorts with 38 fellows from 7 countries (more than 700 applied!)
🍃 Ramadan Challenge was born!
Having our own platforms means we can make products that serve our needs. No month is more important to Muslims than Ramadan, and we wanted to build a product that donors loved and would have a global impact. Since its inception, the Ramadan Challenge - along with the Dhul Hijjah Challenge & Friday Givers (two further custom products) - has helped over 100,000 people share millions worldwide by scheduling their donations in advance and ensuring support reaches those in need at critical times.
🏛️ LaunchGood’s first viral campaign
A shining “knight” in our community, Faatimah Knight, was grief stricken by a series of arson attacks on Black churches in the US South, and to show solidarity began a small campaign, “Rebuild with Love”.
The campaign quickly blew past its goal and raised over 10x their original intention, becoming our first of many viral campaigns of ordinary Muslims responding to evil with good.
🏆 Won $100K EFICA award & took off
LaunchGood continued to grow, but we had lingering debts, outdated laptops, etc. that was holding us back. We got a huge break when we won a live-pitch contest for the EFICA (Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge Awards) in Abu Dhabi in 2016.
The award gave us the boost we needed to invest in ourselves and propel us forward!