Launchbit

LaunchBit was an advertising startup founded in 2012 and incubated through 500 Startups, co-founded and led by CEO Elizabeth Yin. It launched as an email ad network that let B2B and software-as-a-service advertisers reach audiences through niche email newsletters, and helped publishers monetize email — a medium BuySellAds founder Todd Garland described as "pretty tricky to monetize." In March 2014 LaunchBit pivoted toward a customer-acquisition and lead-generation platform for SaaS companies. BuySellAds.com acquired LaunchBit in September 2014 for undisclosed terms, and the company no longer operates independently: as of a July 2026 probe, launchbit.com serves the BuySellAds corporate website for every path. LaunchBit published no public API, developer portal, or SDKs, so this profile is retained as a historical/acquired record rather than an active API provider.

Launchbit is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Advertising, AdTech, Email Marketing, and Lead Generation.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyAdvertisingAdTechEmail MarketingLead GenerationCustomer AcquisitionSaaSAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: launchbit
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/launchbit.png
name: Launchbit
description: 'LaunchBit was an advertising startup founded in 2012 and incubated through 500 Startups, co-founded and led
  by CEO Elizabeth Yin. It launched as an email ad network that let B2B and software-as-a-service advertisers reach audiences
  through niche email newsletters, and helped publishers monetize email — a medium BuySellAds founder Todd Garland described
  as "pretty tricky to monetize." In March 2014 LaunchBit pivoted toward a customer-acquisition and lead-generation platform
  for SaaS companies. BuySellAds.com acquired LaunchBit in September 2014 for undisclosed terms, and the company no longer
  operates independently: as of a July 2026 probe, launchbit.com serves the BuySellAds corporate website for every path. LaunchBit
  published no public API, developer portal, or SDKs, so this profile is retained as a historical/acquired record rather than
  an active API provider.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/launchbit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: historical
x-tier-reason: acquired-no-api-surface
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: BuySellAds
x-acquired-date: '2014-09-17'
x-acquisition-source: https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/17/buysellads-acquires-launchbit/
x-successor-url: https://buysellads.com
x-founded: '2012'
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Advertising
- AdTech
- Email Marketing
- Lead Generation
- Customer Acquisition
- SaaS
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/launchbit-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
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x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

Launchbit

Kin Score

Security Posture 1

Launchbit Domain Security

Resources

Access & Security 1

Company 1

Source (apis.yml)