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Long Journey Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage investment firm that backs founders and companies. It describes itself as a long-term investor and emphasizes close, direct relationships with the founders it backs.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly stagefounder supportlong-term investingunconventional founders
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Or find every investor that fitsLong Journey Ventures lists 82 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 33 funding rounds, 10 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (11%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (7%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator and Founders Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Long Journey Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Long Journey Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 32 companies; its own site lists 82. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 10% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 27% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 3% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 2 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 9 | 1 |
| '26 | 21 | 9 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 82 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 22 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 53% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 79th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 33th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 14 |
| Y Combinator | 14 |
| Founders Fund | 11 |
| SV Angel | 9 |
| K5 Global | 8 |
| 137 Ventures | 7 |
| General Catalyst | 7 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 7 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8199%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Andreessen Horowitz
Compare Long Journey Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Long Journey Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed Led |
Round details for Long Journey Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Long Journey Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
82 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affirm offers payment plans for shoppers to pay over time with no fees | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI agents for physical operations and supply chain management | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| AndrenaM builds networks of intelligent acoustic buoys that detect, track, and classify underwater objects and marine life. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Anduril Industries specializes in advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial mission sets. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcee develops and releases open-weight AI models | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Artemis provides software for energy and roofing companies to design, sell, and execute projects | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Mar 2026Round | Funding round | |
| The company assists with obtaining visas for travel to over 120 destinations. | Legal & ComplianceConsumer | Oct 2021Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Babylon Bio is working to develop a drug for Alzheimer's disease | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds robotic systems that sustain mammalian development externally, paired with AI models that learn to predict how that development unfolds and responds to intervention. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BusRight provides a platform for school bus routing and transportation management | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Jul 2023Series A | Page + round | |
| Carta provides an end-to-end suite for managing private capital, including equity management, fund administration, and legal operations. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Checkr provides background checks and verification services using AI and human experts to help companies make informed decisions about candidates and customers. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides cloud-based artificial intelligence infrastructure and services | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| DealFlowAgent provides sell-side M&A advisory and business valuation services. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company builds AI systems and conducts research in AI and science | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Density produces and sells occupancy sensors and related software for counting people in various spaces. | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Diamond Foundry develops and manufactures semiconductor-grade single-crystal diamond substrates for AI chips and other applications | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DuckDuckGo provides search and browser services. | Media & EntertainmentCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Eragon builds a workforce of AI agents around a company's knowledge, tools, and workflows | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- longjourney.vc
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 28 Oct 2021
- Companies checked
- 82
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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