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Long Way Ventures
Venture capital · Bend, OR, United States · North America
Long Way Ventures is a venture capital fund that backs founders building technology companies at the earliest stages. It was formerly known as Cascade Seed Fund and has made over 70 company investments across more than 20 cities in the US and Canada.
Invests inEnterprise Software
In its own wordsaifintechpaymentsvertical softwarerepeat foundersearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsLong Way Ventures lists 63 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Enterprise Software (16%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Education (11%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Portland Seed Fund, Techstars and Elevate Capital.
No funding round on record names Long Way Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Long Way Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 63. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Portland Seed Fund | 7 |
| Techstars | 7 |
| Elevate Capital | 6 |
| Oregon Venture Fund | 4 |
| Amplify.LA | 2 |
| Ascend | 2 |
| Betaworks | 2 |
| Connetic Ventures | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 63 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 3th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6197%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- 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 Portland Seed Fund
Compare Long Way Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
63 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eva is a booking platform for event planners to find and book entertainment, speakers, and experiences | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Candid Wholesale provides a wholesale ecommerce software and B2B management platform for brands, retailers, distributors, and representatives | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbonBright provides software for life cycle assessment and carbon footprint measurement | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| ClassHero organizes a district's existing curriculum, pacing guides, assessments, and resources into one connected weekly view for teachers, coaches, and district leaders. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| CleanHaus provides an app for managing property turnovers, cleaners, and listings for hosts and property managers. | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Curated For You provides a service that helps retailers match their products to customers' interests and passions | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells laundry detergents and boosters. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Deviceflow automates bill-only and field inventory processes by reading emails, photos, and texts and turning them into structured data inside a company's ERP system. | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Digs provides AI software for residential home builders to manage and streamline their building processes. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Droplr provides screen recording software with audio and video capture | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and other software products for various industries, including manufacturing and construction. | Enterprise SoftwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company sells bath and shower products, such as bath fizzies and shower steamers, with various fragrances. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| FundMiner provides a platform for managing and reporting on donor funds for fundraising organizations | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FlexPoint automates the billing lifecycle for businesses, including invoice sending, payment collection, and reconciliation. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Opre provides AI performance review software for leaders and teams | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gratis Intelligence provides a data-driven product sampling platform for brands and venues. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| GreenT Climate Software provides AI-driven sustainability intelligence for multifamily portfolios | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Sella helps people sell used stuff on various online platforms | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| HEST sells camping mattresses, pillows, and other outdoor gear. | Consumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- longwayvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 63
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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