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Long Journey Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)

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San Francisco, California, United StatesWebsite

Long Journey Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, United States investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$450M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech
HQ
San Francisco, California, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-08

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

AUM

$450M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

They make early-stage (“magically weird”) bets, acting as ‘second believers’ in founders pursuing unconventional, high-risk, transformational ideas, often generalist across sectors.

How Long Journey Ventures invests

Long Journey Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Long Journey Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $450M in assets under management.

Long Journey Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including Saildrone, Leapfrog AI, Ticket Fairy.

Partners & Team

MW

Mike Wang

Platform Manager

DT

Dani Tustin

Director of Operations

AZ

Arielle Zuckerberg

General Partner

LJ

Lee Jacobs

Founding Partner

DeepTech
Autonomy
Early-Stage Startups

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

SA

Saildrone

Autonomous Vehicles
LE

Leapfrog AI

AI/Automation
TI

Ticket Fairy

Event Tech·Unknown

AI-powered operating system for independent live event operators with embedded finance

How to pitch Long Journey Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mike Wang, Platform Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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