Long Journey Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)
Long Journey Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, United States investing in Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $450M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech
- HQ
- San Francisco, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-08
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
$450M
6+ companies
4 partners
About Long Journey Ventures
Long Journey Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm makes early-stage investments at the pre-seed and seed levels. Its investment thesis centers on acting as second believers in founders pursuing unconventional, high-risk, transformational ideas that are often described as magically weird. Long Journey Ventures maintains a generalist approach across sectors while focusing on areas such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, and deep tech.
The firm does not invest in media or consumer companies. Typical check sizes range from $100K to $1.0M. With $450M in assets under management, Long Journey Ventures is open to cold outreach from founders. The team includes Founding Partner Lee Jacobs, who focuses on deep tech, autonomy, and early-stage startups, along with General Partner Arielle Zuckerberg, Platform Manager Mike Wang, and Director of Operations Dani Tustin.
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 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 6 companies in our records, including Saildrone, Leapfrog AI, Ticket Fairy.
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Investment Track Record
Long Journey Ventures has recorded investments in six portfolio companies. These include Artemis in energy software and climate tech, Leapfrog AI in AI and automation, and Othello at the seed stage. Additional recorded investments are OuterSignal in AI and marketing technology at Series A, Saildrone in autonomous vehicles, and Ticket Fairy in event technology.
The firm's portfolio reflects its stated focus on deep tech, autonomy, and unconventional ideas. Investments span a range of stages and sectors consistent with its early-stage thesis, though specific years for the investments are not detailed in the records.
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
Saildrone
Leapfrog AI
Ticket Fairy
AI-powered operating system for independent live event operators with embedded finance
Artemis
software platform for distributed-energy contractors
OuterSignal
agentic personalization platform for consumer brands
Othello
Long Journey Ventures as an investor in a seed round
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in 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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