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Miro acquired Reforge, an AI platform for product teams and portfolio company of Long Journey. Reforge CEO Brian Balfour (Long Journey Venture Partner) to join Miro as Chief Growth Officer.

Reforge

Reforge Long Journey Ventures

miro.comMAR 24, 2026

MAR 24, 2026

Investment

Participated in Atlys's $36M Series C for visa processing automation.

Atlys makes it fast for anyone to get a visa.

Atlys makes it fast for anyone to get a visa.Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcMAR 2026

MAR 2026

Investment

Led The Compression Company's $3.4M pre-seed round for AI-driven Earth observation data compression.

The Compression Company

The Compression Company Long Journey Ventures

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FEB 12, 2026

Investment

Participated in Unusual's $3.6M seed round alongside Y Combinator and BoxGroup.

Unusual

Unusual Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcJAN 25, 2026

JAN 25, 2026

Investment

Participated in TrueMed's $34M Series A led by a16z for proactive, preventive healthcare.

Truemed

Truemed Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcDEC 21, 2025 truemed.com

DEC 21, 2025

Milestone

Substrate, a semiconductor foundry startup founded by James Proud, launched publicly with proven technology challenging ASML's EUV monopoly. Long Journey was an early investor.

Substrate

Substrate Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcOCT 28, 2025

OCT 28, 2025

Investment

Backed Substrate's Series A; company launched publicly with proven semiconductor foundry technology.

Substrate

Substrate Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcOCT 28, 2025

OCT 28, 2025

Investment

Participated in Crusoe Energy's $1.375B Series E for AI infrastructure and clean energy.

Crusoe

Crusoe Long Journey Ventures

crusoe.aiOCT 24, 2025

OCT 24, 2025

Investment

Led Vultron's $22M Series A for advanced robotics and automation.

Vultron

Vultron Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcJUL 15, 2025

JUL 15, 2025

Essay

Lee Jacobs published an essay explaining the 'second believer' philosophy, using the examples of Rainmaker, Kettle & Fire, Babylon Biosciences to illustrate Long Journey's approach to investing in visionary founders.

Long Journey Ventures

Long Journey VenturesLong Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcMAY 29, 2025

MAY 29, 2025

Team Change

Long Journey announced Scott Banister, PayPal's first investor, is joining as Venture Partner as part of Fund IV.

Long Journey Ventures

Long Journey VenturesLong Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcMAR 19, 2025

MAR 19, 2025

New Fund

Closed Long Journey IV, a $181.8M fund for backing early-stage magically weird founders.

Long Journey IV

Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcMAR 19, 2025

MAR 19, 2025

Long Journey Ventures Activity

Old founding post from 2021 - not relevant for refresh

Long Journey co-led $7.3M seed round in Swoop, a food delivery/super app startup in Nigeria founded by 19-year-old Thiel Fellow Aubrey Niederhoffer.

Miro acquired Reforge, an AI platform for product teams and portfolio company of Long Journey. Reforge CEO Brian Balfour (Long Journey Venture Partner) to join Miro as Chief Growth Officer.

Participated in Atlys's $36M Series C for visa processing automation.

Led The Compression Company's $3.4M pre-seed round for AI-driven Earth observation data compression.

Participated in Unusual's $3.6M seed round alongside Y Combinator and BoxGroup.

Participated in TrueMed's $34M Series A led by a16z for proactive, preventive healthcare.

Substrate, a semiconductor foundry startup founded by James Proud, launched publicly with proven technology challenging ASML's EUV monopoly. Long Journey was an early investor.

Backed Substrate's Series A; company launched publicly with proven semiconductor foundry technology.

Participated in Crusoe Energy's $1.375B Series E for AI infrastructure and clean energy.

Led Vultron's $22M Series A for advanced robotics and automation.

Lee Jacobs published an essay explaining the 'second believer' philosophy, using the examples of Rainmaker, Kettle & Fire, Babylon Biosciences to illustrate Long Journey's approach to investing in visionary founders.

Long Journey announced Scott Banister, PayPal's first investor, is joining as Venture Partner as part of Fund IV.

Closed Long Journey IV, a $181.8M fund for backing early-stage magically weird founders.