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Long Journey Ventures

Venture capital · San Francisco, CA · longjourney.vc ↗
Cyan Banister and Arielle Zuckerberg's pre-seed and seed fund.

Long Journey Ventures invests at pre-seed and seed in ambitious founders, including in AI.

Artificial Intelligence
Focus: Pre-seed · Seed

Investing activity

Long Journey Ventures appears in 3 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round size of $4M and the largest at $9M. The most recent are Bodhium Labs (Pre-seed, $3.5M, Oct 2026), idler (Seed, $9M, Aug 2026) and Unusual AI (Seed, $3.6M, Jan 2026).

Long Journey Ventures most often invests alongside Y Combinator, Streamlined, Paradigm and Smaiyl Makyshov, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.

Deals

3
AI rounds and acquisitions Long Journey Ventures took part in, newest first.

Frequently asked questions about Long Journey Ventures

What AI companies has Long Journey Ventures invested in?

Long Journey Ventures's AI investments include Bodhium Labs, idler and Unusual AI. The 3 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.

Where is Long Journey Ventures based?

Long Journey Ventures is based in San Francisco, CA.

What stage does Long Journey Ventures invest at?

In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Long Journey Ventures has invested at Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round of $4M. Long Journey Ventures led 1 of those rounds.

Who does Long Journey Ventures co-invest with?

Long Journey Ventures's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Y Combinator (2 deals), Streamlined (1 deal), Paradigm (1 deal), Smaiyl Makyshov (1 deal) and Dan Posch (1 deal).

How can founders reach Long Journey Ventures?

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