Investing Profile

Brian Balfour(366)

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Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures

brianbalfour.comSan Francisco, California

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Brian Balfour's investing connections

Connected to 40 investors on Signal.

Networks Brian is a member of

NewCo Network

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NewCo Network

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Top-Patents Network

1039 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

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Current Investing Position

Long Journey Ventures Venture Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$35M

Brian Balfour is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Enterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Consumer Internet (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Series A)Enterprise (Seed)

Brian Balfour's Investments On Record (10)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Lassie	Series AJun 2026$35M	$150M
Co-investors: Alex Rampell (Andreessen Horowitz), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Zach Perret (Mischief Venture Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Susanna Campbell (Norrsken VC), Stefan Lindeberg (Creandum), Josefin Landgård (Atomico), Malin Posern (Project A Ventures), Susan Lin (Felix Capital), Magda Lukaszewicz (Inventure), Rob Moffat (Balderton Capital), Robert Dighero (Passion Capital)
Vybe	SeedDec 2025$10M	$19M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), William Levy (Danish Ministry of Justice), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Thibaud Elziere (eFounders), Ankur Nagpal (USVC), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Surahbi Gupta (Self-employed), Taro Fukuyama (Unknown Ventures), Jean-Denis Greze (ASDF Ventures), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (Y Combinator), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Shishir Mehrotra, Tien Tzuo
Mem0	Series AOct 2025$20M	$21M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Thomas Dohmke (Spice AI), Lukas Biewald, Charles Zedlewski, Dharmesh Shah
Loops	SeedNov 2022$10M	$13M
Co-investors: Ariel Tseitlin (Scale Venture Partners), Max Altman (Saga Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures), Thomas Palm (CapitalG), Jean-Denis Greze (ASDF Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Gonzalo Martinez De Azagra (Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A.), Darius Contractor (Dropbox)
Softr	Series AJan 2022$14M	$16M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Fareed Mosavat (Andreessen Horowitz), Cristina Cordova (First Round Capital), Stefan Jeschonnek (Discovery Ventures), Christian Reber (Freigeist), Philipp Moehring (AngelList Syndicator), Jaclyn Rice Nelson (Coalition Operators), Paul Yacoubian (ESO Fund), Koen Bok (Festina), Job van der Voort (Remote First Capital), Johnny Boufarhat (RingCentral Events), Julian Shapiro (Julian Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Shane Mac (Ephemeral Tattoo), Andreas Klinger (Remote First Capital), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Scott Belsky (A24), Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Jan Deepen
Grain	SeedApr 2020$4M	$37M
Co-investors: Fareed Mosavat (Andreessen Horowitz), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Dalton Wright (Kickstart Fund), Ilana Stern (Peterson Ventures), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Monarch Collective), Andreas Klinger (Remote First Capital), Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Jason Spinell (Slack Fund), Zach Weinberg (Multiple Startups/Funds), Scott Belsky (A24), Alireza Masrour (Plug and Play Tech Center), Guillaume Cabane (HyperGrowth Partners), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Eli Rubel (GTMFund), Shane Mac (Ephemeral Tattoo), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Gabriel Jarrosson, Sahil Lavingia
Mindbloom	SeedJan 2019$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Vinay Hiremath (LOOM)
Loom	SeedMay 2017$3M	$210M
Co-investors: David George (Andreessen Horowitz), M.G. Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Trevor Oelschig (General Catalyst), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), MG Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Jay Simons (Bond), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Daniel Gross (Various), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Mike Krieger (Anthropic), Andy Chou (11.2 Capital), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Christoph Janz (Point Nine Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe-V Venture Capital), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Hiten Shah (FYI), Mathilde Collin, Jared Leto, Yoshinari Yoshikawa

most interested in

SaaS enabled Marketplaces, Marketplaces, Networks, SaaS with bottoms up models (i.e. Dropbox, Slack, etc), Blockchain

not interested in

Biotech, Hardware, Gov Tech,

Brian Balfour's Experience

Founder, President Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Still Water DesignPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Calling BrandsPresent

Founder, President Still Water DesignPresent

Founder, President Calling BrandsPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Unique ProductionsPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Xtripe AngelsPresent

Founder, President Xtripe AngelsPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founder, President University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founder, President Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Founder, President NewCoPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor NewCoPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor StartupsPresent

VP Growth, Sales Product Division HubSpotPresent

Founder/CEO ReforgePresent

Founder, President Top-PatentsPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Top-PatentsPresent

Product Manager ZoomInfoPresent

Co-Founder, CEO Celestine Inc.Present

Founder, President Unique ProductionsPresent

Product Manager Zoom InformationPresent

Founder, VP of Growth Viximo Inc.Present

Co-Founder, CMO Boundless LearningPresent

EIR Trinity VenturesPresent

Guest Lecturer Harvard Business SchoolPresent

Venture Partner Long Journey VenturesPresent

Venture Partner Long JourneyPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent

Growth Advisor/Investor Multiple StartupsPresent

Brian Balfour's Education

University of Michigan B.A. Sports Management and Communication, Economics, Applied Statistics

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