Investing Profile

Brian Balfour(365)

AngelVCInvestor
Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures
brianbalfour.comSan Francisco, California
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Brian Balfour's investing connections

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40 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), and 37 other investors on Signal.

Networks Brian is a member of
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
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
8
Current Fund Size
$35M

Brian Balfour is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brian Balfour's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Vybe
SeedDec 2025$10M
$19M
Co-investors: Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Minttown), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Chris Adelsbach (Black Tip Capital), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Surahbi Gupta, Ron Pragides, Tien Tzuo, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Shishir Mehrotra, Thibaud Elziere, William Levy
Mem0
Series AOct 2025$20M
$21M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Scott Belsky (A24), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Dharmesh Shah, Charles Zedlewski, Lukas Biewald, Thomas Dohmke
Loops
SeedNov 2022$10M
$13M
Co-investors: Ariel Tseitlin (Scale Venture Partners), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Gonzalo Martinez De Azagra (Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A.), Darius Contractor (Dropbox), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures)
Softr
Series AJan 2022$14M
$16M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Cristina Cordova (First Round Capital), Christian Reber (Freigeist), Packy McCormick (Breather), Shane Mac (Squared Away), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Scott Belsky (A24), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Philipp Moehring (AngelList Syndicator), Johnny Boufarhat, Job van der Voort, Koen Bok, Stefan Jeschonnek, Jan Deepen, Fareed Mosavat, Julian Shapiro
Grain
SeedApr 2020$4M
$37M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Jason Spinell (Slack Fund), Zach Weinberg (Curie.Bio), Scott Belsky (A24), Shane Mac (Squared Away), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Gabriel Jarrosson, Sahil Lavingia, Fareed Mosavat
Loom
SeedMay 2017$3M
$210M
Co-investors: MG Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Trevor Oelschig (General Catalyst), M.G. Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), Andy Chou (11.2 Capital), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Jay Simons (Bond), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Christoph Janz (Point Nine Capital), Arjun Sethi (Kraken Digital Asset Exchange), Hiten Shah (FYI), Mathilde Collin, Dylan Field, Jared Leto, Yoshinari Yoshikawa, Mike Krieger
Help Scout
SeedOct 2011$440K
$6.4M
Co-investors: Ryan McIntyre (Foundry Group), Michael Dornbrook (Speedy Packets Inc.), Walter Winshall (Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners), Jason Henrichs, David Cancel, Dharmesh Shah
Shareaholic
AngelSep 2009$360K
$7.4M
Co-investors: Rob Go (NextView Ventures), TJ Mahony (Vinyl Capital), Brian Shin (VitalStage Ventures), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), David Cancel, Dharmesh Shah, Roy Rodenstein

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

Growth Advisor/Investor Multiple StartupsPresent
Growth Advisor/Investor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Venture Partner Long JourneyPresent
Venture Partner Long Journey VenturesPresent
Guest Lecturer Harvard Business SchoolPresent
EIR Trinity VenturesPresent
Co-Founder, CMO Boundless LearningPresent
Founder, VP of Growth Viximo Inc.Present
Product Manager Zoom InformationPresent
Founder, President Unique ProductionsPresent
Co-Founder, CEO Celestine Inc.Present
Product Manager ZoomInfoPresent
Growth Advisor/Investor Top-PatentsPresent
Founder, President Top-PatentsPresent
Founder/CEO ReforgePresent
VP Growth, Sales Product Division HubSpotPresent
Growth Advisor/Investor StartupsPresent
Growth Advisor/Investor NewCoPresent
Founder, President NewCoPresent
Founder, President Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Founder, President University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Growth Advisor/Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Brian Balfour's Education

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