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Brian Balfour(366)

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Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures
brianbalfour.comSan Francisco, California
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Networks Brian is a member of
NewCo Network
1601 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1032 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1032 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
9
Current Fund Size
$35M

Brian Balfour is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Brian Balfour's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Lassie
Series AJun 2026$35M
$150M
Co-investors: Malin Posern (Index Ventures), 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 (Further Than Capital), Josefin Landgård (Atomico), 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), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (Y Combinator), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Chris Adelsbach (Outrun Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Xtripe Angels), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Surahbi Gupta (Self-employed), Tien Tzuo, Kelvin Beachum Jr., William Levy, Mathilde Collin, Thibaud Elziere, Shishir Mehrotra
Mem0
Series AOct 2025$20M
$21M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Thomas Dohmke (Spice AI), Scott Belsky (A24), Dharmesh Shah, Lukas Biewald, Charles Zedlewski
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 (Plaid), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Gonzalo Martinez De Azagra (Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A.), Darius Contractor (Multiple companies)
Softr
Series AJan 2022$14M
$16M
Co-investors: Fareed Mosavat (Andreessen Horowitz), Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Cristina Cordova (First Round Capital), Stefan Jeschonnek (Verbit.ai), 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 (Squared Away), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Scott Belsky (A24), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Jan Deepen
Grain
SeedApr 2020$4M
$37M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Fareed Mosavat (Andreessen Horowitz), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Monarch Collective), Andreas Klinger (Prototype 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 (Squared Away), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Dalton Wright (Kickstart Fund), Ilana Stern (Peterson Ventures), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Gabriel Jarrosson, Sahil Lavingia
Loom
SeedMay 2017$3M
$210M
Co-investors: Trevor Oelschig (General Catalyst), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), MG Siegler (GV (Google Ventures)), M.G. 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), Jared Leto, Mathilde Collin, Yoshinari Yoshikawa
Help Scout
SeedOct 2011$440K
$21M
Co-investors: Ryan McIntyre (Foundry Group), David Cancel (Sequoia Capital), Nimay Mehta (Lead Edge Capital), Brian Lobdell (Lead Edge Capital), Michael Dornbrook (Speedy Packets Inc.), Walter Winshall (Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners), Dharmesh Shah, Jason Henrichs

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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