Lee Jacobs
Founder and General Partner @ Long Journey Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Lee Jacobs is a seed investor at Long Journey Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Lee is the founder and general partner of Long Journey Ventures. He has backed companies like Loom, COMP, Crusoe Energy, Mindbloom, Grove Collaborative, Rappi, Checkr, from their early days.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries Lee Jacobs invests in
Stages Lee Jacobs invests in
Countries Lee Jacobs invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (35%)
- Information Technology 5 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (22%)
- FinTech 3 (13%)
- SaaS 2 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (70%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (9%)
- Series A 2 (9%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
- Funding Round 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 15 (65%)
- Sweden 1 (4%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Eragon is an AI Operating System built for companies to analyze business, connecting data, people, and processes into a single workspace. | $12M / Seed / Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| Foundy is an end-to-end marketplace for full and secondary M&A for tech startups. JP Lewin's first-hand experience building and exiting his last tech marketplace startup provided him insight into the unnecessary inefficiencies, complexities and costs of running an M&A process. Now, using his mission-driven passion for modernising thisprocess alongside an injection of £1.25m in initial funding led by marketplace focussed VC, Fuel Ventures, JP and his team are completely modernising the M&A industry for tech startups. Foundy.com offers startups the opportunity to seamlessly connect with relevant buyers and M&A advisors as well as access the latest knowledge, tips and tools at minimal cost, hassle and time. Educational podcasts, blogs and tutorials as well as an M&A advisory directory and a valuation calculator amongst other resources are examples of ways in which Foundy strives to help founders and respective buyers to complete rewarding deals time and cost-effectively. We are extremely excited to be launching a range of products in 2022/3. We welcome you to sign up as a seller or buyer or join our newsletter via foundy.com. Feel free to reach out if you are a prospective investor or journalist interested in working with Foundy. Stay tuned. | $750K / Seed / Mar 06, 2026 | ||
| The Compression Company allows operators to send more useable data, save money on storage and transmission, and deliver information more quickly by directly reducing file sizes on the satellite without sacrificing accuracy or usability. | $3.4M / Pre-Seed / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $51M / Series B / Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $28M / Series A / Oct 10, 2024 | ||
| Unprecedented insights into your health data | $6M / Seed / Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $10M / Seed / May 07, 2024 | ||
| Peak provides API software that supports online child safety and helps fight child exploitation. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in New York, New York. | $3.3M / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| Sourcetable connect, sync, and query all the data in a spreadsheet, without needing to know how to code. Founded in 2019, Sourcetable is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $1.3M / Seed / Jul 10, 2023 | ||
| Bemlo helps doctors and nurses to find staffing companies. | $3.3M / Seed / Aug 02, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Long Journey Ventures
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on early and new investments. It was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, USA.
Long Journey Ventures Contacts
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Jonathan Bruck
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Lee Jacobs
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Pascal Levy-Garboua
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Arielle Zuckerberg
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Brian Balfour
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What does Lee Jacobs invest in?
Lee Jacobs invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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