# Long Venture Partners

> Long Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Software and E-Commerce. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 13%
- Fund size: $20M
- Last fund: Sep 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-venture-partners/
- Website: http://www.longvp.com

Long Venture Partners is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and E-Commerce. Long is a venture capital firm investing in early stage technology startups in China and the US. We combine local insight with a global perspective to power the ambitions of next-gen founders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $850k–$3.5M |
| Series A | $2M–$22M |
| Series B | $16M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 27% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| B2B | 1 | 7% |
| ISP | 1 | 7% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 60% |
| Romania | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sam Yu | Founding Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-yu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SparkLayer B2B eCommerce | SparkLayer is an elegant end-to-end headless eCommerce solution that gives you a simple way to enable B2B eCommerce on your Shopify store. It’s rapid to install, integrates beautifully with your existing systems, and gives the end customer a great ordering experience. |  | Seed | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| Pathrise | Pathrise is an online mentorship program for tech professionals that provides training, and advice to help in landing the next job. On top of that, it is built around aligned incentives. Clients only pay if they succeed in getting hired and start work at a high-paying job first. | $3.1M | Seed | Nov 19, 2019 |  |
| HelloAva, Inc | HelloAva is a personal skin care consultant, powered by AI, deep learning and expert real dermatologists. |  |  | Aug 06, 2018 |  |
| Firework | Firework offers video commerce solutions built for websites, apps, and stores. They operate a storytelling platform intended to live stream videos directly on the website. The company's platform features in-video shopping, lead generation, and live streaming events and allows importing and editing videos, enabling brands to engage and converttheir website visitors. |  | Series A | Aug 02, 2018 |  |
| Dandy | Dandy is a live dating app that builts to solve the problem of immense time and effort required by existing online dating experiences. It allows USC students to virtually connect through instant messages, without needing to meet in person. The live dating app emulates raw human behavior, as it gives students a convenient way to connect, byaddressing issues of unreliability and privacy on current dating apps | $850K | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Senreve | Senreve is a luxury handbag company for the multifaceted modern woman. With Senreve, women are now free to go about their day with ease, empowered to better live their busy, modern lifestyles. From phone and wallet to laptop and lipstick—finally a beautiful bag that knows how to multitask.What they’ve created is a seamless blend of elegantdesign, impeccable quality, and innovative construction. Their bags are sleek, structured, and designed to carry life in style. They're also lightweight, travel-friendly, and just as appropriate for a business meeting as they are for happy hour or brunch. |  | Seed | Jun 15, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series A | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series B | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Cabin | Cabin (www.ridecabin.com) is the first hospitality transportation company on a mission to make the most of every waking and sleeping moment. Cabin addresses America's "500 mile problem," in which regional travel up to 500 miles from home requires sacrificing an entire day, forcing people to take fewer trips without even knowing it.By consolidating both transportation and accommodation into one simple and delightful experience, Cabin’s one-of-a-kind moving hotel experience enables people to travel without travel time. The company is backed by some of the top investors in Silicon Valley including Founders Fund’s FF Angel, SV Angel, Floodgate, Box Group, Brainchild Holdings, Justin Rosenstein, StartX, FJ Labs, and 1517 Fund. |  | Seed | May 15, 2018 |  |
| Amplitude | Amplitude is the product intelligence platform that helps companies use their customer data to build great product experiences for systematic business growth. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Singapore, Amplitude is the cross-platform intelligence solution of choice for modern product and growthteams. Amplitude serves over 30,000 teams at companies like Microsoft, Twitter, Adidas, CapitalOne, NBC, Hubspot, and Procter & Gamble. |  |  | Jun 16, 2017 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Long Venture Partners invest in?

Long Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Long Venture Partners's check size?

Long Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $850k–$3.5M at Seed, $2M–$22M at Series A and $16M–$22M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Long Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Long Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Long Venture Partners?

The team at Long Venture Partners includes Sam Yu (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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