Long Way Ventures

Play Cubed is a team experienced in frontier technology, offering AI solutions for businesses and consumers. They have developed innovative enabling technologies used by major brands and have a successful history of entrepreneurship.

Talin is an AI-powered recruitment platform designed to automate the hiring process for agency recruiters, enabling them to source candidates, manage client outreach, and streamline operations.

Stiira Corporation provides leave administration, management, and support through an online, non-downloadable, software as a service (SaaS) platform.

Enable Sleep assists dental practices in offering sleep apnea therapy. It connects them with sleep physicians and supports practice growth.

Unthinkable Voices creates persuasive, one-minute videos that help B2B sales teams build consensus and close deals faster. The company focuses on crafting authentic, engaging video content that resonates with audiences, all done remotely.

Deviceflow automates the work between surgery and collected revenue, focusing on billing, inventory, and case coordination for medical device teams through the channels they already use.

Rook is an open-source cloud-native storage solution that automates the management of file, block, and object storage for Kubernetes environments, utilizing the Ceph storage system.

Tab Commerce is a modern finance platform designed specifically for restaurants, providing tools to manage cash flow, issue corporate cards, and automate financial operations.

Platformr is a CloudOps platform that automates how companies migrate, build, and deploy technology solutions on AWS, simplifying the path to AWS and enhancing cloud governance.

RootNote is a platform that empowers content creators by providing analytics and insights to track performance across social media platforms, measure engagement, and generate reports that demonstrate ROI.

Venvee utilizes advanced computer vision and spatial AI to analyze shopper behavior in retail environments, providing insights into in-store advertising effectiveness and customer journeys.

Candid Color Systems is a full-service photo lab that provides innovative photofinishing services and marketing tools to help photography businesses grow and succeed.

Alpha Edison is a knowledge-driven venture firm that uses AI, data, and behavioral science to identify "silent suffering" where customers tolerate bad solutions. The firm backs companies that can unlock entirely new addressable markets rather than competing in existing ones. Alpha Edison systematically logs every investment decision and quarterly reviews missed opportunities to learn from their mistakes, while their cognitively diverse team of PhDs and people from different backgrounds formally tears apart ideas from multiple angles before deploying capital.

Applies a 12-dimension investment rubric to invest in Black, Latino, and underrepresented-focused founders, wraps portfolio companies with curated senior-operator networks, and directs 50% of profits to community foundations.