# Longbow (slim)

> Longbow's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Bird (formerly MessageBird), with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/longbow/index.md (~550 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/longbow/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/longbow/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Bird (formerly MessageBird)**, Series C, October 2020, Series C extension, April 2021, valued at $3B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series C, October 2020
  - [Bird API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bird.md), graded BB, 77.5/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/08/messagebird-series-c/
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/28/messagebird-acquires-sparkpost-for-600m-using-800m-series-c-extension/

## Where they invest

- Messaging APIs, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Robert Vis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robert-vis/), Bird (formerly MessageBird)
- [Bob Violier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-violier/), Bird (formerly MessageBird)
- [Joey van Ommen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joey-van-ommen/), Bird (formerly MessageBird)

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Longbow invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Bird (formerly MessageBird) backed by Longbow.

### How are Longbow's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Bird API + MCP (BB, 77.5).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.