
Tonya J. Long
Founder, Daymaker Connect | Managing Partner, Daymaker Ventures | Building systems that help people activate networks, capital, and human potential in the Age of AI
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San Francisco Bay Area
Joined November 2025
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๐๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ began with a simple question: why do professionals spend years building meaningful networks only to rely on memory, spreadsheets, contact lists, and luck when opportunity appears? We're building a new category of network intelligence that helps people understand who they know, why those connections matter, and how value can be created between them. The goal isn't bigger networks; it's more intelligent ones.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ applies the same thinking to capital. I work alongside founders and investors through a deal-by-deal syndicated model designed to create clarity, strengthen conviction, and help strategic capital move where it can create the greatest impact.
๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค explores a third asset that increasingly deserves our attention. For generations, work provided far more than income; it has organized identity, status, contribution, belonging, and meaning. As AI reshapes the nature of work, I help leaders, investors, and institutions think more clearly about what comes next.
What connects these efforts is a belief that the most valuable assets in our lives are often the ones we've already accumulated.
Networks.
Capital.
Knowledge.
Trust.
Purpose.
The challenge isn't acquiring more; it's learning how to recognize, organize, and activate what already exists. daymaker+2
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Hobbies
Connecting with nature and exploring in her Airstream, Bella, which has a popular photo on social media. principalpost+1
Integrating practices learned at Dr. Joe Dispenza's workshop, aligning mind, body, and spirit. tonyajlong
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May 8, 2026
TZTony Zirnoonsaid they've seen
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make a significant impact as a founder or investor in the startup community.Feb 27, 2026
MMMornรฉ Maritzsaid
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is considered one of the most innovative CTOs in the SaaS or tech space, especially at companies on the scale of Microsoft.Jan 16, 2026
TZTony Zirnoonsaid that if they were raising a seed round for an AI, fintech, or enterprise AI startup,
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would be one of their top choices for an investor.Dec 30, 2025
DPDr Pavel Vinitskysaid that if they needed a standout AI expert for a technical panel,
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would be a top pick.Nov 26, 2025
AMandreas muellersaid
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made a strong impression on them by combining deep technical knowledge of AI with a real focus on human outcomes.Nov 23, 2025
DPDr Pavel Vinitskysaid
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is one of the investors they most respect for spotting and backing groundbreaking AI startups.Nov 22, 2025
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