Investing Profile

Cyan Banister(132)

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Partner at Long Journey Ventures

longjourney.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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19 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Ryan Walsh (Floodgate), and 16 other investors on Signal.

Networks Cyan is a member of
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Current Investing Position
Long Journey Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
77

Cyan Banister is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cyan Banister's Investments On Record (71)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Artie
Seed RoundFeb 2021$10M
Pre Seed RoundDec 2018$1.4M
$11.4M
Co-investors: Ashley Flucas
Turing.com
Series BDec 2020$32M
$49M
Co-investors: Dmitry Alimov (Frontier Ventures), Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels LLC), Saeed Amidi (Plug & Play Ventures), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Eddie Thai (500 Startups), Binh Tran (500 Startups), Kintan Brahmbhatt, Mathieu Guerville, Gokul Rajaram
Firstbase
Seed RoundAug 2020$2.1M
$2.1M
Co-investors: James Murphy (Acceleprise VC)
CASHDROP
Seed RoundAug 2020$2.7M
$2.7M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Scott Belsky
Density
Series CJul 2020$51M
$55.4M
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Riverside Ventures), Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Kevin Hartz, Jonathan Swanson, Hiten Shah, Jason Calacanis, Moshe Lifschitz, Daniel Curran
Popshop Live
Seed RoundJul 2020$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Gautam Gupta (M13)
Primer
Seed RoundMay 2020$3.7M
$58.4M
₩1.2B
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), Zavain Dar (Lux Capital), Omar El-Ayat, Young Song
Hot Mic
Seed RoundJan 2020$2M
$2M

Cyan Banister's Experience

Partner Long Journey Ventures2020 - Present
Ev"angel"ist AngelList2015 - Present
Co-founder Signal Media Project2013 - Present
Owner Banister Capital2008 - Present
Recruiter Banister Advisors2006 - Present
Partner Founders Fund2016 - 2020
Co Founder Zivity - www.zivity.com2006 - 2016
Senior Manager, Security Operations IronPort2005 - 2006
Manager of Strategic Support and Anti-Spam Operations IronPort2005 - 2005
Manager of Support, Worldwide IronPort2004 - 2005
Standards and Practices Manager IronPort2003 - 2004
Standards and Practices Manager IronPort Systems2003 - 2004
Standards and Practices Manager Savicom2002 - 2003
CTO Women's Economic Agenda Project2001 - 2002
Tools and Automation Engineer iAsiaWorks2001 - 2001
Operations - Systems Administration - Development Support NBCi1999 - 2001
Systems Admin / Support Manager Extreme Internet1997 - 1998