Investing Profile

Cyan Banister(180)

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General Partner • The Frontier at Long Journey Ventures; Author at The Ugly Duckling
longjourney.vcHalf Moon Bay
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32 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller (NFX), and 29 other investors on Signal.

Networks Cyan is a member of
AngelList Network
19 CONNECTIONS
Founders Fund Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Long Journey Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
11
Current Fund Size
$35M

Cyan Banister is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cyan Banister's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
CASHDROP
Seed RoundAug 2020$2.7M
$2.7M
Co-investors: Eric Paley (Founder Collective), Jarrid Tingle (Harlem Capital), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Scott Belsky
Density
Series CJul 2020$51M
$220M
Co-investors: Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), James Conigliaro (Array Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), George Godula, Pete Moore, Hiten Shah, Julia Hartz, Scott Banister, Moshe Lifschitz
Popshop Live
Seed RoundJul 2020$3M
$23M
Co-investors: Stephen Chau (Sequoia Capital), Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, Baron Davis, Jim Lanzone, Gautam Gupta
Hot Mic
Seed RoundJan 2020$2M
$2M
Drivetime
Seed RoundNov 2018$4M
$19M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Hootan Rashidifard (Canaan Partners), Eduardo Vivas (Curated), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Mike Kerns (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Paul Bernard (Amazon Alexa Fund), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Adam Foroughi, Mark Pincus
Panda
Seed RoundJun 2018$850K
$850K
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Dmitry Alimov (Frontier Ventures)
Flex Productions
Seed RoundOct 2016$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Ellen Pao
Flow Laboratories, Inc.
Convertible NoteMar 2016$300K
$300K

Cyan Banister's Experience

Partner Founders Fund2016 - 2020
Ev"angel"ist AngelList2015 - 2020
Co Founder Zivity - www.zivity.com2006 - 2016
Co-founder Signal Media Project2013 - 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
Author The Ugly Duckling2020 - Present
Partner Long Journey Ventures2020 - Present
Investor Long Journey Ventures2020 - Present
Owner Banister Capital2008 - Present
Recruiter Banister Advisors2006 - Present
Investor Hot PotatoPresent