Investing Profile

Cyan Banister(171)

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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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30 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller (NFX), and 27 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
124
Current Fund Size
$35M

Cyan Banister is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Cyan Banister's Investments On Record (102)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Stell
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Scott Banister
Orson
SeedJun 2023$3M
$3M
Mother Science
SeedNov 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Anu Duggal (Female Founders Fund), Drew Houston
TipTop
Series AMay 2022$23M
$23M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Gokul Rajaram, Sam Altman, Vivek Patel, Dan Romero, Scott Banister
Bods
SeedApr 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Volition Capital), Karlie Kloss (Klossy)
Sunroom
SeedFeb 2022$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Li Jin (Variant (variant.fund)), Michelle Kennedy (StartHer), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Erik de Stefanis (Interlace Ventures), Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Whitney Wolfe Herd, Trevor McFedries
Sequel
SeedDec 2021$5M
$12M
Co-investors: Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap), Chuck Eesley, Varsha Rao
Superplastic
Series AOct 2021$20M
Series AJul 2019$10M
$56M
Co-investors: Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki (Convoz), Paul Bernard (Amazon Alexa Fund), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Brad Lewthwaite, Ron Pragides, Justin Timberlake, Scott Belsky, Jared Leto, Colin Carrier, William Miller, Kevin Weil, Kevin Colas

Cyan Banister's Experience

Investor Hot PotatoPresent
Author The Ugly Duckling2020 - Present
Investor Long Journey Ventures2020 - Present
Partner Long Journey Ventures2020 - Present
Owner Banister Capital2008 - Present
Recruiter Banister Advisors2006 - Present
Partner Founders Fund2016 - 2020
Ev"angel"ist AngelList2015 - 2020
Co-founder Signal Media Project2013 - 2016
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 IronPort Systems2003 - 2004
Standards and Practices Manager IronPort2003 - 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