Investing Profile

Scott Banister(1)

AngelInvestor
American Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Half Moon Bay
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Network
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PayPal Network
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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$10K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
153

Scott Banister is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Scott Banister's Investments On Record (131)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Arcee.ai
Series AJul 2024$24M
$30M
Co-investors: Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners)
Together AI
Series AMar 2024$110M
SeedMay 2023$20M
$130M
Co-investors: Derick En'Wezoh (Susa Ventures), Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Yaron Samid (TechAviv Founder Partners), Dave Eisenberg (Zigg Capital), Mary-Catherine Lader (Torch Capital), Paul Drews (Salesforce Ventures), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Dawn Song, Chafic Kazoun, Jeff Hammerbacher
Stell
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures)
Validated
Pre SeedJan 2024$2M
$3M
Co-investors: Ali Partovi (Neo), Sebastian Peck (Kompas VC), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Amrit Saxena (Saxena Capital)
Highlight
SeedAug 2023$8M
$51M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Semil Shah (Haystack), Sahil Bloom (SRB Ventures), John Borthwick (Betaworks Ventures), Kamran Ansari (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Ryan Nece (Next Play Capital), Siqi Chen, Ron Pragides, Sri Batchu, Max Mullen, Zander Lurie
TipTop
Series AMay 2022$23M
$23M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Gokul Rajaram, Sam Altman, Vivek Patel, Dan Romero
Ownwell
SeedMay 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
Edge
Pre SeedApr 2022$2M
$8.2M
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Shreyas Doshi (Stripe), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Ron Pragides, Francis Santora, Arash Ferdowsi

Scott Banister's Experience

Board of Directors PostmatesPresent
Board of Regents Da Vinci Schools2013 - Present
Board of Directors Topsy2007 - Present
Board of Directors Ekso Bionics2010 - 2014
Board of Directors Slide2005 - 2010
Board of Directors Powerset2007 - 2008
Co-Founder & CTO IronPort Systems2000 - 2007
Board of Directors eVoice2000 - 2000
VP Ideas Idealab1999 - 2000
Board of Directors PayPal1999 - 1999
Lead Singer LinkExchange1998 - 1999
VP Technology, Co-Founder Submit It!1995 - 1998
Webmaster Sloan Foundation1994 - 1996

Scott Banister's Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign None Computer Science