Investing Profile

Cyan Banister(180)

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General Partner • The Frontier at Long Journey Ventures; Author at The Ugly Duckling
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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
131
Current Fund Size
$35M

Cyan Banister is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cyan Banister's Investments On Record (109)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Barndoor AI
SeedMay 2025$14M
$14M
Co-investors: Rob Hayes (First Round Capital), Eric Chin (Crosslink Capital), Scott Banister
TrueFoundry
Series AFeb 2025$19M
$21M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Avi Bharadwaj (Innovation Endeavors), Morgan Schwanke (Mana Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), Gokul Rajaram, Aravind Bharadwaj
Nectir
SeedDec 2024$4M
$4M
Superpower
Pre SeedApr 2024$4M
$34M
Co-investors: Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Ryan Roddy (Seaside Ventures), Harry Valner (Seaside Ventures), Marc Baghadjian, Balaji Srinivasan, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul, Scott Banister, Evan Moore
Melengo
Pre SeedApr 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures)
Stell
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Scott Banister
Peak
Pre SeedJan 2024$3M
$130M
Co-investors: Heston Berkman (Banter Capital), Oliver Richards (MMC Ventures), Steve Schlenker (DN Capital), Shukri Shammas (Initial Capital), David Gardner (London Venture Partners), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Rich Greenfield (LightShed Ventures), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Frank Sagnier, Scott Banister, Paul Heydon
Orson
SeedJun 2023$3M
$3M

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