General Info
Cyan Banister is a General Partner at Long Journey Ventures, serving as a Board Member at AI Foundation. She invests in super early seed and precede stage companies within Founders Fund’s investment strategy. Her geographical preference is not specified. Some of her notable investments include Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, eShares, and Affirm. Cyan Banister has a professional background as an investor and venture capitalist. She co-launched Zivity, made multiple angel investments with her husband, Scott Banister, and won Angel of the Year at the ninth Crunchies ceremony. The investment check size for Cyan Banister is not available in the sources. She has a diverse partnership and collaboration style, being a self-taught engineer and entrepreneur who made early bets on companies like Uber, SpaceX, and Postmates.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States of America
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Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Search results show Cyan Banister made multiple investments in 2025: Vigil Labs (Aug 2025) and Barndoor AI (May 2025), and TrueFoundry (Feb 2025). The most recent known investment is August 2025 (Vigil Labs), which is less than 6 months before the reference date, so classify as very-active.
Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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