Cyan Banister
Long Journey Ventures
General Partner
Check size: $25K – $1M
Cyan Banister has invested in 10 startups on The Pitch, deploying $1.5M across categories including B2B SaaS, Fund I Portfolio, Badass Female Founders, CPG, Fashion, Edtech. Typical check size ranges from $25K to $1M.
Investment Thesis
What Cyan Looks For
“I try to look six years out and think about what's coming next.”
— S15 · Ep 3
“When I have high conviction, I'm in. That's what they [founders] want—someone to believe them. I'm comfortable with a company that doesn't have product market fit and hasn't figured it out yet.”
— S15 · Ep 3
“It's whether they know something that nobody else seems to know. Do they have an insight or a moat or some sort of intelligence that they're onto something.”
— S14
“I'm always drawn to an inception story that starts from age seven. Because that means it's their life mission. I love entrepreneurs like this and I would back them all day long.”
— S15 · Ep 3
About Cyan Banister
Cyan is addicted to early stage angel investing. She spends a lot of her time dreaming about what the future could look like and invests in people who do the same but are creating it. Before Long Journey, she was at Founders Fund, a top tier fund in SF. Most of Cyan’s successful investments have a common theme around job creation and flexibility, but she has invested in everything from rocket ships to sandwich delivery. Cyan loves leaving space for adventure in her day and will make decisions with a roll of dice!
Portfolio
Investments on The Pitch10 investments
AIMappa: Can This Voice AI Startup Find You a Job… or a Date?
Cyan has invested $1.5M across 10 companies on The Pitch since Season 10.
Episodes
Top episodes featuring Cyan18 episodes
S14FundedAbove Health: The Allergy Clinic of the Future
S12Season 12: Tear Down The System
S12FundedgeCKo Materials
S12immersionED
S12FundedESAI
S12Season 12 Finale 🎉
S12FundedDopl
S12FundedKinometrix
S14Doctours: VC Funded Hair Transplants?!
S12FundedFutureMoney
S12FundedChristie's Chips
S12FundedFeedback Intelligence
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