Investments
64Portfolio Exits
18About Cyan Banister
Cyan Banister is the founder and editor-in-chief of startup, Zivity. <br /><br />Banister is also an angel investor who generally invests $25-50k in young, emerging companies with a focus on companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cyan prefers consumer internet companies and looks for companies with a working prototype and some traction. Revenue or a monetization plan are also sought. Cyan invests with her husband Scott Banister.
Cyan Banister Headquarter Location
San Francisco, California,
United States
Latest Cyan Banister News
Mar 5, 2022
A peek inside Founders Fund, as it closes on $5 billion across two new fundsFounders Fund has garnered a lot of money from investors; it has also returned quite a bit of capital.I interviewed [former Founders Fund partner] Cyan Banister a few years ago and she mentioned that there’s a certain threshold above which Peter Thiel is always involved.Founders Fund is the largest investor in both [new funds], the general partner is.Like all things Founders Fund, whenever we’re [deciding on] a core position for the fund, the full partnership is involved, especially in conversations that involve Brian, or that involve Peter. [Founders Fund partner] Trae [Stephens] had a huge thesis on defense and government and how broken it was and Anduril came out of that. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated & summarized by a computer program and has not been created by StartupAround.
Cyan Banister Investments
64 Investments
Cyan Banister has made 64 investments. Their latest investment was in TipTop as part of their Series A on May 5, 2022.
Cyan Banister Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/12/2022 | Series A | TipTop | $23M | Yes | 5 | |
12/21/2021 | Seed VC - II | Sequel | $4M | Yes | Graph Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Pear VC, Ulu Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Varsha Rao | 2 |
9/7/2021 | Seed VC | Mayk | $4M | Yes | 4 | |
8/3/2021 | Series A - III | |||||
7/9/2021 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/12/2022 | 12/21/2021 | 9/7/2021 | 8/3/2021 | 7/9/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Series A - III | Seed VC |
Company | TipTop | Sequel | Mayk | ||
Amount | $23M | $4M | $4M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Graph Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Pear VC, Ulu Ventures, Undisclosed Angel Investors, and Varsha Rao | ||||
Sources | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Cyan Banister Portfolio Exits
18 Portfolio Exits
Cyan Banister has 18 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Vidado on March 24, 2020.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/24/2020 | Acquired | 1 | |||
9/10/2019 | Acquired | 3 | |||
6/24/2019 | Acquired | 3 | |||
Date | 3/24/2020 | 9/10/2019 | 6/24/2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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