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Investments

65

Portfolio Exits

20

About 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.

Headquarters Location

San Francisco, California,

United States

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Latest Cyan Banister News

Orson Raises $3M in Funding

Jun 20, 2023

Orson , a Winter Garden, FL-based story-as-a-service startup, raised $3M in funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $8M, saw participation from Cyan Banister and Long Journey Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to build teams to scale the science of unscripted storytelling and generative AI, expand production of its StoryStrip technology and launch new products. Founded by unscripted TV veteran John Ehrhard and CTO Eli Weinstock-Herman, Orson provides a generative AI platform created to enhance human connection by facilitating the sharing of one’s authentic self through video storytelling. It was developed by unscripted film and TV experts with more than two decades of experience documenting over 50,000 hours of real people’s stories. Using AI-enabled directors and its StoryStrip technology, Orson’s video storytelling process is fully automated and scalable, allowing for narratives and story-driven video to be created through interviews with people. Its Story-as-a-Service was designed to integrate with partner platforms and communities to create product extensions and new revenue streams that increase user engagement and create human connection. FinSMEs

Cyan Banister Investments

65 Investments

Cyan Banister has made 65 investments. Their latest investment was in Orson as part of their Unattributed VC on April 4, 2023.

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Cyan Banister Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

4/13/2023

Unattributed VC

Orson

$3.09M

Yes

Long Journey Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors

3

8/3/2021

Series A - III

Superplastic

$20M

No

3

7/9/2021

Seed VC

Frontier

$2.8M

Yes

1

7/9/2021

Seed VC

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$99M

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10

4/8/2021

Seed VC

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$99M

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10

Date

4/13/2023

8/3/2021

7/9/2021

7/9/2021

4/8/2021

Round

Unattributed VC

Series A - III

Seed VC

Seed VC

Seed VC

Company

Orson

Superplastic

Frontier

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Amount

$3.09M

$20M

$2.8M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

No

Yes

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Co-Investors

Long Journey Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors

Sources

3

3

1

10

10

Cyan Banister Portfolio Exits

20 Portfolio Exits

Cyan Banister has 20 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Popshop Live on August 22, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

8/22/2023

Acquired

$99M

3

3/24/2020

Acquired

$99M

1

9/10/2019

Acquired

$99M

3

6/24/2019

Acquired

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$99M

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10

5/10/2019

IPO

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$99M

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10

Date

8/22/2023

3/24/2020

9/10/2019

6/24/2019

5/10/2019

Exit

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

Acquired

IPO

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

3

1

3

10

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