Profile

Cyan Banister

Location: USA

Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work.

NUMBER

#17

Xs

147

Investments

105

Exits

42
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Overview
About Cyan Banister
Number of Portfolio Companies 10
Location USA

Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber, Thumbtack, Space, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokemon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base.
Cyan is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Zivity. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.

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Company name
ENTRY ROUND
VALUATION at entry ($M)
Xs
VALUATION 
Uber
Seed
$20M
3785,5
$75 710M
Thumbtack
Series B
$6,94M
455,33
$3 160M
Forge Global
Series AA
$10M
200
$2 000M
Niantic
Series A
$70M
128,57
$9 000M
Teleport
$11,32M
97,17
$1 100M
Zappos.com
Series B
$18M
62,78
$1 130M
Turing
Series A
$76,5M
14,38
$1 100M
Density
Series C
$116M
9,05
$1 050M
Affirm
Series F
$2 600M
4,57
$11 890M
Fivetran
Series D
$5 035M
1,11
$5 600M

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2024