Cyan Banister

Co-Founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures · Joined 2020

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Biography

Cyan Banister is Co-Founder and General Partner of Long Journey Ventures. She joined in 2020 from Founders Fund, where her Wikipedia article records she was a partner from March 2016 to March 2020; the firm's own 2021 post 'Long Journey: The Beginning' states she came from Founders Fund and joined as a partner that year. Her Wikipedia article also records work at NBCUniversal in systems administration and development support from 1999 to 2001 and at the security company IronPort from 2003 to 2006. Long Journey's team page states she was one of the first checks into Uber, Postmates, SpaceX and Flock, and her own firm post of 28 October 2025 states that the firm invested in Substrate on April Fools Day in 2022. Her angel investments in Uber, Postmates and SpaceX predate Long Journey Ventures and are recorded here as investments attributed to her, not as firm positions.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

SubstrateUberPostmatesSpaceXFlock

Career Timeline

2016
Becomes a partner at Founders Fund in March 2016, per her Wikipedia article.
2020
Leaves Founders Fund in March 2020 to join Long Journey Ventures; the firm's own 2021 post states she came from Founders Fund and joined as a partner in 2020.
2022
Writes in her own firm post that Long Journey invested in Substrate on April Fools Day in 2022.
2025
Named in her Wikipedia article as one of the partners who closed Long Journey IV in March 2025 at approximately $181.8 million.

Sources & References

Long Journey Ventures - Team ↗Long Journey: The Beginning ↗Chip On My Spine: A Love Letter to Silicon (firm post by Cyan Banister, 28 October 2025) ↗Wikipedia - Cyan Banister ↗