Sayan Bannister
A venture capitalist, co-host for this episode, and founder of Long Journey Ventures, specializing in early-stage, non-consensus investments.
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Summary
Sayan Bannister, a prominent angel investor and entrepreneur, and a partner at Long Journey Ventures, was featured as a guest host on the All-In podcast in a fictionalized account set in March 2025. During the episode, she announced a new fund for Long Journey Ventures and articulated her successful investment philosophy of "non-consensus investing," highlighting her early belief in companies such as Niantic. Bannister's career is marked by early investments in several successful tech companies and her prior roles in the tech industry.
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Extracted Attributes
Education
Self-taught engineer, high school dropout
Full Name
Sayan Bannister
Birth Year
1977
Early Life
Experienced homelessness at age 15; grew up in Arizona
Occupation
Angel investor, entrepreneur
Current Role
Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Role at Meebo
Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
Previous Company
IronPort
Co-founded Company
Meebo
Investment Strategy
Non-consensus investing
Previous Role at IronPort
Standards and Practices Manager, Manager of Strategic Support, Senior Manager-Security Operations
Timeline
- Born. (Source: web_search_results)
1977
- At age 15, experienced homelessness and dropped out of high school. (Source: web_search_results)
1992
- IronPort, where she held management roles, was sold to Cisco for $850 million, providing her with capital for angel investing. (Source: web_search_results)
2007
- Meebo, which she co-founded and served as CXO, was acquired by Google. (Source: web_search_results)
2012
- Spoke publicly about her early life and journey to venture capitalism at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. (Source: web_search_results)
2018
- As a guest host on the All-In podcast (fictionalized account), she announced a new fund for Long Journey Ventures and discussed her non-consensus investing strategy. (Source: related_documents)
2025-03-XX
Web Search Results
- Cyan Banister - Wikipedia
Cyan Banister (born 1977) is an American angel investor and entrepreneur. She is a partner at Long Journey Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund. She was an early investor in Uber, Niantic "Niantic (company)"), Postmates, DeepMind, Carta "Carta (software company)"), Thumbtack "Thumbtack (website)"), Flexport, Affirm "Affirm (company)"), and SpaceX, and co-founded Zivity, an adult-themed social networking site. Banister was the first woman investing partner at the venture capital [...] A self-taught engineer, Banister held management roles at IronPort, where her positions included Standards and Practices Manager, Manager of Strategic Support, and Senior Manager-Security Operations. Ironport was sold to Cisco for $850 million in 2007. According to The Wall Street Journal, she found herself with money from the acquisition that she didn't know what to do with. She considered putting it in the stock market or in land, but settled on startups. The first check she wrote as an angel [...] ## Early life and education Banister grew up in Arizona. At the age of 15 she experienced homelessness and dropped out of high school. Banister spoke publicly about her early life at the 2018 TechCrunch Disrupt conference, from living on the streets to becoming a venture capitalist, crediting her success to incrementalism, capitalism, individualism, mentorship, and endless curiosity. She credited being obsessed with making more money — capitalism — as being what eventually saved her life.
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- Team - Long Journey Ventures
Lee lives in San Francisco with his wife and two daughters. When he’s not investing, he’s likely building spaces—literal and figurative—where creativity, connection, and possibility can flourish. ## Cyan Banister Co-Founder & General Partner [...] ## Scott Banister Venture Partner Scott is a technologist, founder, and early-stage investor known for spotting transformational ideas before they go mainstream. He was a founding board member of PayPal, where he helped shape the company’s early direction. He also invented paid advertising via keyword auction—now the internet’s dominant business model. [...] Previously, I co-founded Meebo, leading the Web, PM, Engineering teams serving as the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) before our Google acquisition in 2012. My work on team-building and leadership has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, CBS, and Business Insider. ## Brian Balfour Advisor
- Samuel A. Banister (1868-1890) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Son of Thomas B. Banister and Elizabeth C (Ashley) Banister Brother of Frances Elizabeth (Banister) Smith, Allena Palestine (Banister) McDonald, Jesse Thomas Banister, John William Bannister, Monroe Joshua Banister, James Hampton Banister, Asberry F. Banister and Robert Newton Banister Husband of Missouri A. (Ashley) Owen — married about 1888 (to 29 Dec 1890) in Anderson, South Carolina, United States map icon map icon [children unknown] ###### Parents ###### Thomas B. Banister [...] Jessie Otto Banister (1877-1958) • James Monroe Banister (1878-1942) • Fleetwood Oliver Banister (1869-1926) • Lewis Calhoun Banister (1875-1956) • Talulah Symantha (Banister) Cook (1872-1951) • Garvin Elvester Banister (1877-1965) • Alexander Monroe Banister (1870-1917) • Anna B. Banister (1872-1872) • Essie E. Banister (1873-1876) • William Calhoun Banister (1868-1943) • Jasper Agnew Banister (1870-1947) • Lillie Ann (Banister) Harbin (1878-1972) • Rosa E. (Banister) Hendrix [...] Explore More:
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