Cyan Banister is an American angel investor and entrepreneur, currently a partner at Long Journey Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. She previously served as the first woman investing partner at Founders Fund, where she led seed and early-stage investments. Banister is recognized for her early investments in numerous successful companies, including Uber, Niantic, Postmates, DeepMind, Carta, Thumbtack, Flexport, Affirm, and SpaceX.