Cyan and Scott Banister

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What city do you live in?
San Francisco
Entrepreneurs can get referred to me through these people (I listen to these people)

Max Levchin, John Malloy, Luke Nosek, Brian Singerman,

Representative investments

Current: Slide, Topsy, Facebook, Zivity, EQAL, OtherInbox, Tagged, Thumbtack, etc.

Past: Powerset, iLike, OpenTable, Zappos, IronPort, PayPal,

Investment criteria (Markets, Team, Stage, Location)

SF Bay Area preferred. Consumer internet that fills market gaps. Do not like crowding in the space they operate in. Working prototype and some traction preferred. Revenue or idea of how to get revenue and distribution.

What markets are you not interested in?

hardware unless it is something like Square :)

How many seed stage investments do you expect to make in the next 12 months?
6
Typical seed stage investment amount
25-50k
Who do you co-invest with?

Founders Fund, BRV, Barney Pell, Max Levchin

How do you like to add value beyond investing?

Scott and I advise companies usually in proportion to our investment. Our largest investments get most of our attention.

Would you like to include anything else in your profile?

Scott's LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/banister