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Cyan Banister

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Cyan is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Zivity, a prolific angel investor with her husband Scott Banister (Tagged, SpaceX, Uber and others (See [AngelList] (https://angel.co/cyantist) for full list), board member, advisor and also a contributing writer for TechCrunch.

Cyan co-founded the controversial website Zivity.com, which is a subscription based social networking site for creators and fans of beautiful and tasteful glamour photography. She currently serves on the board of directors for Mimoco, best known for their MIMOBOT line of designer USB storage devices.

Cyan has held many leadership roles throughout her career, from leading technical operations teams in an enterprise software company to helping women master technology as CTO of a nonprofit organization.

As a side note, Cyan donates money every year to the world juggling federation, women’s division.

Recent Milestones

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  Cyan Banister invested in TenderTree. (11/14/12)
  Posted 11/14/12 at 6:30am via techcrunch.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in AppStack. (3/28/12)
  Posted 3/27/12 at 9:58pm via techcrunch.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in AppStack. (3/28/12)
  Posted 3/27/12 at 9:58pm via techcrunch.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in TekTrak. (11/1/10)
  Posted 12/15/10 at 6:05pm via techcrunch.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in Uber. (10/15/10)
  Posted 10/15/10 at 1:53am via venturebeat.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in GameCrush. (8/24/10)
  Posted 8/24/10 at 11:27am via techcrunch.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in Thumbtack. (6/9/10)
  Posted 6/10/10 at 9:56am via thumbtack.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in Hot Potato. (11/25/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 8:36am via thealarmclock.com
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  Cyan Banister invested in Mimoco. (1/1/09)
  Posted 3/30/10 at 9:11am
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  Cyan Banister invested in OtherInbox. (7/1/08)
  Posted 8/2/08 at 12:02pm
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  Cyan Banister invested in EQAL. (4/16/08)
  Posted 4/16/08 at 9:45pm via paidcontent.org
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  Cyan Banister invested in Zivity. (8/1/07)
  Posted 8/20/07 at 6:52am via venturebeat.com
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  Cyan Banister added a position as CEO & Editor-in-Chief at Zivity.
  Posted 8/20/07 at 6:47am
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  Cyan Banister added to IronPort Systems.
  Posted 5/29/08 at 7:50pm
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  Cyan Banister added to iAsiaworks.
  Posted 6/6/10 at 12:44am
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  Cyan Banister added to NBC Universal.
  Posted 6/14/10 at 12:56am

Investments

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1. 500 Startups-Backed TenderTree Raises $1.3 Million To Expand Its Marketplace Of In-Home Caregivers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Mobile Ad Optimization Startup AppStack Raises $1.5M From Eric Schmidt, Google Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Mobile Ad Optimization Startup AppStack Raises $1.5M From Eric Schmidt, Google Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. iPhone Tracking Service Provider TekTrak Locates Seed Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. UberCab raises $1.25M to end your futile search for taxis (venturebeat.com) [edit]
6. techcrunch.com [edit]
7. Well-known angels back local services startup Thumbtack.com (thumbtack.com) [edit]
8. Hot Potato Raises $1.42 For Event Social Networking (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
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11. Lonely No More: Lonelygirl15 Production Company EQAL Gets $5 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
12. Zivity, an adult social network, raises $1M before launch (venturebeat.com) [edit]