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Cyan Banister

Angel investor · San Francisco, USA · Founded 2010 · Active in 2026

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20 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #33 · 20 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↑ 154% 5y
$673B
Unicorns ↑ 12% 5y
18
Decacorns ↑ 25% 5y
5
Thoroughbreds ↑ 5% 5y
20
Featured in #33Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

Cyan Banister is an angel investor based in San Francisco, USA, founded in 2010. The page below shows 20 Power Law outcomes from Cyan Banister's portfolio — 18 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK. Cyan Banister ranks #33 globally in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Ranking by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies.

Portfolio analysis

The 20 Cyan Banister Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA19
  2. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces5
  2. Fintech4
  3. Other B2B Software3
  4. Cybersecurity2
  5. Other2
  6. Space1
  7. Transportation1
  8. Energy1
  9. AI1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+4
  2. Series A6
  3. Seed9
01 · Portfolio market map

Cyan Banister's 20 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
20 of 20 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round Cyan Banister first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where Cyan Banister's founders come from — and where they study.

39 founders across the 20 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Cornell University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States24
India5
United Kingdom1
Russia1
Canada1
Germany1
Mexico1
China1
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UniversityCount
Cornell University3
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay2
UCLA2
Stanford University2
University of Michigan2
Syracuse University2
Anna University1
University of Cambridge1
University College London1
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth1
+11 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google3
Microsoft3
Palantir2
The Zebra1
Mozilla1
Uber1
Nvidia1
Yahoo!1
Spark Networks1
Akamai1
+10 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at Cyan Banister.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Cyan Banister stack up?

Cyan Banister in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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