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Scott Banister

Investor

Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures · Board director at Postmates

Half Moon Bay

Writes $10K – $500K checks · typically $100K

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232 people in our graph share verified history with Scott — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Scott: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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About

Venture Partner, technologist and founder; founding board member of PayPal and co-founder of IronPort (acquired by Cisco). Early investor in Uber, SpaceX, Postmates, and DeepMind.

Board director at Postmates

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Postmates's investors · 38

1955 CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $10M checks · since 2015ACME CapitalSan Francisco · since 2015AdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checks · since 2015Alpha JWC VenturesSingapore · $1.5M – $139M checks · since 2015AngelPadSan Francisco · $120K checks · since 2015B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checks · since 2015BITKRAFT VenturesDover · since 2015Blumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks · since 2015Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2015Crosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M checks · since 2015Entrée CapitalTel Aviv · $150K – $15M checks · since 2015Expansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checks · since 2015FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks · since 2015Fontinalis PartnersDetroit · $250K – $5M checks · since 2015Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2015G SquaredChicago · since 2015Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park · since 2015Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Harmony PartnersNew York · since 2015Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2015Locus VenturesPalo Alto · since 2015Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2015MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015Olive Tree CapitalBoston · since 2015Oyster VenturesSan Francisco · $25K – $200K checks · since 2015Playground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks · since 2015Precursor VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checks · since 2015Prosperity7 VenturesDhahran · since 2015ReshapeNew York · $100K – $2M checks · since 2015Rosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checks · since 2015Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2015Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2015Struck CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks · since 2015Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2015Unanimous CapitalMenlo Park · since 2015Uncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks · since 2015WP Global PartnersChicago · $5M – $25M checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Postmates

BLBastian Lehman
Bastian LehmanFounder & CEO
SSSam Street
Sam StreetFounder
SPSean Plaice
Sean PlaiceDirector
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Bastian LehmannExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. MemyardCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
  2. Long JourneyVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  3. Da Vinci SchoolsBoard of Regentscurrent2013 — present
  4. PostmatesBoard of Directors2013 — 2020
  5. Ekso BionicsBoard of Directors2010 — 2014
  6. TopsyBoard of Directors2007 — 2013
  7. SlideBoard of Directors2005 — 2010
  8. PowersetBoard of Directors2007 — 2008
  9. IronPort SystemsCo-Founder & CTO2000 — 2007San Bruno, CA
  10. eVoiceBoard of Directors2000
  11. IdealabVP Ideas1999 — 2000
  12. PayPalBoard of Directors1999
  13. LinkExchangeLead Singer1998 — 1999
  14. Submit It!VP Technology, Co-Founder1995 — 1998
  15. Sloan FoundationWebmaster1994 — 1996

Skills & more

Strategy17Term Sheets5Contractual Agreements4Start-ups99SaaS37Scalability26Enterprise Software44Venture Capital40Angel Investing9Software Engineering10Business Development15Emerging Technologies4
+5 moreProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsMobile ApplicationsCisco TechnologiesAnalytics

From Scott's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

9GAGAddvocateAffirmAgariAppjetArcee.aiArcticarArtemisAtoBAugmedixBarndoor AiBase64BellhopBindedBufferCargomaticCartaCausesChainCheckrClassPassClearTaxCloudPeepsCourseHorseCover LockscreenDealFlowAgentDensityDiamond FoundryDil MilDrivenDrivetimeDuckDuckGoDyspatchEat JustEdgeEdusoftEkso BionicsEQALFairyFixedFlexportForgeGaizeGameCrushGoodtime LabsHeyMarvinHighlightHitchHoneyLedgerHoodlineHot PotatoiLikeInstabridgeInstamotor TechnologiesJustpointLeadGeniusLeeoLegalPadLegalReachLendaLevelsLiftigniterLiveOpsMatternetMerchantAtlasMightyTextMimocoMioMoon ExpressMykonos SoftwareNervanaNianticOnenameONtheAIROsaroOtherInboxOwnwellParakweetPartenderPatternExPayPalPeakPingpadPlateJoyPlayfabPlexPocket ChangePopshop LivePostmatesPractice FusionPropellerPullstringRapportiveReadyforceRecharge LabsRemindRoadsterRoomiSauce LabsSeedSeenSense PlatformServe RoboticsShare PracticeShelfSilversheetSlideSootheSpaceXSplitwiseStandard CyborgStellStellar LabsSuitenessSuperpowerTekTrakTeleportTendertreeTetrapod SoftwareThe EVERY CompanyThinkfuseThumbtackTipTopTogether AITopsy LabsToutappTuringTwenty20UberUpstartValidVamoVaycayHerovidIQWaviiWhitetruffleWideOrbitZapposZentailZipZapZivity

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Long Journey Ventures

Aaron VanDevender
Advisor at Long Journey Ventures
Andrew Look
Advisor at Long Journey Ventures
Arielle Zuckerberg
General Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Brian Balfour
Growth Leader, Entrepreneur, & Angel Investor
Carolena Leon
Platform Associate at Long Journey Ventures
Cyan Banister
Co-founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Dani Tustin
Chief Financial Officer at Long Journey Ventures
Elaine Wherry
Advisor at Long Journey Ventures

Network5

Andres BarretoScout
General Partner at Firstrock Capital
Brendon BlackerScout
Managing Partner at Delivery Hero Ventures
Brian BalfourScout
Growth Leader, Entrepreneur, & Angel Investor
Eric ChinScout
Partner and Alpha Founder at Crosslink Capital
Fritz LanmanScout
President at ClassPass

Investors connected to Scott in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Scott Banister?
Venture Partner, technologist and founder; founding board member of PayPal and co-founder of IronPort (acquired by Cisco). Early investor in Uber, SpaceX, Postmates, and DeepMind.
Where does Scott Banister work?
Scott Banister is Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures and Board director at Postmates.
What check size does Scott Banister write?
Scott Banister typically writes checks of $10K – $500K.
What companies has Scott Banister invested in?
Investments tracked here include 9GAG, Addvocate, Affirm, Agari, Appjet, Arcee.ai, Arcticar, Artemis, AtoB, Augmedix, Barndoor Ai, Base64, and 129 more.
Where did Scott Banister go to school?
Scott Banister studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (None, Computer Science).

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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign864

Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCLuke NosekCo-founder of PayPal; co-founder of GigafundSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Memyard2

Ramesh HaridasAdvisor at Deeptech LabsPatrick PetersonFounder at Agari

Also worked at Ekso Bionics9

Kolbeinn BjörnssonVenture Partner at Brunnur Ventures GPRobert MorrisFounder/CEO at TerravionHaley KingCEO at Paxos HealthMax Scheder-BieschinExecutive Officer, Director at Drover AIScott DavisChief Executive Officer at Ekso BionicsFrank MoremanChief Operating Officer at Ekso Bionics

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Also worked at Powerset6

Lorenzo ThioneGeneral Partner at GaingelsTom Preston-WernerCofounder & General Partner at Preston-Werner VenturesBarney PellVenture Partner at Radical VenturesJohn LeFounder at StatwingJonathan SiddharthFounder at TuringChris Van PeltExecutive Officer, Director at Weights & Biases

Also worked at IronPort Systems713

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

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