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Scott Banister

Operator Angel

Venture Partner, Long Journey Ventures

PayPal board member, IronPort founder, prolific angel

San Francisco, CA
AngelPre-SeedSeed
Enterprise SaaSAIInfrastructureDeep TechCommerce

Background

Scott Banister is Venture Partner at Long Journey Ventures. He co-founded IronPort (sold to Cisco for $830M) and invented the keyword auction advertising model underlying modern search marketing. He was on PayPal's founding board of directors and has invested in 100+ companies including Uber, Facebook, Zappos, and LiveOps. He partners with Long Journey to back breakthrough technology founders.

Investment Focus

Stages

AngelPre-SeedSeed

Sectors

Enterprise SaaSAIInfrastructureDeep TechCommerce

Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026