{"id":14962,"name":"Banyan Ventures","slug":"banyan-ventures-14962","website":"https://banyansoftware.com/","hqGeo":null,"stageFocus":["Pre-Seed","Seed"],"sectorTags":["AI / ML","Other","Developer Tools"],"excludedSectors":[],"checkSizeMin":200000,"checkSizeMax":425000,"thesisSummary":"AI-only early-stage investor backing pre-seed and seed startups, with a preference for companies that are already showing revenue traction. Relevant for AI-native software products.","thesisNarrative":null,"logoUrl":null,"aumUsd":null,"submissionUrl":null,"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"portfolio":[{"companyName":"School Pathways","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Atamis","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"TransPlus","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Medicat","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"vcreative","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Agile Fleet","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Basil","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"FXCubic","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Gemini","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Shale Solutions","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Harrier","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"HubSoft","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"ICONI Software","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Loan Vision","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Northwoods","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"SmartDocuments","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Anago","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Classter","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"HR4","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Levl","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Telematics","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"tec4U Solutions","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"ZAP","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"VersaBadge","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Shapeshifter","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Tapaas","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"res:harmonics","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"NCT","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Gini","companyUrl":null,"stage":null,"sector":null,"investmentYear":null,"description":null,"amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Parasail","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Series A","sector":"AI infrastructure / networking","investmentYear":null,"description":"AI deployment networking company providing secure compute for AI builders and innovators","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Positron","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Seed","sector":"AI hardware / semiconductors","investmentYear":null,"description":"LLM inference hardware company","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":"AI Fund I"},{"companyName":"SpiNNcloud","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Not stated","sector":"AI infrastructure / cloud","investmentYear":null,"description":"AI-native GPU cloud / compute infrastructure company","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Akash Systems","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Not stated","sector":"Semiconductors / hardware","investmentYear":null,"description":"Hardware company mentioned by Banyan as a portfolio investment","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"Aravolta","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Not stated","sector":"Data-center software / infrastructure software","investmentYear":null,"description":"Data-center operations software platform for monitoring, controlling, and managing complex infrastructure","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":null},{"companyName":"USD.AI","companyUrl":null,"stage":"Seed","sector":"AI infrastructure finance","investmentYear":null,"description":"Financing platform for AI compute assets","amountUsd":null,"relevanceNote":null,"fundName":"Fund I"}],"partnerCount":11,"partners":[{"id":48251,"name":"David Berkal","title":"Chief Executive Officer","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidberkal","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48261,"name":"Gregory MacNeill","title":"VP of Corporate Development","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-macneill-548a8011a","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48254,"name":"Jesse Armel","title":"Mergers and Acquisitions Director","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-armel-cpa-ca-55782166","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48255,"name":"Xavi Argente","title":"Product Operating Partner","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavi-argente","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48256,"name":"Caroline Ryan","title":"Chief Executive Officer","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-ryan-58183b17","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48257,"name":"Kim Meadowcroft","title":"Director of Legal","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-meadowcroft-73890739","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48258,"name":"Chris Ball","title":"Tax Director","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-ball-cpa-7ba84b98","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48259,"name":"Rory Catchpole","title":"Mergers and Acquisitions Director","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-catchpole-07560030","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48260,"name":"Muhammad Ahsan","title":"Finance Director","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammadahsan88","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48262,"name":"Allie Russell","title":"Director of Corporate Development","seniority":null,"focusTags":[],"linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsrussell","twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]},{"id":48263,"name":"Sam Awrabi","title":"GP","seniority":null,"focusTags":["AI startups","Early-stage software"],"linkedinUrl":null,"twitterHandle":null,"blogUrl":null,"thesisSummary":null,"whyThisPartner":null,"recentPosts":[]}],"funds":[],"activity":{"lastInvestmentYear":null,"investmentsLast12Months":0},"investorType":"vc","preferredApproach":"cold outreach ok","prefersFounderType":null,"oneClickPitchEnabled":false,"relatedFirms":[{"id":13023,"name":"Volition Capital Fund","slug":"volition-capital-fund","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://www.volitioncapital.com/","stageFocus":["Pre-Seed"],"sectorTags":["SaaS","AI / ML","Developer Tools","Other","Security"],"hqGeo":"Boston, MA"},{"id":7722,"name":"Sheesha Finance","slug":"sheesha-finance","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://sheeshafinance.gitbook.io/","stageFocus":[],"sectorTags":["AI / ML","Developer Tools","Fintech"],"hqGeo":null},{"id":13762,"name":"NeuroNet Ventures","slug":"neuronet-ventures","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://neuronetgpo.com/","stageFocus":["Seed"],"sectorTags":["AI / ML","Other"],"hqGeo":"Chicago, IL"},{"id":497,"name":"SBI Investment (SBI Group)","slug":"sbi-investment-sbi-group","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://www.sbinvestment.co.jp/","stageFocus":["Seed","Series A"],"sectorTags":["Fintech","Other","Developer Tools"],"hqGeo":"Tokyo, Japan"},{"id":12531,"name":"TechLens Seed Fund","slug":"techlens-seed-fund","logoUrl":null,"website":null,"stageFocus":["Pre-Seed"],"sectorTags":["SaaS","Other"],"hqGeo":"Boulder, CO"},{"id":10061,"name":"dWeb Ventures","slug":"dweb-ventures","logoUrl":null,"website":"https://webventures.io/","stageFocus":["Seed"],"sectorTags":["Other","Developer Tools"],"hqGeo":"San Francisco, CA"}],"featuredIn":[{"slug":"pre-seed","displayName":"Pre-Seed Investors","pageType":"stage"},{"slug":"saas","displayName":"SaaS Investors","pageType":"industry"},{"slug":"seed","displayName":"Seed Investors","pageType":"stage"},{"slug":"ai","displayName":"AI & ML Investors","pageType":"industry"}],"fundraisingResources":[{"slug":"how-many-investors-should-you-pitch","title":"How Many Investors Should You Pitch? The Math Most Founders Get Wrong"},{"slug":"what-vcs-actually-look-for-pitch-deck","title":"What VCs Actually Look for in a Pitch Deck"},{"slug":"find-right-pre-seed-investors-b2b-saas","title":"How to Find the Right Pre-Seed Investors for Your B2B SaaS Startup"}],"overviewNarrative":null,"portfolioNarrative":null,"seoTitle":null,"seoDescription":null,"lastVerifiedAt":"2026-10-07T13:49:15.461Z"}