Banyan Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($200K–$425K Checks)
Banyan Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $200K–$425K checks and has 35 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $200K–$425K
- Portfolio
- 35 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-07
Pre-Seed, Seed
$200K – $425K
35+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
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.
How Banyan Ventures invests
Banyan Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools.
Banyan Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$425K per investment.
Banyan Ventures has backed 35 companies in our records, including School Pathways, Atamis, TransPlus.
Partners & Team
Sam Awrabi
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (35)
Other
School Pathways
Atamis
TransPlus
Medicat
vcreative
Agile Fleet
Basil
FXCubic
Gemini
Shale Solutions
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $425K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Berkal, Chief Executive Officer.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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