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Banyan Ventures

Micro VC · New York, NY, United States · North America

Banyan Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in New York City that invests in AI-native infrastructure and AI-native application startups at the idea stage. It is run by a solo general partner, Sam Awrabi, who previously worked in sales and advising roles at AI infrastructure companies.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning

In its own wordsai ai infrastructure generative ai developer tools enterprise software gpu compute

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18portfolio companies

2funding rounds on record

2rounds, last 12 months

$100M or moretypical round it comes in at

Series Bmost frequent entry

Banyan Ventures lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (38%), Cybersecurity (15%) and Space & Defense (9%). 80% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Invariantes Fund, 1517 Fund and Acurio Ventures.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Banyan Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not Banyan Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 18. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

50%

Pre-seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Growth

Stated on its site

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
	Value
Pre-seed	0%
Seed	0%
Series A	0%
Series B	50%
Growth	50%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

Rounds it ledRounds it joinedPartly covered: rounds are complete from mid-2025

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Funding rounds per year
	Total	Rounds it led
'17	0	0
'18	0	0
'19	0	0
'20	0	0
'21	0	0
'22	0	0
'23	0	0
'24	0	0
'25	0	0
'26	2	0

Investor profile

percentile among all firms

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Banyan Ventures compared with all firms
Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	46th	18 companies
Recent activity	69th	2 rounds in 12 months
Early stage	54th	0% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence	65th	6% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus	71th	38% in its largest sector
Reach	58th	3 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

AI & Machine Learning 38%Cybersecurity 15%Space & Defense 9%Fintech 6%Healthcare & Biotech 6%Enterprise Softwarestated 6%Developer Toolsstated 3%Education 3%

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Investment themes
	This firm	All checked companies
AI & Machine Learning	38%	18%
Cybersecurity	15%	4%
Space & Defense	9%	3%
Fintech	6%	12%
Healthcare & Biotech	6%	15%
Enterprise Software	6%	8%
Developer Tools	3%	0%
Education	3%	7%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

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Co-investors
	Share
Invariantes Fund	4
1517 Fund	1
Acurio Ventures	1
Aloniq	1
Altari Ventures	1
Andra Capital	1
Antler	1
Archetype	1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

Site answers1583%
No longer answers00%
Points to another company317%
Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together

Shared portfolio companies with Banyan VenturesFirms that also back companies together

All co-investors or Compare portfolios with Invariantes Fund

Compare Banyan Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Invariantes Fund4 shared companies

vs 1517 Fund1 shared company

vs Acurio Ventures1 shared company

vs Aloniq1 shared company

vs Altari Ventures1 shared company

vs Andra Capital1 shared company

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Banyan Ventures

Date	Company	Stage
10 Sept 2026	Positronpositron.ai	Series C+

Round details for Banyan Ventures

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Banyan Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

18 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
Akash Systemsakashsystems.com · United States	Akash Systems builds and delivers GPU servers that use diamond cooling technology for AI computing	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
AnalogAIanalog-ai.com	AnalogAI develops analog in-memory computing technology for artificial intelligence computations.	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Aravoltaaravolta.com · United States	Aravolta provides infrastructure, building, and power software for data centers to monitor, control, and manage assets via API.	Enterprise SoftwareReal Estate & Construction		Portfolio page
Argentum-aiargentum-ai.com	Argentum AI delivers GPU infrastructure to scale training and inference compute for AI organizations.	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Biological Black Boxbbb-tech.com		AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech		Portfolio page
Falcommfalcomm.com · United States	Falcomm is a fabless semiconductor company that delivers ultra-efficient RF components for various markets, including satcom, telecom, defense, and consumer markets.	ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Finalisfinalis.com · United States	Finalis provides a broker-dealer network for investment bankers and firms to access compliance services, deal sourcing, and collaboration opportunities.	FintechEducation		Portfolio page
IRISMEDirismed.co	IrisMed provides electronic medical record (EMR) software for vision therapy practices.	Healthcare & Biotech		Portfolio page
Knap.aiknap.ai	Knap.ai turns email and calendar into personalized AI agents that draft replies, prep meetings, and track follow-ups.	AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software		Portfolio page
Langbaselangbase.com	Langbase provides a serverless AI developer platform for building AI agents	AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools		Portfolio page
Lexroomlexroom.ai · Italy	Lexroom provides an AI-powered platform for legal professionals to manage cases, conduct legal research, and analyze documents.	Legal & Compliance		Portfolio page
Multimodalmultimodal.dev · United States	Multimodal develops and provides an AI platform for financial institutions to process and manage lending operations and other financial services.	FintechAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Oriori.co	The company builds and operates AI infrastructure platforms	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Parasailparasail.io · United States	Parasail provides a cloud service for artificial intelligence model inference	AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Positronpositron.ai · United States	Positron develops and sells hardware for artificial intelligence applications, specifically for generative AI model inference.	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity	Sept 2026Series C+	Page + round
Recognirecogni.com		AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Spinncloudspinncloud.com · USA		AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Venice AIvenice.ai · United States	Venice AI provides access to leading AI models with a focus on privacy, allowing users to create text, images, videos, and more using private or anonymized models.	AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment		Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026

The homepage of Banyan Ventures, as last read — banyan-vc.com as VCinfo last read it

Site: banyan-vc.com
Last read: 5 Nov 2026
Watching since: 6 Nov 2026
Rounds since: 2 Mar 2026
Companies checked: 18

Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.

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