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Banyan Ventures

North America, New York, United States, New York

Description

Banyan Ventures is a Pre-Seed Stage New York City-based Venture Capital Firm investing in AI-Native Startups.

Investor Profile

Banyan Ventures has backed more than 6 startups, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 0 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Convertible Note, Series C rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Kingdom, Italy.
  • Strong thematic focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Information Technology.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (50%)
  • Convertible Note (17%)
  • Series C (17%)
  • Pre Seed (17%)

Country Focus

  • United States (67%)
  • United Kingdom (17%)
  • Italy (17%)

Industry Focus

  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Machine Learning
  • Information Technology
  • Semiconductor
  • Software
  • Data Integration
  • Enterprise Software
  • Generative Ai
  • Saas
  • Virtual Assistant
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Banyan Ventures frequently co-invest with?

MC
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 1
BV
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Episode 1
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 1
Elkstone Capital Partners
Europe, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
Co-Investments: 1
NextEra Energy
North America, Florida, United States, Palm Beach
Co-Investments: 1
OurCrowd
Asia, Yerushalayim, Israel, Jerusalem
Co-Investments: 1
RV
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
6 Degrees Capital
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 1
Lytical Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
MC
North America, New York, United States, Rye
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Banyan Ventures often collaborate with?

WS
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 1
JZ
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
JL
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Banyan Ventures?

Falcomm

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Falcomm is a fabless semiconductor chip startup developing ultra-efficient front-end modules and power amplifiers for the 5G mmWave market.

Internet of ThingsManufacturingMobileSemiconductorWireless
SeedOct 6, 2025
Amount Raised: $5,800,000
Lexroom.ai

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Lexroom allows lawyers to complete hours of legal research in seconds.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyLegal
SeedMar 11, 2025
Amount Raised: $2,170,688
Positron

Reno, Nevada, United States

LLM Inference Hardware

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySemiconductor
SeedFeb 11, 2025
Amount Raised: $23,500,000
Knapsack

San Francisco, California, United States

Instant private workflow automations

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyMachine LearningSoftware
Pre SeedAug 7, 2024
Amount Raised: $1,000,000
Recogni

San Jose, California, United States

Recogni is a system solution company that specializes in the design of high-performance, low-power AI inferencing

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesSemiconductorSoftware
Series CFeb 20, 2024
Amount Raised: $102,000,000
Ori Industries

London, England, United Kingdom

Ori is a GPU cloud computing and ML development platform for training, serving and scaling machine learning models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingDevOpsGPUInfrastructureIT InfrastructureMachine LearningMobile
Convertible NoteFeb 4, 2024
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
Wand

Dover, Delaware, United States

End-to-end analytical AI business assistant for everyone in the enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationEnterprise SoftwareGenerative AIMachine LearningSaaSVirtual Assistant
SeedJul 1, 2022
Amount Raised: $10,000,000