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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?

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