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Banyan Ventures

Banyan Ventures LP

Open, writing first checksEmerging manager

Open: first sale Sep 2024, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

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Vintage
2024
Fund size
$970K to $15M (Form D)
Stages
Pre-seed
Sectors
AI infra, AI applications
Regions
NY

01 · Thesis

Banyan Ventures is a pre-seed venture firm investing in AI-native infrastructure, such as silicon chips, foundational models, GPU compute and developer stack, and AI-native application software built with AI at its core from inception.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$6K to $188K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D: $970K sold of a $15M target

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Sam Awrabi, Founder & Solo GP

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideBanyan exclusively invests in AI-native technology, which is designed with AI at its core from inception. It deploys capital in AI-native infrastructure and AI-native application software.

    Banyan exclusively invests in Al-native technology, which is designed with Al at its core from inception.
    https://www.banyan-vc.com/thesis

06 · Sources

  1. https://www.banyan-vc.com/thesis
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2037409/000203740924000002/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026