Banyan Ventures AI Fund I

About Banyan Ventures AI Fund I

Banyan Ventures AI Fund I is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI-native infra/app founder at idea stage, NYC preferred

AI-native infra

AI applications

pre-seed

idea stage

NYC-based

Bullish Signals

3/4 early investments tracking $1B+external

54% advising clients raised Series Aexternal

18% advising clients reached Series Bexternal

Portfolio includes Langbase, Tensordyneexternal

Advisor to 15+ AI infra cos since 2018external

Two exits: Samsung, NVIDIA acquisitionsexternal

Scaled Comet ML seed→Series B, 150+ customersexternal

Clients: Uber, Cisco, Etsy, Netflixwebsite

Advised Deci.ai (acq. NVIDIA), ClearML, Nomic AIwebsite

First hire in $2B+ experiment tracking marketwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Solo GP — single point of failureexternal

Extremely narrow AI-only thesisexternal

Fund size/AUM not disclosedexternal

Founder Do's

Build AI-native infra or applications

Bring Sam in as day-zero advisor

Show enterprise GTM potential early

Be at idea/pre-seed stage

Target AI infrastructure categories

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch post-seed stage deals

Don't pitch non-AI startups

Don't expect passive investor

Key GPs & Partners

Sam Awrabi

Founder & Solo GP

GTM expertoperator-investorAI infra specialist

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$10M

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