# Banana Capital

> Banana Capital is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Financial Services. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ann Arbor, United States
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banana-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/BananaCapital_
- Website: https://www.bananacapital.vc/

Banana Capital is an early stage investment firm

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Banana Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Banana Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/banana-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$12M |
| Series A | $8M–$110M |
| Series B | $25M–$260M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 15% |
| Health Care | 8 | 13% |
| FinTech | 7 | 11% |
| Apps | 6 | 10% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 42% |
| Series A | 16 | 26% |
| Series B | 6 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 8% |
| Series C | 2 | 3% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 47% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 5% |
| Vietnam | 2 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 3% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Turner Novak | Investor | 86 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turner-novak |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bee | Bee is an AI developer of a life administration wearable assistant. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 29, 2024 |  |
| Artie | Artie is an open source solution that provides real-time database replication. Artie leverages change data capture (CDC) and stream processing to sync databases and data warehouses in real-time. We are open source and offer a managed version of our solution! Check out our GitHub at https://github.com/artie-labs/transfer | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| BinStar | BinStar is an e-commerce and retail company that offers users a shopping experience in the form of treasure hunt. | $2.8M | Seed | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Chainguard | Chainguard provides hardened, minimal container images that are continuously rebuilt from source in secure environments, aiming to eliminate known vulnerabilities and ensure end-to-end integrity. These images come with built-in cryptographic signatures, Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), and Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA)provenance. In addition to container images, Chainguard offers a catalog of guarded Java dependencies through its Chainguard Libraries, built securely from source in SLSA-certified infrastructure. The company also contributes to and maintains several widely used open source projects, reflecting its commitment to the open source community. | $61M | Series B | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Browse AI | Browse AI provides online RPA software that extracts and monitors web data in the cloud. Their services include downloading data from any website, monitoring websites for changes, turning any website into an API, price monitoring, extracting real estate data, and more. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| Arrive Recommerce | Arrive Recommerce is leading the resale market with a profitable, sustainable and scalable branded resale channel. Returns to Recommerce™ focuses on turning a cost center into a profit center by helping brands and retailers divert products such as non-new returns, excess inventory, and damaged inventory into a fully-branded revenue generatingresale channel. Arrive’s Recommence Management Technology, Recommerce Storefront Technology and Analytical Tools allow brands to drive more revenue, more customers and improve operational efficiency. Arrive collaborates with companies in adjacent verticals such as returns management, logistics, and ecommerce enablement to increase margin and value for our brands. Arrive was named the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022. Notable partners include brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards. | $16M | Series A | Jul 17, 2023 |  |
| Browse AI | Browse AI provides online RPA software that extracts and monitors web data in the cloud. Their services include downloading data from any website, monitoring websites for changes, turning any website into an API, price monitoring, extracting real estate data, and more. | $2.8M | Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Packsmith | Packsmith is a developer of a managed marketplace platform. They distribute e-commerce and offer delivery services. The platform involves the distribution, decarbonization, and delivery of the e-commerce market. They enable clients to create scalable fulfillment nodes. They are involved in sales reports, trend analysis, and intelligent forecasting. |  | Seed | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Amo | Amo is a social networking platform. | $17.6M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Banana Capital invest in?

Banana Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Financial Services and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Banana Capital's check size?

Banana Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$12M at Seed, $8M–$110M at Series A and $25M–$260M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Banana Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Banana Capital?

Public channels for Banana Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Banana Capital?

The team at Banana Capital includes Turner Novak (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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