# Banyan Capital Partners

> Banyan Capital Partners is a VC fund in Vancouver backing Video and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banyan-capital-partners/
- Website: http://www.banyancapitalpartners.com

Banyan Capital Partners is a British Columbian private equity firm investing in middle-market companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7.1M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |
| Fashion | 1 | 17% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 4 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Innovative | Innovative distributes liquid salts, primarily magnesium chloride and calcium chloride mixed with additives for de-icing, dust control, and various industrial applications. The Company services a diverse customer base including largely treated salt partners, commercial customers, water treatment clients, and government agencies including regionalmunicipalities, townships, and counties. |  | Private Equity | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Innovative Surface Solutions | Innovative Surface Solutions provides a variety of chemical-based solutions for roads, agricultural purposes, and industrial applications. |  | Private Equity | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Geek+ | Geek+ develops autonomous mobile robots for warehouse, factory, and supply chain management. Geek+ applies advanced robotics and AI technologies to develop tailored solutions to a wide range of industries, including e-commerce, apparel, retail, logistics, 3PL, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing. Geek+ helps big brands optimize their logisticsolutions using reliable products paired with high-quality after-sales services.Geek+ has delivered the largest number of logistics robots among its peers in China. The company's customers include e-commerce platforms, third-party logistics providers, express delivery companies, offline retailers, and manufacturers of apparel, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and electronics products. Geek+ has also established strategic partnerships with a number of key customers to co-develop customized AI and robotic solutions across different industries and applications. | $7.1M | Series A | May 01, 2016 |  |
| PDD Holdings | Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China. | $8M | Series A | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| BeiBei | Founded in 2011, Beibei is a maternal and infant product e-commerce platform that offers everyday discount sales of children’s clothes, shoes, toys and other supplies. | $100M | Series C | Jan 23, 2015 |  |
| Dyad.com | Dyad.com is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27 million in scholarships to the world's best universities.Dyad Mentors guide students through the university admissions process with a free online library of instructional articles and videos and a digital workspace for face-to-face video-conferences and documentreviews. | $400K | Seed | Apr 25, 2014 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaorong Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Today](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-today) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Harbor Pacific Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harbor-pacific-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Horizon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-horizon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Banyan Capital Partners invest in?

Banyan Capital Partners invests primarily in Video, E-Commerce and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Banyan Capital Partners's check size?

Banyan Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $7.1M–$8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Banyan Capital Partners participates in.

### When did Banyan Capital Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Banyan Capital Partners closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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