# Banyan Ventures

> Banyan Ventures is a VC fund backing Retail, Wellness and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Banyan Ventures is a VC fund focused on Retail and Wellness.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Open Source | 1 | 50% |
| Network Hardware | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| El Salvador | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Parasail | Parasail is an AI deployment networking company that provides AI products to builders and innovators for secure compute. | $32M | Series A | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Restore Hyper Wellness | Launched in Austin, Texas in 2015, Restore Hyper Wellness (Restore) is the award-winning creator of an innovative new category of care—Hyper Wellness®. Restore delivers expert guidance and an extensive array of cutting-edge wellness modalities integrated under one roof. These modalities include biomarker assessments, IV drip therapy, intramuscular(IM) shots, mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy, whole body and localized cryotherapy, infrared sauna, red light therapy, compression, HydraFacial, Circadia and Cryoskin. Restore’s mission is to make Hyper Wellness accessible and affordable so people can feel their best and do more of what they love. | $8M | Series B | Jun 24, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Level 5 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/level-5-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Touring Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/touring-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Banyan Ventures invest in?

Banyan Ventures invests primarily in Retail, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in El Salvador. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Banyan Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Banyan Ventures closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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