# Turner Novak

> Turner Novak is a seed investor at Banana Capital (Ann Arbor) backing E-Commerce and Software. See 86 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Banana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banana-capital)
- Location: Ann Arbor, United States
- Total investments: 86
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak
- Website: https://x.com/TurnerNovak

Turner Novak is a Investor at Banana Capital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $7.9M–$110M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 14 | 16% |
| Software | 11 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 12% |
| Health Care | 8 | 9% |
| Mobile Apps | 8 | 9% |

127 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 45% |
| Series A | 16 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 13% |
| Series B | 6 | 7% |
| Series C | 2 | 2% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 45% |
| Canada | 5 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 3 | 3% |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| howie | howie an email-based scheduling assistant, uses artificial intelligence to automate the scheduling and rescheduling of your meetings. | $6M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Teleport | Teleport is an social media platform where users can share and shop outfits and clothes based on inspiration and style. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 86 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bedrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bedrock-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About Banana Capital

VC Fund · Ann Arbor, United States

Banana Capital is an early stage investment firm

1 contacts available at Banana Capital.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Turner Novak invest in?

Turner Novak invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 86 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 Turner Novak's check size?

Turner Novak typically joins rounds of $2M–$11M at Seed, $100k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $7.9M–$110M 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 Turner Novak participates in.

### When did Turner Novak last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Turner Novak closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 86 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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