Banana Capital Management, LLC

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Banana Cap Banana Capital 🍌🧢 Banana Capital is Turner Novak ’s early stage venture capital firm. I currently invest up to $250k in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. I’m not afraid to be your first investor, and currently investing out of my third fund. Areas I ve invested in historically or interested in the future include consumer software, health, fintech, gaming, media, housing, dev tools, B2B software, and some deeper tech. I m really interested making food better for us, housing more affordable, government more efficient, and how AI will change the way we build and operate businesses. I primarily invest in the US, and occasionally invest in Europe and parts of Asia. Some prior investments include BeReal (acq by Voodoo), Bun (acq by Anthropic), ScienceIO (acq by Veradigm), Bee (acq by Amazon), Chainguard , Flex , Inngest , NewMe , Forage , Hanover Park , Howie , Amo , Liveblocks , Mindset Health , Goals , Upwards , Secureframe , Overtime , Primer , Artie , and many more that are not yet public. What I look for: Resilient, obsessed founders with a secret and chip on their shoulder. Category-defining products with defensible distribution channels. Clear revenue prospects and hints of large markets. Would I want to work for this founder for the next 10 years? What I bring: I move fast. I’m a one-person team, and don’t have a rigid process. I like meeting in-person, but can also meet for a few hours on Zoom. I act on my own conviction. I was the first fund or largest investor for 7

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