# Banyan: portfolio, investments and team > Banyan is a hedge fund based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Mar 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/banyan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Banyan Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2026, closing $4M. Last cheque observed Mar 2019. Quiet New fund $4.3M, Sept 2026 Hedge fund Series B Venture Capital & Private Equity Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **2769** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$21M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Pitch Banyan ## Banyan highlights - 01 3 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Filed 3 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2022-03 From their own website - **Type:** Hedge fund (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Mar** **[Waterdrop](https://millionrounds.com/company/waterdrop)** Series B · CN · DealStreetAsia **$74M** With 5 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Zhuiyi](https://millionrounds.com/company/zhuiyi)** Series B · CN · China Money Network **$21M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Geek+](https://millionrounds.com/company/geek)** CN · Business-standard **$14M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **14 named** BY **Bin Yue** Key Person of General Partner i Filing they signed ES **Edward Shelly Gildea** Manager i Filing they signed IC **Ignatius Chithelen** Managing Member of Banyan Tree Capital Management, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed JB **John Bishop Ravenel** Managing Member i Filing they signed JR **Jonathan Ross** Chief Operating Officer of VGSA Investment Partners, LLC i Filing they signed LA **Luke Adrian** Manager of Banyan Group RE Fund Manager II LLC i Filing they signed SA **Sam Awrabi** Managing Partner of the Manager of the General Partner of the Fund i Filing they signed SM **Steve Michael** Mr. Michael is the Manager of Banyan Fund IM LLC which is the Manager i Filing they signed VR **V.P. Rajesh** Manager of VGSA Investment Partners, LLC i Filing they signed VP **Vaishno Prasad Rajesh** Managing member of VGSA Investment Partners LLC, its general partner i Filing they signed W- **Weiqiang -- Qian** Director i Filing they signed XG **Xiang Gao** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed Y- **Yuying -- Gao** Director i Filing they signed ZZ **Zhen Zhang** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed We also hold **14** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. New fund on file **$4.3M** raised in Sept 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Series B Median round joined **$21M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Mar 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B *2* Cheques by year Led Joined 2017 2019 **Pitching Banyan?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about Banyan ### What does Banyan invest in? Banyan invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is Banyan? 3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2019. ### What has Banyan invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Waterdrop (Series B, Mar 2019), Zhuiyi (Series B, Nov 2017) and Geek+ (Mar 2017). ### How big are Banyan's cheques? The median round it joins is $21M. ### Is Banyan investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2019. ### What kind of investor is Banyan? Banyan is a hedge fund based in United States. ### Has Banyan raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2026, reporting $4.3M raised. ### Where does this information on Banyan come from? From 3 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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