Banyan acquires leading software businesses and helps them grow through operating expertise, applied AI, capital, and a permanent ownership model. Backed by Norwest.
About the role
We are launching a new Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program to build AI-native companies from within our portfolio. Across our 100+ operating companies, we hold deep domain expertise, loyal customers, and operating infrastructure built up over decades, much of it in specialized markets where the incumbent software hasn't been rethought for what AI can now do.
What they're looking for
- Zero-to-one experience: you've taken a product from $0 to meaningful initial revenue (roughly $1M ARR), not scaled an already-proven product
- Builder mentality: you are a hands-on engineer who loves creative problem solving and product strategy
- AI-native thinker: you build AI-first products and AI-first support and delivery models from day one, not AI bolted onto an existing workflow
- Founder DNA: you operate with urgency, take full ownership of outcomes, and are comfortable with ambiguity and limited resources
- Product-led: you have deep product instincts and have been hands-on in shaping what gets built, not purely a go-to-market operator
- Domain fit: you understand, or can quickly absorb, the vertical you're entering
More about this role
Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.
We are launching a new Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program to build AI-native companies from within our portfolio. Across our 100+ operating companies, we hold deep domain expertise, loyal customers, and operating infrastructure built up over decades, much of it in specialized markets where the incumbent software hasn't been rethought for what AI can now do.
Rather than ask an existing team to build the next thing alongside their day job, we're recruiting a Founder to do it from a...
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