At some point, most software business owners start thinking about what comes next. A partial exit. A full sale. Bringing in a partner. While that decision looks different for everyone, a conversation is usually where it starts.
We help software business owners think through their options and figure out what the right path looks like for their business. Here is a look at what is happening across Banyan, to give you a sense of what it means to be part of it.
Whether you are planning to sell or not, AI is reshaping your business and how it operates. Most software CEOs know they need to move on it. Far fewer know where to start.
In this session, our Head of AI Mike Kazmier shares the framework he has built working across 100+ portfolio companies, and two CEOs talk through exactly how they are applying it. From development teams that have not written a line of code in six months to operational changes that are already showing results, this is a look at what AI adoption looks like inside software businesses. You will hear what is working, what is not, and what these leaders would do differently if they started again today.
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Some of the companies that recently joined the Banyan family.
The leading point-of-sale, back-office, and loyalty platform for independent retailers in Australia. GaP Solutions has spent decades building software that independent retailers trust to run their businesses, with a depth of functionality and customer relationships that mass-market alternatives can't match.
A market-leading SaaS platform for process safety, barrier management, and regulatory compliance in high-risk industrial sectors. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Presight is deeply embedded in the daily operations of energy and industrial companies running some of the most demanding environments in the world.
The AI-powered document extraction and payment automation platform trusted by major financial institutions across the DACH region. Gini is deeply embedded in the core workflows of banks, insurers, and e-commerce businesses, and is actively expanding its AI capabilities.
A trusted provider of integrated camera infrastructure and cloud-based video management software for broadcasters and tourism organizations across North America. Founded in 1996, WMVision's platforms are embedded in daily broadcast workflows at over 150 TV and cable stations, supporting real-time content capture, live streaming, and multi-location video sharing.
A high-growth marketing technology platform specializing in identity resolution, audience activation, and attribution. Launch Labs helps digital marketing agencies, media companies, and automotive enterprises turn website traffic into actionable audience intelligence.
The leading end-to-end agency management platform for creative agencies in the UK. Synergist handles project, resource, and financial management; Agency Works ensures it is fully embedded and delivering results. Together they serve hundreds of agencies across the market.
A leading property management platform purpose-built for the flexible living sector: serviced apartments, co-living, and build-to-rent operators. res:harmonics joins Software Answers in the Banyan portfolio, deepening our position in real estate technology.
The secure video streaming platform of choice for the global film and television industry. Indee.tv is trusted by Netflix, Amazon, A24, Paramount, BBC, and Miramax for screeners, awards campaigns, and content distribution. It is a mission-critical tool for how entertainment gets made and seen.
AI is reshaping every vertical market. Not all software businesses will navigate it well. The ones that do are already proving a real and lasting advantage over competitors that haven't fully embraced it. We are actively working with our operating companies to ensure they are on the right side of that line. Not just experimenting, but building AI-centric businesses with rapidly deployed solutions that are changing how their customers win.
Part of what you get access to as a Banyan company is what we are learning across 100+ software businesses: dedicated engineering support, shared frameworks, and hands-on programs built from real experience in the field.
Hands-on, instructor-led sessions running across the portfolio, getting development and product teams building with AI in a real, structured way.
A community of hundreds of technologists across the portfolio who are serious about AI. Members share what they are building, what is working, and push each other to move faster.
Developed from real experience across the portfolio and available to every company from day one.
SmartDocuments built an AI product owner powered by Claude Code that runs the entire post-discovery workflow. Freddy turns transcripts and research notes into structured, prioritized backlog items, writes user stories and acceptance criteria directly into Jira, and generates release notes from merged commits. The development team no longer handles backlog admin.
ICONI built Trevor, a suite of AI agents that run as workflows in GitHub Actions. Trevor picks up logged bugs, replicates and routes them for resolution, auto-generates test cases on every merge, and runs daily AI standups summarizing sprint progress and surfacing blockers. Developers stay focused on meaningful work while Trevor handles the rest in the background.
Zap is a leading admissions software provider for medical schools in North America. A single application can run 50 pages. A school reviewing 10,000 applications is working through half a million pages of data. Zap built AI that goes beyond document summarization. It draws on a school's own historical admissions data to rank applicants, surface the factors that matter most to that institution, and help admissions teams make better decisions faster. The work is fundamentally different.
Thousands of operators are weighing in on what is working, what is not, and where they are holding back. It will be the first real AI benchmark for software. 12 minutes, and you will get the full report before it goes anywhere else.
"I realized the company could do a lot better with Banyan and all the resources we would have access to. It's somewhere where I knew I could be happy."
Brenton co-founded Touchstream and sold it to Banyan. He talks about how he approached the decision, what he was looking for in a partner, and what the experience has actually been like. If you are at a similar point in your own thinking, it is worth a few minutes of your time.
We are happy to be a resource well before any decision is made. If you have questions about what the process looks like, what we look for, or how other founders have approached the decision, just get in touch.
