Banana Capital, led by Turner Novak, practices conviction-driven early-stage venture investing with a focus on backing resilient, obsessed founders at the pre-seed stage. Novak acts independently as a one-person team, moving quickly without rigid processes and willing to be a company’s first investor. The firm prioritizes founder quality and product-market fit over conventional due diligence, seeking founders with ‘a secret and chip on their shoulder’ who are building category-defining products.