Turner Novak is monetizing memes with venture capital Banana Capital is an early-stage VC firm managing ~$10m. A key part of the fund's investing strategy: creating memes to get mindshare and win over both founders and other investors. By: Trung T. Phan | @TrungTPhan April 29, 2021 *** If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter over the past year, you’ve seen a viral tweet from Turner Novak. The 30-year old investor pumps out investment memes and conjures up hysterical parodies of tech founding stories (seriously, read these and try not to laugh). “Founding stories” for It’s a very deliberate approach with an end goal in mind.