Banyan Bridge
Login

About Banyan Bridge

The chef, not the shelf.

Most platforms hand wealth managers a shelf of products and leave the work to them. Banyan Bridge does the cooking: we research, verify, and organize the entire tokenized market so a single professional can build institutional-quality portfolios for every client, not just the largest ones.

Tokenization is putting real assets, private credit, private equity, real estate, treasuries, and equities, on better rails: fractional minimums, near-instant settlement, 24/7 liquidity, and real-time reporting. What has been missing is the infrastructure to actually invest across it. Public positions, private funds, and tokenized assets each live on separate platforms, with no unified, household-level view.

We are building the layer that connects them: one place to research, construct, purchase, and manage tokenized assets across every asset class, from a single seat. One KYC, one account, one report, one after-tax view. We are a fiduciary sub-advisor, native to tokenization from day one and powered by AI.

We launch with bespoke alternative portfolios at accessible minimums, the product private wealth managers usually reserve for their largest clients, opened to every investor who qualifies. Like the banyan, whose roots grow down until they become bridges, we connect real-world assets to the people allocating to them.

Leadership

Finance and technology operators building infrastructure for tokenized wealth.

Founder

Founder & CEO

Ram Ramaswamy

Ex-Goldman Sachs · Wharton MBA · 24+ years

Ram Ramaswamy is a distinguished investment executive with over 24 years of experience across global markets, bringing exceptional expertise in investing, asset allocation and risk management. His investment acumen spans equities, fixed income, credit, foreign exchange, commodities, hedge funds, and private markets globally.

At Goldman Sachs, Ram was instrumental in investing across multiple asset classes, taking GP/LP stakes in asset managers, creating sophisticated asset allocations, pioneering investment solutions for Private Wealth clients, and growing their OCIO business. At Neuberger Berman, he architected the innovative NB Custom Direct Investing (CDI)™ platform, scaling it from concept to over $3 billion in assets under management.

His extensive network of elite financial professionals and proven ability to navigate complex market environments, including unwinding billions in derivatives during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, position him as a transformative force in asset and wealth management.

Ram builds high-performing teams with deep subject matter expertise while delivering sophisticated, tailored investment solutions that anticipate market evolution. His unwavering commitment to fiduciary responsibility has earned exceptional client trust throughout his career. Ram holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Team

The operators building and shipping Banyan Bridge alongside Ram.

  • Anand Narayan

    Chief Technology Officer

    Leads technology strategy and platform architecture for Banyan Bridge's tokenized wealth infrastructure.

  • Yash Tiwari

    Partner

    Vanguard · Suffolk University · Master's in Finance

    Yash Tiwari leads Banyan Bridge Consulting's efforts to deliver flexible, high-impact talent solutions to asset and wealth managers across the United States. He specializes in supporting firms with under $1B in AUM by deploying senior professionals on a fractional basis to drive operational efficiency, growth, and strategic focus.

    Prior to founding Banyan Bridge, Yash worked at Vanguard, where he contributed to initiatives in portfolio optimization, benchmark management, and machine learning applications for risk-adjusted performance. His work combined analytical rigor with automation to improve investment decision-making and reduce tracking error.

    Yash holds a Master's in Finance from Suffolk University and brings cross-border experience from both US and Indian markets. He blends institutional finance expertise with entrepreneurial execution to help clients build leaner, smarter investment operations.

  • David Czerepak

    AI & Full Stack Software Engineer

    NJIT · Computer & Information Science

    David Czerepak is an AI and full-stack software engineer and the architect of Banyan Bridge's technology platform, which he built end to end: data pipelines ingesting SEC filings and on-chain sources, fund analytics and database architecture, and an AI research analyst grounded in Banyan's proprietary fund data through retrieval-augmented generation.

    He holds a B.S. in Computer & Information Science from NJIT, where his coursework specialized in Data, AI, and ML systems, spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, and generative AI, working with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and the leading LLM and RAG frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph, and LlamaIndex. His production work extends beyond frameworks into the retrieval stack itself: embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, and LLM evaluation.

    At NJIT, David also served as a senior portfolio manager of the NJIT Investment Club, where experience with portfolios and financial products grounded him in markets. It's a foundation that serves both Banyan Bridge's mission and his broader trajectory in fintech: engineering built by someone who understands the finance it serves.

  • Tarun Pandit

    AI Research Engineer

    Symbiosis University · Master's in Data Science

    An AI engineer focused on machine learning and LLM-driven tools that automate research and improve decision support for investment teams.

Interested in working with us?

Get in touch →