Ben Narasin
General Partner at Tenacity Investor
Atherton, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & General Partner
2021 - Current
Institutional Seed Investor
2008
Board Member
2014
Co-Led Series Seed Round w/NEA
Branch helps companies drive seamless mobile experiences through its linking infrastructure powering thousands of today's top brands.
Raised $667,050,000.00 from KSV Global, New Enterprise Associates and The K Fund.
Investor
2014
Board Member
2012
Enigma provides reliable data and insights on the identity, activity, and risk profile of every small business.
Raised $129,640,000.00 from Nimble Ventures.
Investor
2011
Omada Health is a digital behavioral medicine company that helps members change their mindsets to improve health and build lasting change.
Raised $528,520,000.00 from Trousdale Ventures, Wellington Management, Empede Capital, aMoon Fund, Civilization Ventures, Fidelity, Perceptive Advisors and Revelation Partners.
Wine, food & travel writer
2007
My articles on food, wine, travel and luxury lifestyle have appeared in San Francisco Chronicle, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Wine News, Sommelier Journal, Cheese Connoisseur, Tasting Panel and various other consumer and trade publications. I also do advertorial work (special sections) for The Wall street Journal. Clips at foodwinelife.com.
Wine Competition Judge
2007 - 2007
Member Technology Advisory Board (TAB)
2020 - 2024
Investor
2013 - 2022
Seed investor.
Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Raised $584,100,000.00 from TriplePoint Ventures and Unanimous Capital.
Venture Partner
2017 - 2022
Full time tech team investor.
New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.
Education
Bachelors - Entrepreneurial Studies
1985 - 1987