Less than 1% of businesses that are considered by venture capital investors actually end up getting funded. Of course, this does not imply that the rest of these businesses are not worthy ventures, but it does beg the question: why are these businesses not securing venture capital? The answer may lie with venture capital investors themselves, and the strategies they’re utilizing to reach their own goals. Join us for an insightful session with Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, to gain a deeper understanding of the way venture capital investors make decisions.

Key Takeaways:

• How to determine if it is the right time to seek out VC investment
• How to identify the right VC investor for you and your business
• The factors VC investors look at when evaluating prospective companies

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Ben Narasin

Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital

Ben Narasin is the founder and general partner of Tenacity Venture Capital, a pre-series A venture capital fund. Narasin founded Tenacity after spinning out from NEA in 2021. He has been a VC for more than 15 years and started one of the first institutional seed funds in 2007 as President of Triple Point Ventures. He was an entrepreneur for 25 years before that and took his company Fashionmall.com from a napkin sketch in 1993 to an IPO in 1999 without any venture capital. Narasin has also done freelance writing on venture investing, technology, food, wine and travel since 2007.

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