Investing Profile

Benjamin Boyer

VC
Photo of Benjamin Boyer, Managing Partner at Tenaya Capital
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
298 CONNECTIONS
Vanderbilt University Network
43 CONNECTIONS
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Tenaya Capital Managing Partner
$5.0M - $30.0M
$7.5M
22
$450M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Wrench
Series CNov 2019$20M
Series BOct 2018$12M
$33M
Co-investors: David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Anton Simunovic (Alumni Ventures ), Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Andre De Baubigny (Modern Venture Partners), Robert Bibow (Parkway VC), Gregory Baker (Bascom Ventures), Rudy Gadre
Triparound
SeedMar 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Laela Sturdy (CapitalG), Andreas Stavropoulos (Threshold Ventures)
Kangaroo
SeedMay 2018$4M
$17M
Co-investors: Tyler Thompson (Second Century Ventures), Mark Birschbach (Second Century Ventures), Dave Garland (Second Century Ventures), Ellen Ma (UpHonest Capital), Baris Akis (Human Capital), Adrian Aoun, Abe Burns
People.ai
SeedAug 2016$3M
$300M
Co-investors: Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Alan Leong (Sand Hill Angels), Nakul Mandan (Audacious Ventures), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Jeff Richards (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Yevgen Sysoyev (Aventures Capital), Sam Kwok (Garage Technology Ventures), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Dharmesh Shah, Ashish Toshniwal
X-ZELL
SeedMar 2016$1M
$1.2M
Co-investors: Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Matt Cutts
PlanGrid
Series BNov 2015$50M
$69M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Matt Huang (Paradigm), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Suleman (Suli) Ali (Ali Capital), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Matt Cutts, Erik Moore, Sam Altman, Janis Krums
Kahuna
Series BAug 2015$45M
$58M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Raj De Datta (Founder Collective), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Matt Wyndowe (Graph Ventures), Omar Hamoui (Mucker Capital), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), David Vivero (Red Swan Ventures), Omar Siddiqui (Graph Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures)
Smartling
Series DMay 2014$25M
Series COct 2013$24M
$220M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Satoshi Harris-Koizumi (Battery Ventures), Morad Elhafed (Battery Ventures), Joseph Ansanelli (Greylock), Steve Krausz (U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)), David Pakman (CoinFund), Alex Rosen (IDG Ventures), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Alexander Lloyd (Accelerator Ventures)
Managing Director Tenaya Capital2009 - Present
General Partner Lehman Brothers Venture Partners2004 - 2009
Summer Associate Sverica International2003 - 2003
Associate Lehman Brothers Venture Partners2000 - 2002
Analyst Lehman Brothers Investment Banking1998 - 2000
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Business Administration and Management, General
Vanderbilt University BS Human and Organizational Development
Harvard-Westlake