# Centana Growth Partners

> Centana Growth Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Fund size: $375M
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/centana-growth-partners/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CentanaGrowth
- Website: http://www.centanagrowth.com/

Centana Growth Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing growth equity and venture capital to companies in the financial services ecosystem. The firm’s partners bring decades of investing and operating experience, built on the backbone of specialized knowledge and deep domain expertise in our sectors. Over time our team has developedan extensive network with leading players and institutions in the industry, providing our companies the opportunity to accelerate growth and take their businesses to the next stage.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 23% |
| InsurTech | 5 | 11% |
| Analytics | 4 | 9% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 16 | 36% |
| Series C | 10 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 11% |
| Series A | 3 | 7% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 61% |
| Canada | 4 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Byunn | Co-founded and partner | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-byunn |
| Matthew Alfieri | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-alfieri |
| Ben Cukier | Founding Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-cukier |
| Devi Malhotra | Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devi-malhotra-0908 |
| Sarah Mears Kim | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-mears-kim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tava Health | Tava Health provides digital mental health services that connect individuals with licensed therapists through an online platform. The company offers therapy sessions via video, along with tools for scheduling, communication, and care coordination. Its services are structured to support employers and organizations in delivering mental healthbenefits to their members or employees. The platform includes features for matching users with therapists based on preferences and clinical needs. Tava Health also provides administrative support and reporting tools to help organizations manage utilization and access to care. | $40M | Series C | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Benepass | Benepass is a benefits administration platform that helps companies manage and distribute employee perks and benefits. Through deep investments into the company's financial technology infrastructure, Benepass has made it easy for employers to offer global benefits that are personalized to every employee. The Benepass platform offers employeesfour different ways to spend their benefit dollars globally: card, mobile wallet, reimbursements, and a marketplace. | $40M | Series B | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| 401GO | 401GO administers 401(k) plans for business of all sizes and helps them to run their business smoothly. From a single to thousands of employees. Ongoing administration is automated with payroll integrations while compliance, government filings, notifications, and all other responsibilities are handled by the company. | $33M | Series B | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| RunBuggy | RunBuggy is an open car transportation marketplace that connects car shippers and haulers in real-time. The company allows shippers to seamlessly connect with their existing management systems to integrate car transportation services, reducing cost and improving time to deliver. For transporters, RunBuggy offers an alternative to expensive loadboards and custom software solutions to better find and manage transportation loads. | $37M | Series B | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| RunBuggy | RunBuggy is an open car transportation marketplace that connects car shippers and haulers in real-time. The company allows shippers to seamlessly connect with their existing management systems to integrate car transportation services, reducing cost and improving time to deliver. For transporters, RunBuggy offers an alternative to expensive loadboards and custom software solutions to better find and manage transportation loads. | $37M | Series B | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Reggora | Reggora is a cloud-based, two-sided appraisal platform that streamlines the appraisal process for mortgage lenders and appraisers. | $18M | Series D | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| CertifID | CertifID is a leader in wire fraud protection. We safeguard billions of dollars every month from fraud with advanced software, insurance, and proven recovery services. Trusted by title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, and home buyers and sellers - CertifID provides further peace of mind with up to $1M in direct insurance coverage on everywire it protects.CertifID software uses the latest digital device verification, and multi-factor and knowledge-based authentication technologies, to analyze more than 150 markers of fraud in a matter of minutes.During the closing process, CertifID customers can store wiring instructions with a few clicks and securely share with home buyer and seller clients in seconds.For mortgage payoffs, CertifID replaces a historically long callback process with machine-learning software that validates more than 5,000+ mortgage servicers, including hard to validate lenders like Mr. Cooper. And we offer verification support from our team if the software can’t automatically validate the payoff. (Even these cases are usually resolved within less than 1-2 business days.)CertifID also provides recovery services to businesses and consumers hit with fraud, even if you aren’t yet using our software. We’ve partnered with federal law enforcement to recover $52M+ for fraud victims in the past two years, at a recovery rate 2x industry average. | $47.5M | Series C | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| The Helper Bees | The Helper Bees is an InsurTech successfully improving the home care experience for the payer and care-recipient. They work with some of the world’s largest insurance carriers to deliver transformative experiences in digitization, sourcing great care options, and applying machine learning to power intelligent care and claim analytics andprocessing. | $35M | Series C | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Vividly | Vividly transforms how consumer packaged goods brands do business with trade promotion management software that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate workflow and save them time and money. | $30M | Series B | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| WarrCloud | WarrCloud's proprietary software & Machine Learning algorithms "learn" from millions of analyzed claims to increase the speed. | $20M | Series B | Oct 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Jump Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Propel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/propel-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [American Family Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-family-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arthur Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Centana Growth Partners invest in?

Centana Growth Partners invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Centana Growth Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Centana Growth Partners?

The team at Centana Growth Partners includes Eric Byunn (Co-founded and partner), Matthew Alfieri (Principal) and Ben Cukier (Founding Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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