Ben Nahir

Experience

1. Elevate Capital FundPartnercurrent2026 — present
2. Elevate Capital FundVenture Principal2020 — 2026
3. Elevate Capital FundSenior Venture Associate2018 — 2020Portland, Oregon Area
4. OREGON TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
5. TiE OregonDirector, TiE Oregon Angels2020 — 2024
6. TiE OregonProgram Manager, TiE Oregon Angels2016 — 2020
7. TiEProgram Manager, TiE Global Angels2016 — 2020Portland, Oregon Area
8. HysteresisSecretary/Treasurer2012 — 2015Portland, OR
9. OHSUPostdoctoral Researcher2010 — 2014
10. University of FloridaGraduate Student2004 — 2009

Education

1. Portland State UniversityMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance2014 — 2016
2. University of FloridaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience2004 — 2009
3. Harvey Mudd CollegeBachelor of Science (BS), Mathematical Biology2000 — 2004

Skills & more

Languages French · Spanish

From Ben's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Portland State University12

DSDr. Sidney YEEVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersAMAlan MaCampus Lead at The MBA FundAAAbdulrahman A. MaziVice Chairman at Tech Invest ComCTCarl ThongGeneral Partner - Eagle Ventures Asia at Eagle VentureCCChris CantinoInvestor at Color CapitalJMJoe McCannInvestor at Asymmetric

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Also attended University of Florida119

BGBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLHLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAEAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAKAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBSBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDCDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners

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Also attended Harvey Mudd College9

ESErik StraserPartner at ClearSkyJSJon SobergCEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD VenturesSIShahril IbrahimPartner at The Hive Southeast AsiaTHTom HsiehPartner, Capital at FuturesightTPTom Preston-WernerCofounder & General Partner at Preston-Werner VenturesRWRik WehbringManaging Director at Bioeconomy

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Shared employers

Also worked at Elevate Capital Fund14

NRNitin RaiFounder & Managing Partner at Elevate CapitalKSKumar SripadamGeneral Partner at Elevate CapitalBRBrandon RossSenior Associate-Analyst at Elevate CapitalSSSoumitra SenguptaVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalKCKrishna ChittabathiniVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalDDDonn DimondLimited Partner at Elevate Capital

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Also worked at TiE Oregon5

DDDonn DimondLimited Partner at Elevate CapitalLJLateef JacksonLimited Partner at Elevate CapitalACAna ChaudExecutive Partner at Elevate CapitalRJRobin JonesExecutive Partner at Elevate CapitalKGKanth GopalpurAdvisor; Kestrel Advisors at Elevate Capital

Also worked at OHSU7

JAJessica A. Zeaske, PhD, MBAManaging Partner, Strategic Investment at Echo Health VenturesSEShereef ElnahalObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesKWKristen WongVenture Partner at Altitude Ventures Management, LlcBMBrian MillsVice President at Pivotal Life SciencesAAAlex AmenAdvisor at PsyMed VenturesLBLindsey BrownSenior Associate at Echo Health Ventures

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Also worked at University of Florida19

LHLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersADAdam D'AugelliInvestor at True VenturesBSBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesASAndrew ScheuermannInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalKPKayla PhillipsSenior Investment Principal at Hivemind Capital PartnersHMHassan MuhammadSeae Ventures Fellow at Seae Ventures

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