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Centana Growth Partners

540 Cowper Street Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States

Overview

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 developed an 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.

Total investments
38
Lead investments
28
Investments · 12mo
4
Active investors
7

Sector focus

  • Enterprise Software
  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Tava Health

    Led · Series C · Apr 2026

    Tava Health operates a technology-driven behavioral health platform that connects clinicians, employers, and health plans and offers tools across the care lifecycle. The company recently launched Symphony by Tava Health, an AI-assisted practice management system for clinicians; TavaCare for Employers, which can be fully sponsored or used with existing insurance without per-employee fees; and Tava Guide, a referral and care-tracking hub for payers and systems. Tava reports integrations with more than 200 health plans and claims in-network reach for nine in 10 commercially insured Americans, with first-session availability in as little as 12 hours. It also reports that 87% of its clients show measurable clinical improvement. The company says its platform is designed to reduce administrative burden for clinicians while removing cost barriers for employers. The new Series C funding will support deeper investment in partners and continued platform expansion.

  • Benepass

    Led · Series B · Jan 2026

    Founded in 2019, Benepass offers a proprietary ledger-based platform that consolidates and administers employer benefits programs across multiple currencies and tax treatments. The system enables companies to configure Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and a variety of reimbursement wallets while tightly controlling eligible spend categories. To date the platform has processed more than 4.5 million card transactions and is used by over 250 employers worldwide. Internal data show the company’s revenue more than doubled between January 2025 and January 2026, reflecting strong customer adoption. Looking ahead, Benepass plans to deepen its Health Savings Account capabilities and roll out Specialty Health Reimbursement Accounts that target high-cost therapies such as GLP-1 medications. It will also invest in employee outreach features to boost participation in pre-tax programs, lowering taxable income for employees and payroll taxes for employers. The company is a Workday Wellness strategic partner, underscoring growing enterprise demand for its flexible, compliant infrastructure.

  • RunBuggy

    Led · Series B · Oct 2025

    RunBuggy provides a proprietary, artificial-intelligence–driven marketplace that links car shippers—such as banks, consumers, manufacturers, dealerships and auctions—with transporters looking for vehicle loads. The cloud platform replaces expensive load boards and custom software by offering real-time pricing, tracking, and workflow tools that reduce delivery costs and cycle times. Management emphasizes security, trust, and a strong customer-service layer as core differentiators. With fresh Series B capital in hand, the company plans to accelerate product development and scale its service across all major automotive verticals. RunBuggy positions itself as one of the few industry players making sustained, material investments in both technology and user experience. Although detailed operating metrics were not disclosed, the company’s continued backing from original investor OMI Capital and new lead investor Centana Growth Partners underscores confidence in its growth trajectory. The firm intends to deepen AI capabilities and broaden its reach to additional transporters and shippers as it scales.

  • Reggora

    Led · Equity · Sep 2025

    Reggora provides an appraisal technology platform that streamlines residential valuation workflows for mortgage lenders, covering order management, payments, quality control, and delivery. The platform leverages technology, automation, and integrations to simplify and shorten the appraisal process. Reggora was founded by Brian Zitin and Will Denslow and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company plans a nationwide rollout in October of a new 24-hour appraisal solution. It raised $18.0M in funding and will use the proceeds to accelerate that product launch, expand market presence, strengthen lender partnerships, and further enhance its technology-driven platform. Reggora provides a modern, two-sided appraisal platform that streamlines the residential appraisal process for lenders and appraisal vendors through automated workflows. Its product includes payment processing, algorithmic appraisal ordering, automatic rule-based reviews, appraisal delivery, and status updates. The platform integrates with major LOSs and POSs such as Ellie Mae Encompass, Black Knight, and SimpleNexus. Reggora’s stated mission is to make two-day appraisal turn times a reality and it plans continued technology and engineering investments to scale that capability. The company says it is growing rapidly and intends to use new funding to hire talent, scale the business, and further product development. The round closed amid a refinance boom driven by the coronavirus pandemic, which increased demand for digital transformation across mortgage lending. Reggora provides a modern appraisal technology platform that brings mortgage lenders and appraisal vendors onto a single core platform. Its two-sided software streamlines the end-to-end appraisal process with features such as payment processing, algorithmic appraisal ordering, automatic rule-based reviews, appraisal delivery, and status updates. The company plans to use the new funding to add to its engineering, sales, and operations teams and to expand its nationwide presence. Reggora intends to continue innovating in the real estate valuation space. Led by CEO and co-founder Brian Zitin and CTO and co-founder Will Denslow, the company has raised nearly $15m in total to date. It is based in Boston, MA. Reggora is a Boston, MA-based appraisal platform serving both appraisers and mortgage lenders. It provides a cloud-based platform to streamline appraisals by automating traditionally manual processes such as finding appraisers, scheduling inspection appointments and reviewing the final appraisal product. The company is led by co-founders Brian Zitin (CEO) and Will Denslow (CTO). Reggora secured $3M in seed funding. The round was led by Spark Capital with participation from Boston Seed Capital. Reggora intends to use the funds to expand across the country and continue to enhance its platform.

  • CertifID

    Led · Series C · Jul 2025

    CertifID is the leading wire fraud protection platform for real estate, combining advanced software, direct insurance, and proven fraud recovery services. The platform protects title companies, law firms, lenders, agents, consumers, and others, offering up to $5 million in direct coverage per transaction and safeguarding billions of dollars every month. CertifID leverages AI-powered detection alongside human expertise to verify identities, monitor transactions, and recover funds; to date it has verified over 1 million mortgage payoffs, prevented $1.3 billion in losses last year, and returned more than $100 million to fraud victims. The company plans to expand capabilities across identity verification, transaction monitoring, and secure payments while deepening investment in the human expertise that complements its technology. CertifID will also grow its team, expand partnerships, and accelerate the rollout of new security features. These initiatives are intended to keep the company ahead of evolving fraud tactics and enable confident movement of money in high-risk, high-value transactions. CertifID provides wire fraud protection through a portfolio of software, insurance, and recovery services. The company safeguards billions of dollars every month from fraud and offers up to $1M in direct coverage on every wire it protects. Its customers include title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, home buyers and sellers. CertifID will use the new growth financing to expand its portfolio of wire fraud prevention services and pursue further business expansion. The company is addressing fraud prevention needs in the real estate market and is partnering with CIBC Innovation Banking to support its next phase of growth. CertifID offers wire fraud protection software, insurance, and proven recovery services for real estate participants, including title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, and consumers. The company recently launched PayoffProtect, its most successful new product to date, and reports it doubled its customer base in the past year. CertifID says it safeguards billions of dollars every month from attempted fraud and provides up to $1M in direct coverage on every wire it protects. The company has helped recover over $60M in stolen funds for victims. CertifID has forged enterprise partnerships such as with fintech leader Acrisure and positions itself as a frontline defense against growing real estate wire fraud. The business highlights industry trends showing a sharp rise in business email compromise and fraud despite housing market cyclicality. CertifID provides a digital identity and device verification platform integrated with leading title production software to eliminate manual processes in title and escrow workflows. The product is used by title companies, law firms, lenders, realtors, and home buyers and sellers to prevent wire fraud at scale. The company reports handling tens of thousands of transfers with zero insurance claims and says it helps safeguard billions of dollars every month. Built by title company owners and wire fraud victims, CertifID is positioned as a purpose-built solution for the industry’s biggest risk. In May 2022 CertifID raised a $12.5M Series A to fuel growth and further optimize its product. The company continues to expand integrations and adoption across the title and real estate ecosystem. CertifID offers a wire-fraud prevention platform that authenticates transactional parties and securely shares sensitive banking information. Its technology uses proprietary digital device analysis and knowledge-based authentication sequencing and the company provides a guarantee up to $500,000 per transaction. The product was developed after founders Tom Cronkright and Lawrence Duthler (owners of Sun Title) and Tyler Adams experienced or witnessed costly social-engineering fraud in the industry. CertifID was founded in 2017 and the team says it will launch the technology out of Grand Rapids. The company announced it raised $1.7 million in a seed financing round that was initiated and oversubscribed within two days. Leadership and investors described the product as highly relevant with strong go-to-market timing.

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