Ben Narasin has joined the Silicon Valley office of venture capital giant New Enterprise Associates, Axios has learned. No comment yet from the firm, but he already has a listing in its voicemail directory.
Who? Narasin is a dotcom vet (founded FashionMall.com) who later served as president of TriplePoint Capital and spent two years as a general partner with Canvas Ventures. He also has been an active angel investor, having been involved in seed rounds for companies like Zenefits and Kinnek.
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The U.S. and Israel will announce tomorrow that they are expanding three agreements on scientific cooperation to include Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Israeli and U.S. officials tell me.
Why it matters: This is a substantial policy shift for the U.S., which did not previously allow its taxpayers' money to be spent in the Israeli settlements.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed no regrets about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's controversial confirmation, telling Politico in an interview that he believes the decision to place her on the Supreme Court just a week before the election will help Republicans retain the Senate.
Why it matters: With a week to go until Election Day, many Republicans are concerned that President Trump's unpopularity could cost them the Senate. McConnell has long viewed the transformation of the federal judiciary through the confirmation of young conservative judges as his defining legacy.