Thomas Insel - Co-Founder & President @ Benchmark Health

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder & President
Primary Organization
Benchmark Health

Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Regions West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Tom Insel

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Thomas Insel is based out of San Francisco and is the Co-Founder and President of Benchmark Health. Thomas previously worked at National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as a Former Director. Thomas Insel attended Boston University.

Personal Investments

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Thomas Insel

invested in

Valera Health

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. This investment -

Venture Round - Valera Health

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Valera Health	—	Venture Round - Valera Health	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Thomas Insel

has

current jobs as

Co-Founder & President

Benchmark Health

and

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Vanna Health

. Additionally,

Thomas Insel

has had

past jobs including

Professor of Psychiatry

Emory University

Benchmark Health Co-Founder & President2025
Vanna Health Co-Founder and Executive ChairmanJun 2022

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Emory University	Professor of Psychiatry	1999	2002
National Institutes of Health	Director	—	—
Alphabet	Google Life Sciences Team	Sep 2015	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Thomas Insel

is the

Advisor

Wisdo Health

Wisdo Health Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Mindstrong Health	Co-founder	May 2017	Jan 2019
Mindstrong Health	Co-Founder and Adviser	May 2017	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Wellness Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	3,003
Therapeutics Companies with Seed Funding	39,809
United States Health Care Companies with Seed Funding	11,285
United States Therapeutics Companies (Top 10K)	5,119
Wellness Companies with Seed Funding	15,336
United States Wellness Companies with Seed Funding	22,671
Wellness Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	2,233
Mental Health Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees	51,140
Wellness Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	2,670
Health Care Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees	14,844

Education

Thomas Insel

studied at

Boston University

Boston University Combined B.A.-M.D.unknown1974

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•

Nov 4, 2021

Valera Health raised

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from Alsora Capital and 11 other investors

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News•

Apr 1, 2021