Canaan Partners

Investor- Venture Capital

Overview

Canaan Partners invests in entrepreneurs and works alongside them to turn visionary ideas into valuable companies. Since 1987, the firm has catalyzed the growth of disruptive technology startups and healthcare companies revolutionizing the practice of medicine.

Country: United States

Founded: 1987

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California

650 854 8092

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Middle East and Israel

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Funding Platforms
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

For more than 25 years, Canaan Partners has been working with entrepreneurs in the technology and healthcare fields to achieve one simple goal: Improve the way we live our lives. Canaan Partners invests in entrepreneurs and works alongside them to turn visionary ideas into valuable companies. Since 1987, the firm has catalyzed the growth of disruptive technology startups and healthcare companies revolutionizing the practice of medicine.

We’ll do whatever it takes to bring your vision to life – even if we’re just early investors. We’ll become involved at the board level to offer meaningful connections and experience. We’ll lend a hand with team building, strategy, and customer expansion.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

June 2016

Rocketrip

$9m

Series B

Warren Lee

Payments

United States

May 2016

Embroker

$12.2m

Series A

InsureTech

United States

March 2016

Soasta

$30m

Debt Financing

John Balen

Data Analytics

United States

January 2016

Snyk

$3m

Seed

Network Security

United Kingdom

January 2016

Direct Match

$6m

Series A

Trading

United States

November 2015

Naaptol

$51.7m

Series D

E-Commerce

India

November 2015

CircleUp

$30m

Series C

Daniel Ciporin

Funding

United States

September 2015

UNIFi Software

$10m

Series A

Maha Ibrahim

Data Analytics

United States

September 2015

Orchard Platform

$30m

Series B

Lending

United States

August 2015

Talena

$12m

Series A

Big Data

United States

July 2015

ShopKeep

$35m

Series D

Daniel Ciporin

Point of Sale

United States

July 2015

RealtyMogul.com

$35m

Series B

Hrach Simonian

Real Estate

United States

May 2015

NatureBox

$30m

Series C

E-Commerce

United States

April 2015

Naaptol

$21m

Series C

E-Commerce

India

April 2015

Tubular Labs

$6.62

Series B

Warren Lee

Data Analytics

United States

March 2015

EVEN Financial

$2.8m

Seed

Lending

United States

January 2015

Beckon Inc

$13m

Series B

Ross Fubini

Data Analytics

United States

December 2014

UNIFi Software

$4.5m

Seed

Data Analytics

United States

November 2014

CompStak

$4.4m

Series A

Hrach Simonian

Real Estate

United States

October 2014

Orchard Platform

$12m

Series A

Lending

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2014

Fund X

$675m

2007

Fund VIII

$650m

2005

Canaan VII

$450m

2001

Canaan Equity III

$700m

Fund IX

$600m

Key Employees

Eric Young
Co-Founder

Guy Russo
Partner & CFO

Brent Ahrens
General Partner

Stephen Bloch
General Partner

Maha Ibrahim
General Partner

Wende Hutton
General Partner