Canaan Partners

New York
Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners has a team of investment professionals with extensive technology, infrastructure, communications and life sciences experience. Canaan currently manages investment capital across ten funds, and has invested in more than 250 companies. The firm maintains East Coast offices in Westport, CT, as well as offices in Israel and India. Canaan's investment capabilities range from $1.0 million to $20 million, and it is willing to invest in any stage of development from early through expansion stage. In the technology sector, the firm's focus is investments in digital media, communications and mobility, enterprise, and clean tech. In the healthcare sector, the firm looks for investments in biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics. In January 2012, Canaan announced the closing of its $600 million Canaan IX fund. In October of 2014, the firm raised $675 million in commitments for Canaan X. Canaan Partners' tenth fund brings the total capital under management to over $4.2 billion.
Founded:1987
Firm Location:New York • New York, New York • San Francisco, California • New Haven, Connecticut • Menlo Park, California • Westport, Connecticut • San Francisco Bay Area • New York City
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Canaan Partners Team
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Brent Ahrens
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Nandu Anilal
Canaan Partners·Investor
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Fashion (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Fashion (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Fashion (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Fashion (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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John Balen
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Janet Bell
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Stephen Bloch
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Westport (CT)
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Richard Boyle
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in United States, Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in Boston (MA)
Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Laura Chau
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
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Colleen Cuffaro
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists)
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Brendan Dickinson
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
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Peter Farina
Canaan Partners·Investor
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Local Services (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Julie Grant
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
SG
Stephen Green
Canaan Partners·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Westport (CT)
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Wende Hutton
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Maha Ibrahim
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Deepak Kamra
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Nina Kjellson
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Jared Newman
Canaan Partners·Investor
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York City
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John Pacifico
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York, Investors in Westport (CT)
Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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Hootan Rashidifard
Canaan Partners·Principal
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in New York, Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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Guy Russo
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Tim Shannon
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Westport (CT), Investors in New York (NY)
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Hrach Simonian
Canaan Partners·General Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in Los Angeles (CA), Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
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Bob Williams
Canaan Partners·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)