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 (Series A), Investors in Fashion (Seed), Investors in Fashion (Series A), Investors in Fashion (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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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 Media/Content (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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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 (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (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 Robotics (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Laura Chau
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 Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (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 Local Services (Series A), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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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 E-commerce (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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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 & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health IT (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 (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists)
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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 Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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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 Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Bob Williams
Canaan Partners·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
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Eric Young
Sweet spot: $10.0M
Range: $250K - $20.0M
Investors in Menlo Park (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)