Venture Capital Firms in Bay Area – Canaan Partners – Menlo Park, CA – 25/50

Seed Stage, Early Stage
Other Areas of Focus: Consumer, Hardware, Enterprise and SaaS, Big Data, Digital Health, Biopharmaceutical
Total Capital: $3.08 billion
Notable Investments: Orchard, RamRe, Cardlytics, Efficient Finance, itBit, eBillme

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas. While we love speedy success, we’re acutely aware that greatness comes in many forms and at different times. That’s why we’re not afraid to break the mold to bring something spectacular to life.

Categories  Biopharma, Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Health Care, Marketplace, Medical Device, Venture Capital

Headquarters Regions  San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast

Founded Date 1987

Founders  Eric Young, Harry T. Rein

Operating Status Active

Child Hubs  Canaan Partners Portfolio Companies

Investor Type  Venture Capital

Investment Stage  Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

Number of Exits 117

Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world’s leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 years. Canaan’s focus areas includ e fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health, and medtech.