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Canaan Partners

HQ · California
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Canaan is a generalist early-stage firm investing across enterprise, fintech, consumer and frontier technology as well as healthcare and biopharma, primarily from Seed and Series A with selected Series B investments.

Stage focus
SeedSeries ASeries B
Lead / follow
Mostly Lead
Check size
$1m–$10m
Ownership target
7–10%
Generalist / Specialist

Generalist

Latest fund size

$7B+ AUM; $650M Canaan XIII

Latest fund vintage

2023

Investing team
  • Antonio LeporeAntonio Lepore
  • Brendan DickinsonBrendan Dickinson
  • Brent AhrensBrent Ahrens
  • Colleen CuffaroColleen Cuffaro
  • Deepak KamraDeepak Kamra
  • Felipe OssioFelipe Ossio
  • Hrach SimonianHrach Simonian
  • Janet BellJanet Bell
  • John BalenJohn Balen
  • John PacificoJohn Pacifico
  • Joydeep BhattacharyyaJoydeep Bhattacharyya
  • Julie GrantJulie Grant
  • Kumar SreekantiKumar Sreekanti
  • Laura ChauLaura Chau
  • Maha IbrahimMaha Ibrahim
  • Mikael DolstenMikael Dolsten
  • Nils LonbergNils Lonberg
  • Nina KjellsonNina Kjellson
  • Paul FonteynePaul Fonteyne
  • Peter FarinaPeter Farina
  • Rich BoyleRich Boyle
  • Stephen BlochStephen Bloch
  • Tim ShannonTim Shannon
  • Uwe SchoenbeckUwe Schoenbeck
  • Wende HuttonWende Hutton
How to reach them

lhahn@canaan.com

Notable investments

Instacart, The RealReal, Turo, Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Astra, Rallybio

Sources
canaan.com ↗canaan.com/about ↗canaan.com/team ↗c.canaan.com/news/announcing-canaan-xiii ↗platform.canaan.com/careers/pdf/Canaan_Junior%20Investment%20Professional_5.15.2025.pdf ↗

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