Canaan Partners — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$20.0M Checks)
Canaan Partners is a Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, United States investing in Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$20.0M checks and has 35 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$20.0M
- Portfolio
- 35 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- AUM
- $6.8B
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech
- HQ
- Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-21
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $20.0M
$6.8B
35+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
An early-stage venture firm investing primarily at Seed and Series A across technology and healthcare, backing visionary founders in large markets with scientific or technological innovation.
How Canaan Partners invests
Canaan Partners is a vc firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech.
Canaan Partners typically writes checks of $1.0M–$20.0M per investment, backed by approximately $6.8B in assets under management.
Canaan Partners has backed 35 companies in our records, including LendingClub, Ebates (Rakuten Rewards), Silvertail Systems (acq.).
Partners & Team
Laura Winter
General Partner
Chris Schade
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (35)
Other
LendingClub
Ebates (Rakuten Rewards)
Silvertail Systems (acq.)
Instacart
LendingClub
Kayak
Glooko
Turo
Arvinas
Abyrx
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $20.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Hrach Simonian, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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