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Canaan Partners

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Canaan Partners is a Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 35 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$6.8B

Portfolio

35+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage venture firm with a major focus on enterprise software and fintech.

How Canaan Partners invests

Canaan Partners is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech.

Canaan Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M 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.).

Meet the Team

RB

Richard Boyle

General Partner

HS

Hrach Simonian

General Partner

BD

Brendan Dickinson

General Partner

DW

Dana Warren

Venture Partner

NL

Nancy Levenson

Director of Financial Reporting

PF

Peter Farina

Executive in Residence

TS

Tim Shannon

General Partner

DK

Deepak Kamra

General Partner

EY

Eric Young

Partner

NL

Nils Lonberg

Executive in Residence

LW

Laura Winter

General Partner

Enterprise software
SaaS
CS

Chris Schade

Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (35)

Other

LE

LendingClub

Fintech
EB

Ebates (Rakuten Rewards)

Consumer/commerce platform
SI

Silvertail Systems (acq.)

Enterprise security software
IN

Instacart

Marketplace
LE

LendingClub

Fintech
KA

Kayak

Travel platform
GL

Glooko

Healthcare
TU

Turo

Transportation/Car Sharing
AR

Arvinas

Biopharmaceuticals
AB

Abyrx

How to pitch Canaan Partners
  • 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 $500K – $5.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Richard Boyle, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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