Canaan Partners
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.
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
$500K – $5.0M
$6.8B
35+ companies
12 partners
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
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 $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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