Canaan is a venture capital firm. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Hermeus, Nocion Therapeutics, RenoFi, Sumble, Doorstep AI and Rapidata.
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Who to pitch at Canaan
Canaan portfolio companies (10)
- Hermeus
- Nocion Therapeutics
- RenoFi
- Sumble
- Doorstep AI
- Rapidata
- C-Infinity
- Quarry Thera
- ABC Projects
- Vima Therapeutics
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About Canaan
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Analytics, Biotech, Cloud Infrastructure and Data; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
Of the 18 people on file at Canaan, Gregory Kopchinsky (General Partner), Brent Ahrens (General Partner) and Hrach Simonian (General Partner) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Canaan shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Bling Capital, GitHub and Circadian Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is Canaan?
Canaan is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Canaan invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Analytics, Biotech, Cloud Infrastructure and Data. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Canaan invest at?
The known deals of Canaan include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Canaan?
3 of the 18 people on file at Canaan are listed as contacts for the firm. All 18 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Canaan?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 18 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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