Canaan Partners
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| Type | Private Partnership |
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| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, USA Westport, Connecticut, USA New York, New York, USA Guragon, Haryana, India Herzliya, Israel |
| Number of locations | 5 |
| Total assets | $3 billion |
| Website | www.canaan.com |
Canaan Partners (or Canaan) is a multi-billion dollar global venture capital firm [1] focusing on investments in early stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors.
The firm's technology group focuses on digital media, communications & mobility, enterprise and cleantech. The healthcare group focuses on biopharmaceuticals, devices, and diagnostics.
Founded in 1987, the firm has offices in Menlo Park, California, USA; Westport, Connecticut, USA; New York, New York, USA; Gurgaon, Haryana, India; and Herzliya, Israel. Since inception, Canaan has raised eight funds to date, completed more than 82 acquisitions and 52 IPOs, and currently manages $3.5 billion in capital. [2]
[edit] Portfolio companies
- Active Network
- Advanced BioHealing
- Aperto Networks
- Bharat Matrimony
- blip.tv
- Blurb
- Calibra Medical
- Cardlytics
- Cerexa
- Chimerix
- CommerceOne
- Cortina Systems
- Dexterra
- DoubleClick
- eBillme
- Echopass
- Elevation Pharmaceuticals
- ezRez Software
- Gemvara
- GroundWork Open Source
- Helix Therapeutics
- ID Analytics
- Kabam
- Lending Club
- Liquidia Technologies
- LiveU
- Match.com
- Motionbox
- N-Trig
- Northstar Neuroscience
- ON24
- OpenSky
- Orthocon
- Peer39
- Peninsula Pharmaceuticals
- Plixi
- PrimeSense
- Renaissance Wireless
- SandForce
- SenSage
- SOASTA
- Spine Wave
- SkillSlate[3]
- SuccessFactors
- Tacit Networks
- Tremor Media
- VaxInnate
- Verance
- Vivox
- iYogi Inc.[4]
- Zoosk
- Zmanda
- Zuberance
[edit] References
- ^ Canaan Partners; Canaan Partners Appoints Tim Shannon, M.D. as Venture Partner. (2009, December). MD Week,77. Retrieved March 30, 2011, from Health Module. (Document ID: 1918645721).
- ^ "Canaan Partners Survives VC Turmoil, Raises New $600M Tech/Biotech Fund". http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2012/01/09/canaan-partners-survives-vc-turmoil-raises-new-600m-techbiotech-fund/. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Barbierri, Cody (October 20, 2010). "SkillSlate Grabs .1M to Find Local Service Providers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2010/10/20/20venturebeat-skillslate-grabs-11m-to-find-local-service-p-77379.html.
- ^ "iYogi Reconstitutes Board by Appointing Three New Independent Directors". LiveMango. http://www.livemango.com/bwi/iyogi-reconstitutes-board-by-appointing-three-new-independent-directors/. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
[edit] External links
- Canaan Partners (company website)
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