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    Canaan Partners

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 1987

    Canaan Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in visionary entrepreneurs building transformative companies within the technology and healthcare sectors. Their strategy involves a collaborative, hands-on approach, providing strategic guidance and support to their portfolio companies from seed to later-stage rounds.

    Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $53.6M (across 109 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    114

    Fund Size

    $7B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    JP

    John Pacifico

    General Partner

    CC

    Colleen Cuffaro

    Partner

    FO

    Felipe Ossio

    Vice President / East Coast

    DM

    Dana Malman Warren

    Venture Partner

    JB

    Janet Bell

    Analyst

    NK

    Nina Kjellson

    Partner, General Partner

    JB

    Joydeep Bhattacharyya

    Investments

    MI

    Maha Ibrahim

    Investment Manager

    WH

    Wende Hutton

    Founding Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    114 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Hermeus logoHermeusSeries C$350MApr 2026
    RRenoFiSeries B$22MMar 2026
    Tomorrow.io logoTomorrow.ioGrowth$175MFeb 2026
    Sumble logoSumbleSeries A$38.5MOct 2025
    Field AI logoField AIGrowth$405MAug 2025
    Abvance Therapeutics logoAbvance TherapeuticsSeedJun 2025
    Nivoda logoNivodaSeries B$48.4MNov 2024
    SSafire Technology Group, Inc.Series A$8MSep 2024
    Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. logoCidara Therapeutics, Inc.Unknown$240MApr 2024
    Lily AI logoLily AISeries B$20MMar 2024
    JOOR logoJOORSeries B$25MOct 2023
    Diligent Robotics logoDiligent RoboticsSeries B$25MSep 2023
    Atmosfy logoAtmosfySeed$12MAug 2023
    Relievant Medsystems logoRelievant MedsystemsSeries G$50MApr 2023
    Alkymi logoAlkymiSeries A$21MOct 2022
    Pin logoPinSeed$5.6MAug 2022
    Mosey logoMoseySeries A$18MAug 2022
    Lev logoLevSeries B$70MMay 2022
    withco logowithcoSeries B$30MFeb 2022
    withco logowithcoSeed$4MFeb 2022
    Mantra Health logoMantra HealthSeries A$22MJan 2022
    Taptap Send logoTaptap SendSeries B$65MDec 2021
    Apex.ai logoApex.aiSeries B$56.5MDec 2021
    Reibus logoReibusSeries B$75MNov 2021
    Jina.ai logoJina.aiSeries A$30MNov 2021
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    Last updated: 10 April 2026