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Canaan Partners

Venture Capital Firm · Stamford, United States · Founded 1987

#35

Canaan Partners

Stamford, United States

52.2/100

2Deals tracked

1Last 90 days

$87MDisclosed value

2026-07-28Latest deal

Deal flow 40%50

Capital 20%62

Momentum 20%56

Stage breadth 10%25

Portfolio quality 10%62

What they've been doing

2026-07-28 Mate Series A · $35M
2026-01-14 Novee Series A · $52M

Where they play

Series A (2)

SecOps & IR (1) Risk & Compliance (1)

Median disclosed deal size in tracked deals: $44M

Frequent co-investors

YL Ventures

Their stated approach

Focus: Deliberate generalist: about 60% technology and 40% healthcare; fintech, enterprise/cloud, marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma and digital health
Stage: Seed and Series A
Check size: $1M to $20M
Size: About $5B (other sources: $6.8B in April 2023)

Sources: Wikipedia - Canaan Partners · Canaan - 12th fund

Ranked #35 of 100 venture capitalists on tracked activity (2026-01-06 to 2026-10-01). See the full ranking and how scores work →