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Canaan Partners

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Canaan Partners invests in visionary entrepreneurs and provides them the networks, insights and operational guidance required to build high-performance technology and healthcare companies. Founded in 1987, the firm has raised nine funds and completed more than 94 acquisitions and 54 IPOs. With $3 billion under management and a worldwide footprint, the firm is committed to catalyzing the growth of innovative digital media, communications & mobility, enterprise, clean tech, biopharmaceuticals, medical device, diagnostics and healthcare infrastructure companies. Canaan has offices in California, New York, Connecticut, India and Israel.

Among the firm’s successes are Associated Content, the people’s media company acquired by Yahoo; VOIP equipment supplier Acme Packet; Amicus Therapeutics, a pioneer of next-generation oral therapies for the management of human genetic diseases; BiPar Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering novel tumor-selective therapies to address urgent unmet needs of cancer patients; Calixa Therapeutics, developer of hospital-based antibiotics to treat infections resulting from resistant strains of bacteria; Cerexa Inc., one of the largest biotech acquisitions of 2007; CommerceOne, the company that pioneered B2B ecommerce; DoubleClick, the leading online advertising solution; Match.com, the most popular online dating site in the world; and SuccessFactors, the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions.

Other notable Canaan investments include Active Networks, Advanced BioHealing, Blip.tv, Blurb, Calibra Medical, Cardlytics, Chimerix, Inc., eBillme, Gemvara, ID Analytics, iYogi, Lending Club, Liquidia Technologies, ON24, OpenSky, Peer39, Prime Sense, Plixi, ReVision Optics, SenSage, SOASTA, Theraclone Sciences, Tremor Media, VaxInnate, Virsto, Watercooler and Zoosk.

Recent Milestones

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  Canaan Partners invested in The RealReal. (4/16/13)
  Posted 4/16/13 at 9:42am via techcrunch.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in CompStak. (3/29/13)
  Posted 4/10/13 at 1:56pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Minimally invasive devices. (3/25/13)
  Posted 3/28/13 at 9:00pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Theraclone Sciences. (3/25/13)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 8:12pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Artspace. (2/20/13)
  Posted 2/19/13 at 8:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Marinus Pharmaceuticals. (1/7/13)
  Posted 1/7/13 at 7:19pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Labrys Biologics. (1/3/13)
  Posted 1/3/13 at 7:09pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in ShopKeep POS. (12/5/12)
  Posted 12/7/12 at 7:09pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in AdNear. (11/28/12)
  Posted 11/28/12 at 9:55pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in LiveU. (11/12/12)
  Posted 11/12/12 at 7:24pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in AdverCar. (10/30/12)
  Posted 10/31/12 at 8:19am via techcrunch.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Instacart. (10/25/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 2:22am via dowjones.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in UrbanSitter. (10/15/12)
  Posted 10/15/12 at 5:31am via dowjones.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Switchfly. (10/12/12)
  Posted 10/12/12 at 8:52pm via finsmes.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in borro. (10/11/12)
  Posted 10/11/12 at 9:19pm via yahoo.com
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  Canaan Partners invested in Xirrus. (9/25/12)
  Posted 9/25/12 at 8:15pm via marketwire.com

Investments

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1. Canaan Partners Quickly Collects $600M For Ninth Fund (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
Gemvara lands $15M more for custom online jewelry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
Gemvara lands $15M more for custom online jewelry (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Tech Crunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. CompStak Raises $4.45M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Minimally Invasive Devices Completes $9M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. Theraclone Sciences Closes $14M in Series B and Debt Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
6. Artspace.com Raises $8.5M Series B To Expand Online Marketplace For Fine Art (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Marinus Pharmaceuticals Raises $21M Funding in Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
8. Labrys Biologics Completes $31M Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
9. ShopKeep POS Closes $10M Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. AdNear Raises $6.5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
11. LiveU Raises $27M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
12. Auto Advertising Startup adverCar Raises $2M From Canaan Partners, 1-800-Flowers, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Instacart Bags $2.3M to Become the Amazon of Groceries (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
14. UrbanSitter Secures $6M at $20M Valuation (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
15. Switchfly Raises $2.8M; Completes Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
16. borro Secures $26M in Funding to Fuel Global Growth (news.yahoo.com) [edit]
17. Xirrus Raises $23.5M in Series E Funding (marketwire.com) [edit]
18. Novira Therapeutics Secures $23M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
19. Drug developer CytomX expands Series B by $11 million, looks to make key hires (bizjournals.com) [edit]
20. EndoGastric Solutions Raises $13M in Series F Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
21. Onefinestay Is Like A Super-Fancy Airbnb, And It Just Raised $12M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Custom Jewelry Startup Gemvara Raises $25M In Oversubscribed Series D Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Dicom Grid Raises $5M Expansion Round From Canaan, CHL Medical (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
24. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
25. Viewbix Raises $2M To Bring Interactive Videos To SMBs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. Skybox Imaging Raises $70M To Launch Two High-Res Imaging Microsatellites (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. Relievant Medsystems Raises $30M in Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
28. SilverRail Technologies Raises $15M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
29. After Acquiring Topguest, Travel Rewards Redemption Company Switchfly Raises $15M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30. Altheos grabs $12.5M more, launches glaucoma trial (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
31. Transcend Medical, Inc.: Series B $16M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
32. Elevation Pharmaceuticals Completes $30 Million Series B Financing to Advance Aerosol COPD Therapy (elevationpharma.com) [edit]
33. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
34. Cloud-Based App Testing Platform SOASTA Raises $12 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
35. Happiest Minds gets $45 million funding from Canaan, Intel & other founders (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
36. CallmyName Completes $6M Second Funding with Canaan Partners (finsmes.com) [edit]
37. Dermira Raises $42M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
38. OpenSky Secures $30 Million Funding (prnewswire.com) [edit]
39. Elevation Pharma Pulls in $17M to Advance Lung Drug Trial (xconomy.com) [edit]
40. Virsto Software Adds $5 Million to Oversubscribed Series B Round (reuters.com) [edit]
41. WSJ (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
42. Virtual Storage Company Virsto Raises $12M, Buys VMware Virtualization Startup EvoStor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
43. KABAM RAISES $85 MILLION TO DRIVE CONTINUED GROWTH AS PIONEER AND LEADER OF HARDCORE SOCIAL GAMING (freshnews.com) [edit]
44. Chimerix Completes $45 Million Financing to Fund Further Development of Novel Antiviral Therapeutics CMX001 and CMX157 (chimerix-inc.com) [edit]
45. Spine Wave rounds up $17.5M financing (masshightech.com) [edit]
46. Social Gaming Company Kabam Raises $30 Million, Plans Acquisitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
47. Civitas Therapeutics Raises $20M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
48. iYogi Raises $30 Million Led by Sequoia Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
49. Helix Therapeutics Raises $2.5M (finsmes.com) [edit]
50. DICOM Grid Secures $7.5M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
51. LiveU Raises $11 Million For Wireless Video Transmission Technology (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
52. Zuberance turns word-of-mouth into $8M of new funding (venturebeat.com) [edit]
53. SkillSlate Raises $1.1 Million in Funding (skillslate.com) [edit]
54. Tobira Therapeutics Inc. Raises $31 Million in Series B Financing (tobiratherapeutics.com) [edit]
55. SenSage Accelerates Future Growth Plans with New Funding (sensage.com) [edit]
56. SandForce Closes $25 Million Series D Funding (businesswire.com) [edit]
57. EndoGastric Solutions Completes $30 Million Financing Round (endogastricsolutions.com) [edit]
58. Canaan Partners invests in Naaptol to build on its home shopping platform (news.pluggd.in) [edit]
59. Marketer Cardlytics raises $18M (pindebit.blogspot.com) [edit]
60. Inhale Digital Raises Round to Build the Groupon of Virtual Goods (allthingsd.com) [edit]
61. ReVision Optics, Inc.: Series D $35M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
62. Liquidia Technologies, Inc.: Series C $5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
63. Blip.tv Raises $10.1 Million More From Canaan Partners And Bain Capital Ventures Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/19/blip-tv-funding/#ixzz0oNOfOiKF (techcrunch.com) [edit]
64. TechCrunch [edit]
65. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
66. Peer Lending Site Lending Club Raises $24.5 Million Series C Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
67. techcrunch.com [edit]
68. Realtime Media Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
69. Gemvara Raises $5.2 Million For Custom Jewelry Shopping Online (techcrunch.com) [edit]
70. Citation Needed [add]
71. Glaucoma drug focus inspires $20M A round for Altheos (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
72. Realtime Media Sharing Service TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
73. Theraclone Raises $1.5M (xconomy.com) [edit]
74. Vivox Raises $6.8 Million from IDG Ventures and Existing Investors (freshnews.com) [edit]
75. Elevation Pharmaceuticals Raises $30M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
76. Liquidia Technologies Raises $20M in Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
77. Remote Tech Support Company iYogi Gets A $15 Million Boost From DFJ, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
78. Coapt Systems takes $3.7M for facial rejuvenation (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
79. Indian Used Car Sales' MotorExchange Raises 1st Round (crunchbase.com) [edit]
80. Dealipedia (dealipedia.com) [edit]
81. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
82. Calibra takes $1.4M to for insulin delivery devices (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
83. GroundWork lays claim to $5M for IT operations management software. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
84. Watercooler raises $5.5M to expand social fantasy sports game business (venturebeat.com) [edit]
85. VC insiders inject $16M into Chimerix (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
86. Relievant Medsystems raises $20M to treat lower back pain (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
87. Virsto packs away $7M for virtual storage space (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
88. CoAxia, Inc.: Series D $21.5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
89. VaxInnate Corp., Series D $30M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
90. Dating Service Zoosk Raises $6 Million In Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
91. Apieron, Inc.: Series D $5.9M* (onbiovc.com) [edit]
92. Transcend Medical pockets $35M in VC (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
93. Another $10.5M Unloads on Peer39's Dock (techcrunch.com) [edit]
94. Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $20M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
95. Edgar Report (sec.gov) [edit]
96. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
97. Orthocon Raises $25 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
98. Lending Club Gets A $12 Million Credibility Boost (techcrunch.com) [edit]
99. Enpirion Plugs Into $16M Series E (scalevp.com) [edit]
100. Tremor Media Raises $18 Million in Series C Round (betanews.com) [edit]
101. Motionbox Raises $6 Million Series C For Its YouTube Alternative (techcrunch.com) [edit]
102. BiPar Sciences Raises $20 Million to Advance Clinical Programs (biparsciences.com) [edit]
103. Press release (n-trig.com) [edit]
104. Citation Needed [add]
105. Blurb Raises $5 Million Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
106. Dexterra Secures $21.5 Million Funding Round Led by New Enterprise Associates (marketwatch.com) [edit]
107. Cloud Computing Gathers Steam with $6.4M Round for SOASTA (soasta.com) [edit]
108. Off Credit Card Payment Firm eBillMe Raises $12M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
109. TechCrunch [edit]
110. Paragon Lake Raises $5.8 Million To Help You Make Custom Jewelry (techcrunch.com) [edit]
111. iYogi raises $9.5 mn from SAP-led VCs in second round funding (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
112. Dating site Zoosk raises $4.1M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
113. PRIME SENSE RAISES $20.4 MILLION B ROUND (primesense.com) [edit]
114. LiveU Secures $9 million in Second Round of Financing [edit]
115. Webcaster ON24 Secures $8 million (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
116. Prime Sense Gets $20.4M for Gestural Interface Technology (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
117. SenSage raises $15M for data storage (venturebeat.com) [edit]
118. Aperto Bags Another $20M (lightreading.com) [edit]
119. Xirrus (xirrus.com) [edit]
120. press release (n-trig.com) [edit]
121. Consim Info Gets $11.75 Series B For Marriage, Other Sites (mayfield.com) [edit]
122. India Deals: eBay Sells Stake In Indian Ops; Bharatmatrimony Gets $11.75 Million From Yahoo & Others (paidcontent.org) [edit]
123. EnStorage completes financing round (fuelcelltoday.com) [edit]
124. Online Video Ad Network Tremor Media Secures $11 Million Second Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
125. Citation Needed [add]
126. Bay Area News Group (bayareanewsgroup.com) [edit]
127. Vivox, voice chat for virtual worlds, raises $7.8M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
128. PicksPal Takes $3 Million Series C (techcrunch.com) [edit]
129. Active Network raises $65M for sports community site (venturebeat.com) [edit]
130. Natural language advertising coming: Peer39 receives $8.2M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
131. Sports and TV Apps For Facebook Maker Watercooler Raises $4M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
132. Lending Club, Newly Launched P2P Lending Success Story, Secures $10.26 Million in Series A Financing Posted by Lending Club (blog.lendingclub.com) [edit]
133. marketwire.com [edit]
134. Citation Needed [add]
135. Zmanda Secures $8M Round B Funding (zmanda.com) [edit]
136. Zmanda raises $8 million for open source backup and recovery (venturebeat.com) [edit]
137. ID Analytics Secures $20 Million in Series C Financing To Fuel New Product Development and Market Expansion (idanalytics.com) [edit]
138. SenSage Secures $5 Million Series D Funding (venturedeal.com) [edit]
139. Coapt Systems, maker of aesthetic surgery implants, raises $22.6M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
140. Casabi Funded To Give You Smart Phone Functions On Your Home Line. (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
141. Advanced BioHealing Raises $25.5 Million in Series C Financing (abh.com) [edit]
142. Dexterra Closes $36 Million Funding Round Led by New Enterprise Associates (businesswire.com) [edit]
143. BiPar Sciences Raises $35 Million to Advance Pipeline of Novel PARP Inhibitor Cancer Drug Candidates (biparsciences.com) [edit]
144. 3rd Big Wireless Field Worker App Funding This Week - Dexterra Raises $35M+ (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
145. Chimerix Raises $23.1 Million to Advance Antiviral Drug Pipeline (prnewswire.com) [edit]
146. http://www.wirelessindustrynews.org/news-apr-2006/0427-041806-win-news.html (venturebeat.com) [edit]
147. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
148. APERTO NETWORKS RAISES $19 MILLION IN FOLLOW-ON SERIES E FINANCING (apertonet.com) [edit]
149. SOASTAâ„¢ Closes Its Second Round of Funding of $2 Million (soasta.com) [edit]
150. Zolo Technologies Announces $12.5 Million in Series D Round Co-led by Siemens Venture Capital and El Dorado Investment Company (zolotech.com) [edit]
151. Citation Needed [add]
152. Canaan Partners to invest $3.1 mn in iYogi (infotech.indiatimes.com) [edit]
153. IT security firm Lancope raising more money (atlanta.bizjournals.com) [edit]
154. Call center co., EchoPass, raises $6M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]
155. VaxInnate Secures $40 Million Series C Financing. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
156. Novare raises $16 million for less invasive surgery instruments (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
157. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
158. Cortina Systems raises $132M funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
159. mashable.com [edit]
160. vator.tv [edit]
161. EDGAR [edit]
162. Yahoo! Inc. and venture capital firm Canaan Partners jointly invested $8.65 million in Consim Info Pvt. Ltd (consim.com) [edit]
163. EDGAR [edit]
164. Enpirion Secures $20 Million In Series C Financing Led By BA Venture Partners (enpirion.com) [edit]
165. BlackFoot Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of a multichannel marketing intelligence platform, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding (hosting.mansellgroup.net) [edit]
166. EDGAR [edit]
167. SOASTAâ„¢ Raises $2.25 Million in Series A Financing (soasta.com) [edit]
168. Aperto (apertonet.com) [edit]
169. EDGAR [edit]
170. Dexterra to Snag Cash and CFO (redherring.com) [edit]
171. Citation Needed [add]
172. Adlyfe Inc. Kicks Off 2006 With a $3.3M Series A Round (dc.citybizlist.com) [edit]
173. Advanced BioHealing, Inc. Closes $8 Million in First Institutional Financing (abh.com) [edit]
174. Vidient Systems Raises $12 Million Series B Funding (vidient.com) [edit]
175. Visiprise Merges With Software Firm, Gets $32 Million in Financing (localtechwire.com) [edit]
176. Everdream Secures $20 Million in Series F Funding (everdream.com) [edit]
177. Vivox Emerges from Pulver.com; Announces $6 Million in Venture Capital Funding (vivox.com) [edit]
178. Aperto (apertonet.com) [edit]
179. Dexterra Acquires Mobile Java Company Octaneware Also Receives $11 Million Funding (ne.sys-con.com) [edit]
180. Comm IC maker secures $30 million in funding (cortina-systems.com) [edit]
181. Funding Round Nets $13.5M for Ellacoya (multichannel.com) [edit]
182. Zolo Technologies Completes $5 Million Series C Financing (zolotech.com) [edit]
183. Citation Needed [add]
184. Stealthy Blurb Inc. Gets $2.05 Million Series A Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
185. Phatak founded Tacit Networks bags $12 M (thesmarttechie.com) [edit]
186. EDGAR [edit]
187. GroundWork Closes $8.5 Million in Series B Financing Led by Mayfield (groundworkopensource.com) [edit]
188. InStorecard Raises Additional $4,000,000 Financing Round (loyaltylab.com) [edit]
189. Mobilitec Completes $12.1 Million Series C Funding, Secures Leadership Position In Mobile Content Delivery Market; Canaan Partners and Duchossois Technology Partners Join Existing Investors AIG Orion and Lucent Venture Partners to Back Global Leader in Mo (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
190. EDGAR (opensource.sys-con.com) [edit]
191. BiPar Sciences Raises $13 Million in Series A Financing (biparsciences.com) [edit]
192. Citation Needed [add]
193. Atlanta Business Chronicle (bizjournals.com) [edit]
194. Aperto (apertonet.com) [edit]
195. Aperto (apertonet.com) [edit]
196. Business Wire (findarticles.com) [edit]
197. xconomy.com (xconomy.com) [edit]
198. activenetworks.com (activenetwork.com) [edit]
199. iPrint.com Raises Second Round Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
200. Apieron inhales funds for asthma monitor (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]