Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 10
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder and General Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Canvas Ventures
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture

Gary Little is a Partner at Canvas since September 2013 and led the firm’s investment in Totango. Based in Menlo Park, Gary focuses on innovative software and services investments.

Twice in the past five years, Gary has been named to the Forbes Midas List which seeks to identify the venture capitalists that were instrumental in creating the

most impactful and valuable companies of tomorrow.

Gary joined Morgenthaler Ventures in 1997 and continues to serve on the boards Morgenthaler portfolio companies including Adara, Evernote, MuleSoft, and PeopleMatter.

Gary also led the investment in Wize Commerce (previously NexTag). Gary serves, or served, as a board observer of Lending Club, Practice Fusion and Sonatype.

Previously, Gary held several roles at Apple Computer, including Senior Vice President of Apple’s Power Macintosh Division, Vice President of Sales Americas and Senior Director of Marketing for Apple’s Pacific Division (China, Japan, Asia, Latin America, Canada).

Prior to his time at Apple, Gary spent seven years at Sun Microsystems as Director of Product Marketing, Director of Asia Pacific Marketing (including a posting in Hong Kong), and as Group Manager of Industry Marketing.

Before Sun Microsystems, Gary held sales and marketing positions at IBM.

Gary began his career as an IC design Engineer for TRW’s microelectronics research labs.

Gary earned an MBA from Harvard University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Number of Partner Investments 58
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 8
Gary Little has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder and General Partner at Canvas Ventures and Partner at Morgenthaler Ventures. Additionally, Gary Little has had 8 past jobs including Senior Director - Marketing - Apple’s Pacific Division at Apple.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Apple
Senior Director - Marketing - Apple’s Pacific DivisionFeb 1995Jan 1997
Apple
SVP - Power Macintosh DivisionFeb 1995Jan 1997
Apple
VP - Sales - AmericasFeb 1995Jan 1997
Sun Microsystems
Director - Asia Pacific MarketingFeb 1987Jan 1995
Sun Microsystems
GM - Industry MarketingFeb 1987Jan 1995
Sun Microsystems
Director - Product MarketingFeb 1987Jan 1995
IBM
Team Member - Sales & MarketingJan 1981Jan 1984
TRW Automotive Holdings
IC Design Engineer - TRW’s Microelectronics Research Labs
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 10
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 8
Gary Little holds 10 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Folloze, Member of the Board of Directors at Totango, and Board Observer at Sonatype.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
PeopleMatter
Former Board Member20122016
TIBCO
Former Board Member20032014
NexTag
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 1999Jan 2014
Jaspersoft
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2003Jan 2014
Rhythm NewMedia
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2005Jan 2013
Practice Fusion
Member of the Board ObserverJan 2009Jan 2012
Lending Club
Member of the Board ObserverJan 2009Jun 2010
PeopleMatter
Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 2012