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Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage life sciences and information technology companies. Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners has $2.4 billion capital under management and has invested in more than 240 companies, completed 63 mergers and acquisitions, and brought over 50 companies public. The firm catalyzes the development of innovative biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, CleanTech, digital media and communications, semiconductors and enterprise software to build next-generation market leaders. Canaan was an early investor in Acme Packet (APKT), Cerexa (acquired by FRX), CombinatoRx (CRXX), CommerceOne (CMRC), DexCom (DXCM), DoubleClick (DCLK), Immunicon (IMMC), Northstar Neuroscience (NSTR) and Peninsula Pharmaceuticals (acquired by JNJ), along with dozens of other market-leading companies. Canaan is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and also has offices in Connecticut, India and Israel.

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  2. Content Syndicate wins TiE-ISB award

    uk.zawya.com (Nov 12 2008) Explore Article

    ...on before a judging panel comprising of senior partners and management from Accel Ventures, Google, Canaan Partners, Helion Ventures, Venture East, Clearstone, PA, Virtusa, IDG Ventures, Nexus Capital, Su... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   TiE   Sun Microsystems   University of Pennsylvania

  3. UnitedLex to Leverage $6 Million in Series B Funding from Canaan ...

    prweb.com (Oct 21 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...rkflow," said Daniel Reed, Chief Executive Officer, UnitedLex. "The support of our funding partners Canaan Partners and Helion Venture Partners gives us the resources to continue to offer superlative servic... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Sanjeev Aggarwal   Rahul Chandra

  4. VCs venture the storm, invest $290 mn in second quarter

    The Economic Times (Oct 17 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...ogether account for approximately $ 5 billion of committed capital. Alok Mittal, managing director, Canaan Partners and a GIVCA member, said he expected VC investment activity would not slow down but would ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mark Sherman   Sumir Chadha   Arun Natarajan

  5. VC investments in Q2 up 15%

    The Economic Times (Oct 16 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...ogether account for approximately $ 5 billion of committed capital. Alok Mittal, managing director, Canaan Partners and a GIVCA member, said he expected VC investment activity would not slow down but would ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sumir Chadha   Mark Sherman   Alok Mittal

  6. Venture capital cos may focus on growth equity

    livemint.com (Oct 13 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...io till date has been primarily around technology, is now scouting for non-tech investments, as are Canaan Partners and DFJ. Still, diversifying into new sectors and stages may not be easy for funds that ha... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Sequoia Capital   Srini Vudayagiri

  7. Mobile VAS to hit $3 bn by 2012

    The Economic Times (Oct 11 2008) Mobile , Funding Explore Article

    ... companies offering regular ringtone and music downloads seems to be over. Venture Capitalists like Canaan Partners, Draper Fisher Juvertson, Helion, Nexus India among others are more interested in innovati... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Pramod Saxena   Vijay Shekhar Sharma

  8. Tighten up

    VentureWoods (Oct 8 2008) Explore Article

    ...one of those times in which some great companies will be built. Make sure yours is one of them! PS: Canaan continues to be excited about opportunities in the Indian venture space, and continues to invest. 0... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Alok Mittal   Canaan Partners

  9. Venture capitalists bullish on mobile VAS segment

    Welcome to Televisionpoint.com (Oct 8 2008) Mobile , Funding Explore Article

    ... companies offering regular ringtone and music downloads seems to be over. Venture capitalists like Canaan Partners, Draper Fisher Juvertson, Helion Ventures, Nexus India, etc are more interested in innovat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Microsoft   Helion Venture Partners

  10. Microstaq raises $12.5M funding

    IndUS Business Journal (Oct 3 2008) Explore Article

    ...nd, Ohio, raked in $12 million in a recently completed round of financing. The financing was led by Canaan Partners, as well as existing investor Celtic House Venture Partners, investors in software and Int... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightspeed Venture Partners   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Draper Richards

  11. India-focused VCs Reload

    Reuters India (Sep 25 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...l fund. “The domestic market is still very much booming,” says Deepak Kamra, general partner of Canaan Partners, who visited India earlier this month. “The country has a lot of catching up to do to ge... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Inventus Capital Partners   Deepak Kamra   Harish Gandhi

  12. Dare Interview - Recapping Canaan in India

    VentureWoods (Sep 12 2008) Mobile , Acquisition Explore Article

    Krishna has done a good interview to recap how Canaan is looking at India, over two years after we entered the market. I am not easily given to cross pos... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canaan Partners

  13. Venture capital firms eye mobile, Net cos for partner-level hires

    livemint.com (Aug 25 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ...talk to anyone in the industry and easily cross-check what we hear from the start-up”, says the Canaan Partners executive director. Gandhi is among the many business heads that Silicon Valley-headquarte... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rahul Khanna   Chrys Capital   Mohit Bhatnagar

  14. Raising venture funding for rainy day

    The Economic Times (Aug 16 2008) Explore Article

    ...elion Ventures, Rohit Agarwal, CEO, techTribe; Sameer Guglani, Morpheus Ventures, Mukul Singhal, Canaan Partners, Abhishek Sinha, EKO and Ankit Maheshwari, Instablogs. These venture capitalists are said... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sameer Guglani   Ajay Kapur   Helion Venture Partners

  15. Indian Angel Network Invests In Legal Outsourcing Firm TechLit

    VCCircle (Aug 13 2008) Outsourcing , Acquisition Explore Article

    ...& MD of Excel Ventures), Ajay Garg (founder of Equirus Capital) and Alok Mittal, Managing Director, Canaan Partners. TechLit provides litigation support services to law firms and corporate general counsels ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Alok Mittal   Canaan Partners   Microsoft

  16. San Fran, Boston lead funding

    IndUS Business Journal (Aug 1 2008) Explore Article

    ...vice provider On24 Inc. recently closed on an $8 million venture investment. U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Rho Ventures and Gold Hill Capital led the funding round. The investment brings On24’s ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Richards   Motorola   Cisco

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