VC firm
Canaan Partners
Also known as Canaan Management, Inc., Canaan Wheelhouse, Canaan Wheelhouse L.P., Canaan XIII Healthcare, Canaan XIII Healthcare Fund L.P.
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- Assets under management
- $7BStated by firm, as of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 32
- Legal name
- Canaan Management, LLC
- canaan.com (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- X (opens in a new tab)
- Team page (opens in a new tab)
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About
Canaan is a venture capital firm with nearly a 40-year history that backs founders from fundamental discovery to mass adoption across breakthrough therapeutics, deep tech, cybersecurity and AI. The firm reports a 37-year history, $7B raised across 13 funds, 73 IPOs and 152 M&A exits. Canaan invests from its Stamford, CT, New York and Menlo Park, CA offices.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach, but there are a few absolutes intrinsic to who we are and how we work. And these values weren’t contrived out of thin air, they’re hard earned over the past 30 years and counting.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Investing status notes
- Site is current (© Copyright 2026 Canaan), publishes recent portfolio news, and team page shows an active roster of General Partners across two coasts.
Funds
- Canaan XIII Healthcare Fund L.P.
- Vintage 2024Main fund
- Canaan Gold Coast L.P.
- $135MVintage 2023, SEC amount sold
- Canaan Wheelhouse L.P.
- Vintage 2023Main fund
- Canaan Valley Capital Fund LP
- $1.1MVintage 2015, Open-ended, SEC amount sold
- Canaan IX L.P.
- $600MVintage 2012, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- CANAAN X LP
- Main fund
- CANAAN 2020+ CO-INVESTMENT SERIES 15 LP
- SPV
- CANAAN 2020+ CO-INVESTMENT SERIES 7 LP
- SPV
- CANAAN 2020+ CO-INVESTMENT SERIES 4 LP
- SPV
- CANAAN 2020+ CO-INVESTMENT SERIES 6 LP
- SPV
- CANAAN XI LP
- Main fund
- CANAAN 2020+ CO-INVESTMENT SERIES 21 LP
- SPV
- More funds
- 20 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- CANAAN MANAGEMENT, LLC
- CRD number
- 161180 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-75894
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $5.5Bas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 29
- Principal office
- STAMFORD, CT, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1977410, 2017296
Locations
- Office
- Menlo Park, CA, United States
- Office
- New York, NY, United States
- Office
- Stamford, CT, United States
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