Canaan has been a trusted investor in technology and healthcare companies since 1987. Canaan has funded more than 240 companies since inception. With recent investments in the US, Israel, and India, Canaan catalyzes the growth of market leaders globally.
AMICAS is a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions over the Internet.
Acquired by VitalWorks (VWKS)
0-In Design develops and supports functional verification products.
Acquired by Mentor Graphics (MENT)
3Crowd is building a content delivery model that will help fuel the next wave of Internet growth by making Internet delivery more cost effective.
Private | San Mateo, CA
AcmePacket makes VOIP equipment for carriers and was one of the top 10 performing IPOs of 2006.
Public (APKT) | Burlington, MA
Active Network hosts the world’s largest directory of sports and recreational activities and is the leading online community for amateur sports enthusiasts.
Public (ACTV) | San Diego, CA
Adlyfe Inc. develops innovative diagnostic technologies that can detect fatal brain diseases in the blood before symptoms occur.
Private | Rockville, MD
AdvancePCS grew to become the nation’s largest independent provider of health improvement services.
Public. Acquired by CVS/Caremark (CVS)
Advanced BioHealing (ABH) is delivering the promise of regenerative medicine today.
Acquired by Shire (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY)
Aldea is developing novel enzyme activators to enhance the removal of toxic aldehydes, including those associated with the common flushing response to alcohol in persons of East Asian descent.
Private | Palo Alto, CA
AllBusiness.com is an online media and commerce company that presents practical solutions to real-world business questions.
Public. Acquired by NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi)
Alsius is the worldwide leader in core body temperature regulation technology.
Public (ALUS) | Irvine, CA
AlterEgo Networks helps companies accelerate productivity by enabling Internet content adaption and delivery for wireless devices.
Acquired by Macromedia (MACR)
Altheos is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of promising novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of glaucoma.
Private | South San Francisco, CA
Amicus is pioneering next-generation oral therapies for the management of human genetic diseases.
Public (FOLD) | Cranbury, NJ
ANADIGICS is enabling wireless OEMs to build more capabilities into each new generation of products with industry-leading power amplifiers for wireless and broadband applications.
Public (ANAD) | Warren, NJ
Aperto Networks is the leader in the most challenging segment of the WiMAX equipment market: carrier-class infrastructure.
Private | Milpitas, CA
Apieron is developing a noninvasive monitor to measure exhaled nitric oxide for managing inflammation and controlling the underlying disease of asthma.
Acquired by Aerocrine
Apriva is the leading wireless provider of secure and reliable Point of Sale (POS) applications.
Private | Scottsdale, AZ
Arbor Networks acquired Ellacoya, delivering on its mission to deliver secure service control solutions for global networks. Its customers include over 70 percent of the world’s ISPs and many of the largest enterprise networks in use today.
Private | Chelmsford, MA
Argon developed a high-speed routing switch for the next-generation multi-service Internet.
Acquired by Siemens (SI)
Associated Content is the Web’s leading open content publishing platform. With over 1 million unique pieces of content and 250,000 contributors and growing, AC’s proprietary publishing and content management system enables consumers, media partners and professionals to distribute and be compensated for content.
Acquired by Yahoo! | New York, NY
Axial Exchange is the open source solution to sharing health care information.
Private | Raleigh, NC
Bharat Matrimony is the world’s largest consumer Internet site for matrimonial services.
Private | Chennai, India
BiPar is developing a potential new class of tumor-selective drugs designed to meet the unmet needs of cancer patients.
Acquired by Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN) (NYSE: SNY)
Blip is revolutionizing media by making independent show production sustainable, scalable and profitable.
Private | New York, NY
Blurb is changing the face of publishing by letting anyone easily create and sell bookstore-quality books.
Private | San Francisco, CA
Services for broadband network implementation.
Private | Highlands Ranch, CO
Business Layers was the first company to define and address the eProvisioning market, and the first to define a provisioning standard.
Acquired by Netegrity (NETE)
BiddingForGood is the leader in online auction fundraising for nonprofit organizations.
Private | Cambridge, MA