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.

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Palladium Interactive

Palladium Interactive develops and distributes interactive multimedia software.

Acquired by Mattel (MAT)
Pavad Medical

Pavad develops medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea.

Private  |  Fremont, CA
Peer39

Peer39 provides innovative semantic advertising solutions.

Private  |  Brooklyn, NY
Peninsula Pharmaceuticals

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals is developing new antibiotic medications to treat life-threatening infections.

Acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Phylogix

Phylogix is an early-stage pharmaceutical company developing chemoprotectant compounds.

Private  |  Waltham, MA
PicksPal

PicksPal is the fastest-growing sports and entertainment destination on the Internet.

Acquired by Liberty Media
Plixi

Plixi is a real-time media sharing platform for the social web.

Private  |  San Diego, CA
Pozen

Pozen is a pharmaceutical company developing therapeutic advancements for treatment of acute migraine.

Public (POZN)
Praecis Pharmaceuticals

Praecis Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on Peptide-based therapeutics that have the potential to address unmet medical needs or improve existing therapies.

Public. Acquired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Premier Laboratory Services

Premier Laboratory Services provides clinical testing laboratories.

Acquired by Unilab Corporation (ULAB)
PrimeSense

PrimeSense technology allows digital devices to perceive the world in 3D and derive an understanding of the world based on sight, just the way humans do.

Private  |  Tel-Aviv, Israel
Priority Call Management

Priority Call Management provides intelligent telephony applications.

Acquired by LHS Group (LHSG)  |  Wilmington, MA
Productivity Solutions

Productivity Solutions develops automated self-service checkout solutions.

Acquired by IBM (IBM)
Qbiquity

Qbiquity is an online marketing service that assists marketers in acquiring and retaining customers via personal relationship marketing.

Acquired by Collabrys
RamRe

RAMRe is focused on providing financial guaranty reinsurance to third parties.

Public (RAMR)
Recourse Technologies

Recourse Technologies is the leading provider of the threat management solutions that detect, analyze and respond to service attacks.

Acquired by Symantec (SYMC)
Relievant Medsystems

Relievant develops medical devices to address chronic back pain.

Private  |  Redwood City, CA
Renaissance Wireless

Renaissance Wireless integrates all cell phone radio frequency functions into a single chip.

Private  |  San Francisco, CA
ReVision Optics

ReVision Optics (RVO) is improving eyesight though the development of a new technology aimed at the correction of presbyopia.

Private  |  Lake Forest, CA
Revivant

Revivant develops and markets proprietary technology to treat cardiac arrest.

Acquired by Zoll (ZOLL)
RightPoint Software

RightPoint Software produces enterprise applications for delivering real-time, one-to-one marketing campaigns via interactive customer touch points.

Acquired by E.piphany (EPNY)

News

DIGITAL MEDIA

August 24, 2010
Blurb makes the Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies and #1 Media Company

August 19, 2010
Equitas Micro Finance Raises Rs 45 Cr From Canaan Partners

July 8, 2010
Peer39 Adds Digital Advertising Executive Alex White as VP Product and Account Management

July 8, 2010
(LiveU News) IP Tech On The Road To Passing Trucks

July 8, 2010
Interview with Pankaj Thakar, Chief Executive Officer, MD, Cellcast Interactive India

COMM + MOBILITY

June 4, 2010
The $100M Revenue Club: Cortina Systems, Powered By Intel

May 26, 2010
N-trig Wins Gold Honor at Society for Information Display’s 2010 Display of the Year Awards

May 25, 2010
Cortina Takes PON Integration to Next Level with Voice and Switching

May 21, 2010
Xirrus: Fighting for Wireless Dominance: Interop

May 13, 2010
N-trig improves Windows 7 Multi-touch capabilities for Tablets and PCs

ENTERPRISE

August 31, 2010
Dodging Twitter, TweetPhoto becomes photo check-in social network Plixi

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Expands Its Photo Sharing Services for the Social Web and Changes its Name to Plixi

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Becomes Plixi, Presents New Vision for Location-Based Services

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Renames Itself As It Grows Beyond Twitter

August 31, 2010
TweetPhoto Fills Its Own Hole Before Twitter Can, Rebrands Itself as “Plixi”

CLEAN TECH

June 7, 2010
Enpirion Introduces New PowerSoC Family of DC-DC Converters for DDR2/DDR3 Memory Termination Supply (VTT) Applications

May 24, 2010
Enpirion's New High Performance EN6300 DC-DC Family Raises the Bar for Combined Efficiency and Power Density

December 15, 2009
Enpirion's 3A synchronous buck dc/dc converter among EDN' s Hot 100 Electronic Products of 2009

October 29, 2009
EnStorage - 7 Solar Innovators From Israel That Could Fuel Our Planet

August 6, 2009
Enpirion 6A PSIP dc/dc converter achieves 15W/cm²

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

July 23, 2010
BiPar teaching Sanofi new tricks

June 7, 2010
Sanofi CEO Sees ‘Stunning’ Results for Cancer Drug (BiPar Sciences)

May 13, 2010
Chimerix Initiates Phase 1 Study of CMX157

May 11, 2010
(VaxInnate News) Winners of the TiE50 Awards 2010

May 4, 2010
RTP biotech firm Chimerix names new CEO

MEDICAL DEVICES

September 1, 2010
Advanced BioHealing to Highlight Standard of Care for Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers at Save a Leg, Save a Life National Conference

August 31, 2010
Financings roundup: EndoGastric Solutions reports closing $30 million 'F' round

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric Solutions Raises $30M Via Series F Funding

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric raises $30M

August 30, 2010
EndoGastric Solutions Completes $30 Million Financing Round

DIAGNOSTICS

September 10, 2009
Cylex, Inc. Appoints Brad L. Stewart as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board