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Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm with a strong commitment to the Indian market. We believe in bringing not just capital, but also our time, domain expertise, global connections and team approach to every venture we take on.

We have grown our international operations organically with investment professionals who know their home markets inside-and-out. Our goal is to create lasting partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams who have the same drive to succeed as we do.  We seek investments in technology-based companies in the following sectors:

  • Consumer Internet & Digital Media
  • Mobile
  • Enterprise & Managed Services

Canaan India Investments

Bharat Matrimony

Bharat Matrimony

BharatMatrimony pioneered online matrimony and is the world’s largest consumer Internet site for matrimonial services. It was the first to offer features such as Verified Profiles, Assured Contacts, 15 region specific portals and Mobile Alerts in the online matrimony space. It became the first matrimonial site to receive the coveted ISO 9000:2001 Certification, a touchstone of excellence in design, development, implementation and customer service. And recently, with over 10 million members from around the globe, BharatMatrimony has entered the Limca Book of Records for the highest number of documented marriages online.

www.bharatmatrimony.com
Cellcast

Cellcast

In the new era of participatory entertainment, Cellcast has developed innovative strategies for integrating mobile content into the multi-channel TV environment. Cellcast’s first TV series launched in mid-2006 and became a landmark in the Indian television industry. The company is a pioneer in developing integrated participation content to address the entertainment demands of India’s 112 million TV households and 165 million mobile phone subscribers. Cellcast applications and programming are already building new traffic for mobile networks and generating significant revenue for broadcast partners in Europe, South America and Asia. 

cellcast.in/
iYogi Holdings PVT Ltd.

iYogi Holdings PVT Ltd.

Headquartered in India, iYogi provides computer support via phone and remote access for home and small business users globally. Live 24/7 support coverage extends to technologies that we use everyday. iYogi’s customer approval rate of 93% and resolution rate of 84% are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the computer support industry. iYogi combines superior talent with proprietary technology (iMantra) to deliver the best computer support service from India at an incredible price. iYogi’s personalization engine captures the customer’s demographic information and his/her behavioral profile. iYogi’s database serves information on the customer and his/her history of incidents, every time a contact is made to provide a personalized service and reduce time for the solution.

www.iyogi.net
UnitedLex

UnitedLex

UnitedLex is the global leader in legal consulting, analytics and outsourcing solutions delivering rapid and scalable results with measurable returns in the fields of Litigation Support, Contract Management, Intellectual Property, Immigration and Law Firm Support.

www.unitedlex.com

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Harish Gandhi
Deepak Kamra
Alok Mittal
Sharad Sharma
Mukul Singhal

News

June 23, 2009
BharatMatrimony Founder, Murugavel Janakiraman, speaks about the need to promote internet companies in India

June 22, 2009
iYogi Honored in The 2009 American Business Awards for Customer Service

June 10, 2009
Google allows users to create, edit content in Indian languages

June 5, 2009
iYogi: Increasing Impact of Computer Support

June 2, 2009
UnitedLex CEO, Daniel Reed, comments on India’s outsourcing business

May 29, 2009
“India is ready for more VC-backed EIR Programs” Alok Mittal

May 28, 2009
iYogi Named Among "Cool Companies" by Business Today

May 27, 2009
Canaan Partners Appoints Former Yahoo! and Symantec Executive, Sharad Sharma, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

May 15, 2009
mCarbon: India's Young Entrepreneurs See Opportunity in Slump

May 12, 2009
iYogi Acquires Clean Machine Inc.

May 12, 2009
MCarbon Powers Airtel’s Global Start/Stop Service; Call Manager, Music On Demand Next

April 29, 2009
Alok Mittal from Canaan Partners on ‘Investment Themes on the Internet’ at Web Innovation 2009

April 28, 2009
Canaan Partners India: Early-Stage Investing in India (RWS Interview with Alok Mittal)

April 21, 2009
MCarbon - VC funding: new rules of the game

April 21, 2009
Indian clean-tech firms’ cash demands an issue for VCs

April 20, 2009
mCarbon: Consumer may vote for 3G

April 17, 2009
Cellcast Gets IPL Mobile Content Rights For India, Covering SMS, Voice And USSD

April 15, 2009
Top execs quit jobs to become entrepreneurs

April 14, 2009
Meltdown toll: VC investments in India shrink to $49 mn, down 58%

April 1, 2009
iYogi Launches a Dedicated Support Desk to Secure Against the Conficker Worm

March 31, 2009
Co-investing gains momentum as early-stage VCs hedge risk

March 19, 2009
Alok Mittal - Venture Capital funds available for technology start-ups

March 10, 2009
Bharat Matrimony Facial search feature launched

March 10, 2009
Free models don’t work in difficult times, investors say

March 6, 2009
Canaan Partners' Alok Mittal & Mukul Singhal On The Missing Links in Business Plans

March 1, 2009
iYogi launches Remote Technical Support Services in Australia

February 26, 2009
BharatMatrimony.com partners with Idea Cellular

February 17, 2009
Bharat Matrimony - Slowdown Has Not Slowed Marriages

February 9, 2009
Canaan Partners Leads Mobile Investment in mCarbon

January 29, 2009
Alok Mittal comments on VC Strike Rate

January 23, 2009
Alok Mittal Named Among India's "50 Hottest Young Executives" by Business Today

January 13, 2009
Canaan Announces Strategic, Executive Promotions in U.S., India and Israel

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