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Warren Lee

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Warren Lee

Warren Lee is a leading digital media and Internet investor. A recognized thought leader on the future of online advertising and the rapid evolution of the media landscape, Warren joined Canaan Partners’ East Coast office in 2005 and manages its New York City office.

Warren led Canaan’s investments in Associated Content, the Web’s leading open content publishing platform; Blip, the best place to discover the best in original Web series; Peer39, the leading online semantic advertising company; Tremor Video, the world’s largest online video technology and media company; and Vivox, the leading provider of voice services for online games and virtual worlds.

Warren co-organizes the NYC Turing Fellows Program, which matches outstanding computer science and engineering students from across the U.S. and Canada to paid summer internships with leading technology startups in NYC. He is also on the board of NYVCA, the Venture Capital Association for NYC.

Warren previously worked at Comcast Interactive Capital, where he led their investments in several leading technology startups, including Arbor Networks (acquired by Tektronix for $220 million), Arroyo Video Solutions (acquired by Cisco for $92 million), Broadbus Technologies (acquired by Motorola for $186 million), CommunityConnect (acquired by Radio One), Counterpane Internet Security (acquired by British Telecom for $70 million), ReefEdge (acquired by Symantec), and Tripwire (acquired by Bravo Thomson for $180 million). Before joining the venture industry, Warren worked as an engineer and project manager at Solectron Corp., a business development director at Sun Microsystems, a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, and an investment banker in Alex Brown’s technology group.

Warren holds a BS in computer science and BA in economics with honors from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School. He currently sits on the boards of Artspace, Blip, onefinestay,  Tremor Video, and Vivox.

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Boards + Investments

Artspace
Blip
onefinestay
Tremor Video
Vivox

Past Investments

Associated Content (acq. by Yahoo!)
Arbor Networks (acq. by Tektronix)
Arroyo Video Solutions (acq. by Cisco)
Broadbus Technologies (acq. by Motorola)
Counterpane Internet Security (acq. by British Telecom)
Motionbox (acq. by HP)
Peer39 (acq. by DG)
Tripwire (acq. by Thoma Bravo)

News

March 11, 2013
Fairtale of New York?

February 19, 2013
Artspace.com Raises $8.5M Series B To Expand Online Marketplace For Fine Art

May 29, 2012
New York’s Tech Boom: Here to Stay This Time?

March 5, 2012
Canaan's Lee on VC fundraising, evolution of LP demands

February 15, 2012
Announcing the 2012 Power Players New York City