Canaan Partners β 2015 Investments
22 investments dated 2015 Β· listed companies and verified rows first Β· show all
Arvinas develops targeted protein degradation therapies using its PROTAC (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) platform, which harnesses the body's natural protein disposal system to degrade disease-causing proteins.
BiotechHealthtechNew Haven, US
Sean Cassidy(Executive Officer)Manuel Litchman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardStephen Squinto(Director)inLiam Ratcliffe(Director)Kush Parmar(Director)
Board seatTim ShannonΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investors5AM VenturesAccess BiotechnologyConnecticut InnovationsNextech InvestRA CapitalSolasta Ventures+1 more
Nextcure is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing immunotherapies targeting IO pathways, with a focus on oncology applications.
BiotechBeltsville, US
Timothy Mayer(Executive Officer)Michael Richman(Executive Officer, Director)Elaine V. Jones(Director)Udayan Guha(Executive Officer)Anne Borgman(Director)Steven P. Cobourn(Executive Officer)
Board seatTim ShannonΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsLAVLilly Asia VenturesPfizer Venture InvestmentsQuan CapitalSofinnova VenturesTaiho Ventures, LLC+1 more
Protagonist is a company that emphasizes a diverse and inclusive corporate culture as central to its innovation, with stated goals of creating wins for its organization and for patients.
BiotechHealthtechMilpitas, US
Dinesh V. Patel, PhD(Executive Officer, Director)Dinesh Patel(President & Chief Executive Officer)
BoardAsish K. Xavier, Ph.D.(Director)Michael Panaccio, Ph.D.(Director)Armen Shanafelt, Ph.D.(Director)Paul F. Truex(Director)
Co-investorsAisling CapitalJJDCLilly VenturesStarfish Ventures
Antiva Biosciences develops a topical therapeutic for women with high-risk HPV infection and pre-cancerous cervical lesions, utilizing antiviral prodrug chemistry.
BiotechFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US
Gail Maderis(Director)Kristine Ball(Executive Officer, Director)Elaine Chien(Executive Officer)Sarah Walter(Executive Officer)Raju Gadiraju(Executive Officer)John Sayward(Executive Officer)
Board seatWende HuttonΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAdjuvant CapitalBrace PharmaLumira VenturesMPM BioImpactOUP (Osage University Partners)Sofinnova Ventures+2 more
Advanced ManufacturingLos Gatos, US
Kelly Lewis Brezoczky(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Crawley(Executive Officer)
BoardDavid Alberga(Director)Karl P Ronn(Director)
Board seatWende HuttonΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $3.1M raise Β· filed May 2015
Cargomatic runs a US marketplace matching shippers with local short-haul, drayage, LTL and white glove trucking capacity.
Marina Del Rey, US
Brett Parker(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Kessler(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatHrach SimonianΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)eGateway CapitalGreen Meadow VenturesKombo VenturesRachel Zoe VenturesRPS Ventures+10 more
Pharmaceutical company developing medicines and vaccines for patient health and treatment.
BiotechHealthtechSan Diego, US
Jeffrey Stein(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Judice(Director)Kevin Forrest(Executive Officer)Dirk Thye(Executive Officer)Ken Bartizal(Executive Officer)Paul Daruwala(Executive Officer)
Board seatNina KjellsonΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $42M raise Β· filed Feb 2015
Co-investors5AM VenturesAisling CapitalBain Capital Life SciencesFrazier Life SciencesRA CapitalVivo Capital+1 more
EndoGastric Solutions offers the Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF 2.0) procedure and the EsophyX device used to treat GERD, along with reimbursement and technical/administrative support (TAP program) for medical practices.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Mateo, US
Philip Macdonald(Executive Officer)Louis Baldino(Executive Officer, Director)Lilip Lau(Executive Officer)Guy Jordan(Director)Floyd Loop, M.D.(Director)Josh DeFonzo(Executive Officer)
Board seatBrent AhrensΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAccelmed PartnersEvidity Health CapitalLightstone VenturesVCFA GroupDe Novo VenturesFOUNDATION MEDICAL PARTNERS+1 more
BiotechMorrisville, US
Ben Yerxa(Executive Officer)Eric Linsley(Executive Officer)
BoardEd Mathers(Director)inSeth Rudnick(Director)inNeal Fowler(Director)
Board seatStephen BlochΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $5.1M raise Β· filed Oct 2015
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Pappas Capital
Komprise provides analytics-driven unstructured data management and mobility software that helps enterprises analyze, tier, and move file and object data across storage systems and the cloud, including curating data for AI.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCampbell, US
Krishna Subramanian(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKumar Goswami(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMike Peercy(Founder)in
BoardLip Bu Tan(Director)in
Board seatMaha IbrahimΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalMultiplier Capital
Ann Arbor-founded biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule immunomodulators for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
BiotechAnn Arbor, US
Paul Sekhri(Executive Officer)Gary Glick(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Gillis(Director)Kathleen M. Metters(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRobert Kamen(Director)inMichael Hayden(Director)
Board seatNina KjellsonΒ· per SEC Form D Β· filed Jun 2015
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersThird Rock Ventures
HealthtechColumbus, US
Wayne Poll(Executive Officer, Director)Renee Albarano(Executive Officer)Caroline Crisafulli(Executive Officer)
BoardFred M. Schwarzer(Director)
Board seatWende HuttonBrent AhrensΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $14.1M raise Β· filed Nov 2015
RealtyMogul is a real estate crowdfunding platform that enables investors to access commercial real estate investment opportunities.
B2B MarketplacesFintechMarketplacesPropTechLos Angeles, US
Jilliene Helman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Justin Hughes(Director)
BoardSteve Ozonian(Director)
Board seatHrach SimonianΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsMDT VenturesTechstarsVoiVoda Ventures
San Francisco, US
Shelby Clark(Director)Andre Haddad(Executive Officer, Director)Anne Dorman(Executive Officer)
BoardHoward Hartenbaum(Director)inJoe Kraus(Director)
Board seatDeepak KamraΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $35.2M raise Β· filed Mar 2022
Co-investorsAugust CapitalSpero Ventures
Relievant offers the Intracept Procedure, a minimally invasive, FDA-cleared medical intervention designed to relieve chronic low back pain caused by vertebrogenic pain.
Medical DevicesRedwood City, US
Alex DiNello(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRichard Mott(Director)Justin Klein(Director)inJason Lettman(Director)John Ryan(Director)
Board seatBrent AhrensΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsEmergent Medical Partners, LLPLightstone VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Vensana Capital
Mountain View, US
Thomas Lounibos(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Boyes(Executive Officer)Gamiel Gran(Executive Officer)
BoardClint Chao(Director)Blake Modersitzki(Director)
Board seatJohn BalenΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsMacquarie CapitalPelion Venture Partners
The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated luxury consignment, allowing consumers to buy and sell pre-owned designer clothing, accessories, jewelry, watches, and home goods.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Julie Wainwright(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Gustke(Executive Officer)Henry V. Barry(Executive Officer)Henry V Barry(Executive Officer)
BoardMathias Schilling(Director)inCynthia Ringo(Director)
Board seatMaha IbrahimΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesBright Pixel CapitalDBL PartnersGreycroftHDS Capital+10 more
BiotechSeattle, US
Kristine Swiderek(Executive Officer)Russ Hawkinson(Executive Officer)Clifford Stocks(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteven Gillis(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Mirabelli(Director)
Board seatWende HuttonΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $4.4M raise Β· filed May 2015
Unchained Labs builds instruments for lipid nanoparticle and other nanomedicine production, spanning R&D formulation screening through GMP-compliant clinical manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHardwareHealthtechPleasanton, US
Tim Harkness(Executive Officer, Director)inJason Novi(Executive Officer)
BoardHeather Preston(Director)Jack Nielsen(Director)Joe Keegan(Director)
Board seatBrent AhrensΒ· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCEI VenturesTri-Valley VenturesTPG
San Mateo, US
Ayush Parashar(Executive Officer)James Carr(Executive Officer)Sean Keenan(Executive Officer)Robert Carlson(Executive Officer, Director)JAMES CARR(Executive Officer, Director)SEAN KEENAN(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatMaha IbrahimΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $10M raise Β· filed Oct 2015
Co-investorsRenegade PartnersScale Venture Partners
Denver, US
Board seatNina KjellsonΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $45M raise Β· filed Dec 2015
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersExcel Venture ManagementInsight PartnersMarlin Equity PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Social video analytics company providing cross-platform audience and content intelligence; acquired by Chartbeat in March 2023.
Mountain View, US
Robert Gabel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatt Coffin(Director)Rick Heitzmann(Director)Allen DeBevoise(Director)Warren Lee(Director)
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalLerer HippeauMarkerSV Angel
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