Canvas Ventures
Venture capitalCampbell · Seed–Series B · 19 people tracked
Also known as CANVAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.L.C.
Investment thesis
Canvas Prime (formerly Canvas Ventures) is an early-stage venture firm focused on artificial intelligence applied to digital health and fintech. The firm leads Series A and B investments in a select few companies ready to scale, positioning itself as a go-to-market expert with more than a decade of experience at the forefront of AI. It emphasizes hands-on support, opening its network and making strategic introductions to help portfolio companies with growth-stage fundraising and customer traction. The firm cites a proven track record of investing across fintech and digital health.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 19 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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What they invest in
from 33 of 94 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×10SaaS ×10Fintech ×8Healthtech ×7Digital Health ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5B2B Marketplaces ×4
HQs:United States×40
Investments · 94 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDoximity is the largest verified network of healthcare professionals in the U.S., connecting physicians, PAs, NPs, pharmacists, and medical students across specialties and care settings.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US
Jeff Tangney(CEO)Dr. Nate Gross(Co-founder)
Intuit operates a platform of AI-powered financial and business software products including tax filing (TurboTax), credit management (Credit Karma), accounting and payroll (QuickBooks), and marketing automation (Mailchimp) for small businesses and individuals.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSMountain View, US
Omada Health provides virtual-first, integrated care programs for chronic disease management, delivered as data-driven solutions for employers, health plans, and healthcare organizations.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Root(Director)Casper De Clercq(Director)Andrew DiMichelle(Executive Officer, Director)Adrian James(Executive Officer, Director)Sean Duffy(Executive Officer, Director)Balaji Srinivasan(Director)
Flyhomes provides a wholesale lending platform offering "Buy Before You Sell" financial products that allow homebuyers to purchase a home before selling their current one.
B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechSeattle, US
Tushar Garg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Adam Hopson(Executive Officer)inRyan Dibble(Executive Officer)inMark Vadon(Director)Stephen Lane(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardAlex Rampell(Director)
Keyway is an AI-powered infrastructure platform for commercial real estate that connects data, documents, and workflows into a unified operational layer.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTech
Eglae(CEO)inGonzalo(CTO and Head of Product)inRamiro(Head of Operations and Finance)inJoe(Head of Business Development and Growth)inEsteban(Head of AI Strategy and Product Innovation)in
Flyhomes provides buy-before-you-sell financial products through a wholesale lending platform, enabling homebuyers to purchase a new home before selling their current one.
B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechSan Francisco, US
Abhijeet Dwivedi(Founder)inTushar(Co-Founder)Steve(Co-Founder)
Beverly Hills, US
Brandon Werber(Executive Officer, Director)Eliyahu Ben-Ezra(Executive Officer)Roy Rubin(Director)Asher Leids(Director)
BoardWilliam Su(Director)David Shadpour(Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D
East Brunswick, US
Andrew McElroy(Executive Officer, Director)Michael C. Brown, Jr.(Director)Jonathan Salama(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $34.1M raise · filed Jun 2023
CoCounsel is an AI platform designed for legal, tax, audit, compliance, and drafting professionals, offering fiduciary-grade AI grounded in authoritative content with enterprise-grade security and transparency features.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSan Francisco, US
Jake Heller(Founder/CEO)in
BoardJohn Buttrick(Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D
Oakland, US
David Weiden(Director)Devin Wade(Executive Officer, Promoter)Gary Beasley(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Gregor Watson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Apr 2019
San Francisco, US
Board seatGary Little· per SEC Form D · $5.1M raise · filed Jul 2025
Foursquare provides location intelligence and geospatial technology through APIs, platforms, and tools for developers and enterprises.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech<UNKNOWN>, US
Gary Little(President & CEO)inVikram Gundeti(Chief Technology Officer)inDavid Im(SVP & Head of Global Finance)inLindsey Kintner(SVP, Global Head of Sales)inJames HuYoung(General Counsel)inPam Thomas(VP, Chief of Staff)in
Board seatGary Little· per SEC Form D · $150M raise · filed Jul 2019
San Francisco, US
Krzysztof Kujawa(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Rebecca Lynn(Director)Dr. Hanno Fichtner(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D · $11.9M raise · filed Mar 2018
Mountain View, US
Michael Kaplan(Director)Darren Dworken(Director)Todd Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Lynn(Director)Ted Meisel(Director)Meg Holland(Executive Officer)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D
New York, US
Jacob Fingert(Director)Sebastian Wilner(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Lynn(Director)Matias Recchia(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Nov 2022
New York, US
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $25.4M raise · filed Jun 2019
Palo Alto, US
Nathan Ackerman(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Hodge(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Lynn(Director)Trae Vassallo(Director)Elizabeth B. Hamren(Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D · $10.5M raise · filed May 2018
Particle Health provides secure healthcare data access and interoperability services, enabling analysis and actionable insights across healthcare platforms.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechBrooklyn, US
Greene Taylor(Director)Dan Horbatt(Executive Officer, Director)Troy Bannister(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D
Alameda, US
Dan Laufer(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Hsiao(Director)
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $5.2M raise · filed Feb 2021
Seattle, US
ANTHONY HUANG(Executive Officer, Director)TYLER CONANT(Director)ANDY LIU(Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D · $11M raise · filed Jun 2019
Redwood City, US
Anurag Gupta(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Vab Goel(Director)Paul Hsiao(Director)
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $22M raise · filed Mar 2019
Tilled provides payment facilitation services delivered as a software-as-a-service platform, enabling software companies to embed payment processing capabilities, monitor merchant transactions, and generate revenue from payments across the U.S. and Canada.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBoulder, US
Caleb Avery(Executive Officer, Director)John Wallington(Director)Ben Capell(Director)John Allen(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Lynn(Director)Abhinav Tiwari(Director)
Board seatRebecca Lynn· per SEC Form D
Totango offers a customer success platform for businesses to manage customer relationships and drive revenue retention and growth, including AI-powered features like account summaries and a customer intelligence engine.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Mateo, US
Tomer Manor(VP Finance)Sherman Chu(Director)Gary Robert Little(Director)Tomas Carlos Tovar(Director)Nechemia Jacob Peres(Director)Eric Albert Benhamou(Director)
Board seatGary Little· per SEC Form D
Watershed builds a unified data analysis platform with analysis workflows and automation features that helps scientists analyze large volumes of biological data.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureCambridge, US
Mark Kalinich(Co-founder)Jonathan Wang(Co-founder)
Board seatPaul Hsiao· per SEC Form D · $12.7M raise · filed Feb 2023
BrazeAI Decisioning Studio is an AI platform that helps marketers make personalized 1:1 customer decisions by optimizing channel, offer, creative, and timing across hundreds of customer attributes.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechBoston, US
George Khachatryan(Executive Officer, Director)Victor Kostyuk(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Ghaffary(Director)
Home and auto insurance shopping platform; acquired by Experian.
Austin, US
Christian Idylle(Director)Zachary Kinloch(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Broderick(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Ghaffary(Director)Jake Fingert(Director)
Machine learning software platform that transforms unlabeled data into high-quality AI training data.
Float operates a technology platform that enables nurses to administer specialty medications to patients at home, serving patients requiring specialty infusions and healthcare providers seeking to shift treatment delivery from hospitals and clinics.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesMedical DevicesCarlsbad, US
Ryan Johnson(Founder)inChristy Johnson(Founder)inMike Ghaffary(Director)Sara Adler(Director)Lauren Sullivan(Executive Officer, Director)
Folloze provides an AI-powered platform for personalizing B2B buyer journeys, using buyer signals to help marketers launch campaigns faster and convert more effectively.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechPalo, US
Tsvi Menachemi(Executive Officer)Etai Beck(Executive Officer, Director)David Brutman(Executive Officer, Director)
AI-powered test automation platform using intelligent agents to build and maintain software tests.
San Francisco, US
Ray Grieselhuber(Executive Officer, Director)Tamas Cser(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
FutureAdvisor provides digital wealth management services to middle- and upper-middle-income households, offering automated portfolio management and financial advice at lower costs than traditional advisory firms.
FintechSan Francisco, US
Bo Lu(Founder/CEO)in
General Assembly delivers tech bootcamps and workforce training programs to help individuals launch technology careers, while serving companies seeking to build diverse tech talent pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech<UNKNOWN>, US
H. Scott Kirkpatrick(Executive Officer)Richard Barth(Director)Jason Stoffer(Director)David Bradley(Director)Matthew Brimer(Executive Officer)Jake Schwartz(Executive Officer, Director)
Training data for machine learning.
Reimagining home and auto insurance shopping.
Happen Bank is a financial services company serving retail banking customers.
FintechSector Agnostic
HealthtechSan Marino, US
John Bracaglia(Executive Officer, Director)
San Francisco, US
Gregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Gary Little(Director)Ann Winblad(Director)Steven Collins(Director)
Acquired by Providence Equity Partners
Financial services and risk analysis platform
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures
as of Dec 2024| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canvas Ventures 3 L.P.LPs: Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System, Richard King Mellon Foundation | 2020 | — | -3.2% | 0.92x | 0.00x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Canvas Ventures invest at?
- Canvas Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Canvas Ventures's typical check size?
- Canvas Ventures typically writes checks of $5M – $20M.
- What sectors does Canvas Ventures focus on?
- Canvas Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Digital Health, Fintech.
- Where is Canvas Ventures located?
- Canvas Ventures is headquartered in Campbell, US.
- Does Canvas Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Canvas Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team388th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Gary Little, Canvas Ventures
1Mby1M Roundtables · Gary Little
What VCs Actually Want Beyond an AI Demo | Rebecca Lynn, Canvas Ventures
EO · Rebecca Lynn
Preparing a Startup for M&A - Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder Canvas Ventures
Miguel Armaza · Rebecca Lynn
Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder of Canvas Ventures - Building a Billion Dollar Brand
Miguel Armaza · Rebecca Lynn
Grit, What the Best Entrepreneurs Have in Common - Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder of Canvas Ventures
Miguel Armaza · Rebecca Lynn
Hardest Part of Building a VC Fund - Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder of Canvas Ventures
Miguel Armaza · Rebecca Lynn
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