Kumar Sreekanti Joins Canaan as Venture Partner
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Kumar Sreekanti Joins Canaan as Venture Partner

We’re thrilled to welcome Kumar Sreekanti as a Venture Partner at Canaan! He will be leading investments in the infrastructure software space. Kumar’s esteemed career as a visionary technologist and seasoned leader in enterprise infrastructure software makes him an ideal addition to our team. His insights and expertise will be instrumental as we continue to partner with founders building the next generation of software.
Valid: Reinventing the Ad Agency with AI
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Valid: Reinventing the Ad Agency with AI

We’re excited to announce that Canaan is leading Valid’s seed round. Valid isn’t just another marketing tech tool or vertical agent play. Valid is...
FierceBiotech: Qlaris Sees Double as Drug Reduces Eye Pressure in Pair of Phase 2 Trials
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FierceBiotech: Qlaris Sees Double as Drug Reduces Eye Pressure in Pair of Phase 2 Trials

Qlaris Bio is seeing double when it comes to Phase 2 wins for its eye drug, hitting the primary endpoints in trials that both spanned primary open...
WiseLayer: The AI Powerhouse Transforming Financial Management
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WiseLayer: The AI Powerhouse Transforming Financial Management

We’re thrilled to lead the seed round for WiseLayer and its AI agents (including Angela for accruals and revenue recognition and Dennis for...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Powering the Shift Towards Customer-Centric Companies: Announcing Our Investment in Enterpret
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Powering the Shift Towards Customer-Centric Companies: Announcing Our Investment in Enterpret

We firmly believe that in this world of enterprise AI and deep personalization, the best companies will differentiate on how customer-centric they...
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Stablecoin: The next money movement super highway

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TechCrunch: This ex-Scale AI Leader Built a Platform to Automatically Extracts Insights From Customer Feedback

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AI's shift to efficiency

The Advent of SMB Security: Why We Backed Cynomi
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The Advent of SMB Security: Why We Backed Cynomi

At the heart of Cynomi is a simple idea: to enable SMBs to prevent, withstand, and recover from cybersecurity incidents – what’s become known as...
Harnessing the Power of Generative AI, Securely at Scale, With AIM
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Harnessing the Power of Generative AI, Securely at Scale, With AIM

We’re excited to announce our investment in Aim Security , a company dedicated to securing the use of AI across the enterprise.
AI for Human Connection: Enabling Equitable Communication with Nagish
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AI for Human Connection: Enabling Equitable Communication with Nagish

Nagish is to captions what Apple Pay is to payments. Nagish, available on iOS and Android, boasts on its website its software “captions your calls...
Canaan Adds Accomplished Executive and Scientist, Uwe Schoenbeck, Ph.D., Along with New Capital, to Bolster its Biopharma Investment Efforts
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Canaan Adds Accomplished Executive and Scientist, Uwe Schoenbeck, Ph.D., Along with New Capital, to Bolster its Biopharma Investment Efforts

With decades of success in the identification of breakthrough science, deal making and venture investing, Dr. Schoenbeck offers expertise and skill...
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Forbes: Nagish CEO Tomer Aharoni Talks Breaking Down Communication Barriers, New Funding In Interview

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Lily AI Opens First International Office in London to Support Retailers in UK and Europe

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A look at Juno East Austin, the City's First Mass Timber Apartment Building

Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: Tomorrow.io is the Source When Tomorrow’s Weather Forecast Calls for Accuracy
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Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: Tomorrow.io is the Source When Tomorrow’s Weather Forecast Calls for Accuracy

Tomorrow.io uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide game-changing weather forecasts tailored to specific locations.
Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: How Dusty Robotics Maps a Path to More Efficient Construction
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Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies: How Dusty Robotics Maps a Path to More Efficient Construction

Construction costs and schedules are notorious for veering way off course. Dusty Robotics’s path for getting them back under control starts with...
Hermeus Unveils Jet-Powered Quarterhorse Mk1 Drone
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Hermeus Unveils Jet-Powered Quarterhorse Mk1 Drone

Hermeus has unveiled a jet-powered, remotely-piloted aircraft capable of performing high-speed takeoffs and landings. Called the Quarterhorse Mk1,...
Endpoints News: Nocion raises $62M for different approach to chronic cough than Merck, GSK
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Endpoints News: Nocion raises $62M for different approach to chronic cough than Merck, GSK

In the middle of 2023, Richard Batycky told a couple of his fellow executives at Nocion Therapeutics to consider looking for roles elsewhere. He...
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CRN: Snyk Among Hottest Cybersecurity Companies in 2024

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Snyk Acquires Helios to Bolster its AppSec Platform

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Hermeus Completes Iron Bird Quarterhorse Testing

Canopy Named to 2024 Fintech Innovation 50
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Canopy Named to 2024 Fintech Innovation 50

The 2024 Fintech Innovation 50 recognizes the 50 most promising fintech companies in the eyes of investors.
TechCrunch: Tomorrow.io’s Radar Satellites Use Machine Learning to Punch Well Above Their Weight
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TechCrunch: Tomorrow.io’s Radar Satellites Use Machine Learning to Punch Well Above Their Weight

Tomorrow.io just released the results from its first two radar satellites, which, thanks to machine learning, turn out to be competitive with...
Dana Warren: Laying the Foundation of a Great Partnership
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Dana Warren: Laying the Foundation of a Great Partnership

Strategic business partnerships can be transformational—but how do you go about building successful partnerships?
FierceBiotech: Better Therapeutics adds digital treatment into Glooko’s diabetes management platform
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FierceBiotech: Better Therapeutics adds digital treatment into Glooko’s diabetes management platform

After beginning the U.S. launch of its AspyreRx digital therapeutic for Type 2 diabetes last fall, Better Therapeutics is kicking off the new year...
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Dana Malman Warren Joins Canaan as Venture Partner

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TechCrunch: Diligent raises $25 million to triple its nursing robot’s reach

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New York To Paris In 90 Minutes. Can This Startup Make It Happen?

Canaan Enterprise: 2023 in Review
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Canaan Enterprise: 2023 in Review

2023 has been a remarkable year in more ways than one. The markets have shifted from relentlessly pursuing growth to rewarding efficiency....
Rich Boyle: Meet Moxi: Why We Invested in Diligent Robotics
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Rich Boyle: Meet Moxi: Why We Invested in Diligent Robotics

Diligent Robotics builds socially intelligent autonomous robots that perform non-patient-facing tasks in healthcare facilities. Its first “cobot,”...
Actio Biosciences Announces $55 Million Series A Financing to Advance Precision Medicine Approach for Rare and Common Diseases
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Actio Biosciences Announces $55 Million Series A Financing to Advance Precision Medicine Approach for Rare and Common Diseases

Actio Biosciences, a biotechnology company leveraging a novel platform approach to genetics and precision medicine to develop new therapeutics that...
SaaSQ: Lessons in Fundraising, Budgeting, and Scaling in Uncertain Times
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SaaSQ: Lessons in Fundraising, Budgeting, and Scaling in Uncertain Times

A conversation with renowned enterprise software CFO Mike Scarpelli.
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Fast Company: Juno Named Innovation by Design Finalist

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PayPal Introduces PYUSD Stablecoin in Collaboration with Paxos

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TechCrunch: Savvy, a platform to secure SaaS apps, launches out of stealth with $30M

Forbes: ContentSquare, Snyk Named to Forbes' Cloud 100
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Forbes: ContentSquare, Snyk Named to Forbes' Cloud 100

Our eighth annual Cloud 100 list of the world’s best private cloud computing companies, produced in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and...
Maha Ibrahim Named Forbes' 50 Over 50
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Maha Ibrahim Named Forbes' 50 Over 50

Maha Ibrahim focuses her investments on e-commerce and cloud companies and was one of the first investors in The RealReal. Her other investments...
TechCrunch: Five Takeaways from Instacart’s S-1 Filing
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TechCrunch: Five Takeaways from Instacart’s S-1 Filing

On-demand grocery delivery giant Instacart has finally dropped its much anticipated S-1. The company, actually named MapleBear, is one of the...
Forbes: Hermeus Named to Forbes' Next Billion Dollar Startups
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Forbes: Hermeus Named to Forbes' Next Billion Dollar Startups

New York to Paris in 90 minutes. What a beautiful world that would be. Hermeus aims to make it real. The Atlanta-based startup wants to build a...
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Sports Business Journal's Forty Under 40: Bo Han, Founder of Buzzer

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Tropic Named as one of Fortune's Best Workplaces in New York 2023

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CRN: Snyk To Acquire Enso Security For Improved AppSec Visibility

Nandu Anilal: Compound Startups
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Nandu Anilal: Compound Startups

This year, I’ve noticed more founders describe their businesses as “compound” companies. Borrowing the definition used by Parker Conrad of...
Forbes: Paxos Named to Forbes' Fintech 50
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Forbes: Paxos Named to Forbes' Fintech 50

Paxos has been named to Forbes' Fintech 50.
Tackling the “human” attack surface head on with SAVVY
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Tackling the “human” attack surface head on with SAVVY

We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with SAVVY co-founders Yoav Horman, Guy Guzner, Eldar Kleiner and David Ben Zakai, leading a Series A...
CNBC: Tomorrow.io Aims to Revolutionize Forecasting with a Constellation of Radar Satellites
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CNBC: Tomorrow.io Aims to Revolutionize Forecasting with a Constellation of Radar Satellites

The company recently launched Tomorrow-R1 via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
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This Week in Startups / Angel: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on Fund Sizing, Distribution Strategies & Early VC Days

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Turo Introduces ChatGPT Plugin

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Department of Defense Awards Astra New Launch Contract Add-On

Snyk Named to CNBC 2023 Disruptor 50 List
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Snyk Named to CNBC 2023 Disruptor 50 List

Snyk has been named to the CNBC 2023 Disruptor 50 List, following its debut on the Disruptor List in 2021 and its listing as a Top Startup for the...
BioWorld Insider Podcast: Better Times Ahead for the Biopharma Sector? Could be, the New Numbers Say
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BioWorld Insider Podcast: Better Times Ahead for the Biopharma Sector? Could be, the New Numbers Say

Looking at first quarter numbers and surveying the big picture on this BioWorld Insider podcast are Karen Carey, BioWorld’s managing editor and...
MedCity News: Canaan-Backed Biotech Gives Orphan Receptor a Home and New Role in Gut Cancer Drugs
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MedCity News: Canaan-Backed Biotech Gives Orphan Receptor a Home and New Role in Gut Cancer Drugs

ThirtyFIveBio aims to treat gastrointestinal cancer by targeting a so-called orphan receptor called GPR35.
BioSpace: Aer Therapeutics Raises $36M for Novel Approach to COPD
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BioSpace: Aer Therapeutics Raises $36M for Novel Approach to COPD

A small Raleigh-based startup hopes to shake up the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) market with a treatment for an underserved target...
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Lily AI Named to The Leading 100 of 2023

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TechCrunch: Kepler Communications closes $92M Series C to grow real-time satellite data relay network

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TechCrunch: Lily AI lands new capital to help retailers match customers with products

Canaan Closes $850 Million to Continue 35-Year History of Building and Supporting Transformational Technology and Healthcare Companies
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Canaan Closes $850 Million to Continue 35-Year History of Building and Supporting Transformational Technology and Healthcare Companies

Canaan XIII and Additional Commitments Bring Total Assets Under Management to $6.8 Billion
CSO: Axis Security Acquisition Gives HPE The Edge In SASE Battle
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CSO: Axis Security Acquisition Gives HPE The Edge In SASE Battle

The combination of Axis Security and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Aruba porfolio creates the “most comprehensive edge portfolio in the industry”...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: AI/ML: Data Trojan Horse
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: AI/ML: Data Trojan Horse

Here's how Rayfe has updated his framework to better evaluate AI/ML companies.
Nandu Anilal: Open Source by Default
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Nandu Anilal: Open Source by Default

Nandu Anilal shares his latest on the unique unique advantages of #opensource.
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TechCrunch: Mosey secures fresh capital to help companies comply with payroll rules

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WorkMotion: International hires for Europe at the click of a button

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TechCrunch: Appsmith, a low-code platform for building business apps, lands $41M

Julie Grant to be Appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board
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Julie Grant to be Appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board

We are proud to share that President Biden has announced his intention to appoint Canaan’s Julie Grant, along with five others, to the National...
Endpoints News: Grey Wolf Reels in $49M to Enter the Clinic for New Immunotherapy Target
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Endpoints News: Grey Wolf Reels in $49M to Enter the Clinic for New Immunotherapy Target

When he finds the time to go fly fishing, Peter Joyce says gray wulffs, or mayfly mimics, are his good luck charm — he always catches a fish when...
Endpoints News: Day One to file NDA for pediatric brain cancer drug by summer
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Endpoints News: Day One to file NDA for pediatric brain cancer drug by summer

Day One Biopharmaceuticals will ask regulators to approve its pediatric brain cancer drug tovorafenib before the second half of 2023, the biotech...
BioCentury: Biotech investors bracing for Inflation Reduction Act’s impacts
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BioCentury: Biotech investors bracing for Inflation Reduction Act’s impacts

VCs mull warnings from pharma CEOs that law will reduce incentives for small molecule drug development, precision medicine...
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FinLedger: Lev raises $170M, including Series B led by First American new VC brand

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ImpactAlpha: Theia scores $6.4 million for maternal health in Brazil

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Axios: RenoFi raises $14M for home improvement financing

FierceBiotech: A new day for pediatric cancer patients: Day One's share price doubles on initial data for brain tumor drug
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FierceBiotech: A new day for pediatric cancer patients: Day One's share price doubles on initial data for brain tumor drug

Day One Biopharmaceuticals has reported promising interim data from a pivotal trial of tovorafenib in relapsed pediatric low-grade glioma, marking...
Marvin: Unlocking the future of B2B payments in Brazil
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Marvin: Unlocking the future of B2B payments in Brazil

We’re pumped to announce our investment in Marvin, a B2B payments platform that is reimagining credit card receivables in Brazil. Last June, the...
Forbes: withco emerges from stealth with $30 million to help small businesses own their real estate
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Forbes: withco emerges from stealth with $30 million to help small businesses own their real estate

Unlike successful startups like Trulia and Zillow that facilitate purchases between owners and buyers, withco actually takes on the liability...
CNBC: Rocket builder Astra reaches orbit for the first time
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CNBC: Rocket builder Astra reaches orbit for the first time

Astra joins SpaceX, Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit in the group of U.S. companies that have reached orbit with a privately-funded rocket.
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VentureBeat: BoostUp.ai raises $29M to better support revenue operations

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Delivering financial freedom for income earners across Africa with Earnipay

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TechCrunch: Earnipay raises $4M to help employees in Nigeria get faster access to their salaries

Forbes: Digital health’s newest unicorn provides lonely people with a "family on demand"
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Forbes: Digital health’s newest unicorn provides lonely people with a "family on demand"

Papa is helping seniors and low-income families get access to companionship and help around the house; and it’s being reimbursed by insurers.
TechCrunch: Industrial cybersecurity startup Dragos raises $200M, valuation soars to $1.7B
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TechCrunch: Industrial cybersecurity startup Dragos raises $200M, valuation soars to $1.7B

The investment is also the largest funding round achieved by an industrial cybersecurity firm.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Making community a strategic differentiator with Countable
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Making community a strategic differentiator with Countable

Countable has grown nearly fourfold this year – and we’re excited to lead the Series A.
Byron Ling: Italic – leading the revolution in consumer-to-manufacturer (C2M) internet commerce
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Byron Ling: Italic – leading the revolution in consumer-to-manufacturer (C2M) internet commerce

Today, we are thrilled to announce our partnership with Jeremy Cai and rest of the Italic team in leading the company’s $37M Series B.
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A Big Day for Kustomer

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Bloomberg: Meta Wins EU Approval for Kustomer Deal With Access Pledge

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TechCrunch: With a $50M Series C, Instrumental looks to expand data-driven manufacturing solution

Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Simplifying internal app development and our investment in Appsmith
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Simplifying internal app development and our investment in Appsmith

Announcing our Series A investment in Appsmith.
Bloomberg: Ladder nabs $900M valuation
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Bloomberg: Ladder nabs $900M valuation

Life-insurance startup Ladder raised $100 million in equity funding.
Fierce Biotech: Tyra Biosciences named to 2021 Fierce 15 List
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Fierce Biotech: Tyra Biosciences named to 2021 Fierce 15 List

Tyra is focused on overcoming acquired drug resistance.
TechCrunch: Bzaar bags $4M to enable US retailers to source home and lifestyle products from India
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TechCrunch: Bzaar bags $4M to enable US retailers to source home and lifestyle products from India

The U.S.-based company announced Monday that it raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Canaan.
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TechCrunch: Astra will launch a rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida for the first time in January

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Washington Post: How technology can help seniors beat loneliness and isolation

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Bloomberg: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 backs steel, aluminum marketplace Reibus

Fierce Biotech: Tyra Biosciences banks $173M to bring cancer resistance programs into clinic
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Fierce Biotech: Tyra Biosciences banks $173M to bring cancer resistance programs into clinic

Tyra Biosciences is the latest biotech to rake in an upsized IPO. Its $172.8 million deal will push three programs targeting drug-resistant cancers...
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Creating a cross-border B2B marketplace with Bzaar
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Creating a cross-border B2B marketplace with Bzaar

Bzaar is a wholesale marketplace connecting suppliers in India with local sellers in the US.
TechCrunch: Snyk snags another $530M as valuation rises to $8.5B
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TechCrunch: Snyk snags another $530M as valuation rises to $8.5B

The $8.5 billion valuation was up from $4.7 billion in March when the company raised $300 million.
Forbes: Tia raised $100M to turbocharge women’s health
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Forbes: Tia raised $100M to turbocharge women’s health

Tia is a four-year-old startup that combines in-person and virtual care for women.
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Building the future of search with Jina

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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Building the future of search with Jina AI

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TechCrunch: Jina AI raises $30M for its neutral source platform

Entrepreneur resource: Canaan's pitch workbook
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Entrepreneur resource: Canaan's pitch workbook

A step-by-step guide to building the ultimate pitch deck.
WoVen Podcast: Passion meeting with purpose – A conversation with Sue Siegel
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WoVen Podcast: Passion meeting with purpose – A conversation with Sue Siegel

The latest from WoVen.
Hootan Rashidifard: Painless software management for tech-driven businesses
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Hootan Rashidifard: Painless software management for tech-driven businesses

Tropic has built a software procurement and spend management platform to be used by the entire organization.
Brendan Dickinson: Building the next generation of fintechs with Canopy
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Brendan Dickinson: Building the next generation of fintechs with Canopy

We’re excited to lead the Series A financing for Canopy.
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Byron Ling: Papa –The future of home health in the making

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SF Business Times: Global vision for women's health lands Antiva $31M

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Bloomberg: Cybersecurity firm Dragos nears $2B value after funding

Fierce Biotech: Biotech Pfizer funnels $1B into protein degrader Arvinas, with more in biobucks on the table
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Fierce Biotech: Biotech Pfizer funnels $1B into protein degrader Arvinas, with more in biobucks on the table

Pfizer is doubling down on Arvinas.
Rich Boyle: Berkshire Grey - a rarity in robotics
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Rich Boyle: Berkshire Grey - a rarity in robotics

The robotics landscape today is incredibly active and evolving very quickly, largely enabled by advances in AI related technology.
WoVen Podcast: Closing the gap to access – A conversation with Headspace’s Dr. Megan Jones Bell
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WoVen Podcast: Closing the gap to access – A conversation with Headspace’s Dr. Megan Jones Bell

On this episode of WoVen, Canaan’s Nina Kjellson speaks with Chief Strategy & Scientific Officer at Headspace, Dr. Megan Jones Bell.
New York Times: Startups aim beyond Earth
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New York Times: Startups aim beyond Earth

Advancements in space technology and new means of financing are driving a flurry of investor interest.
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Hootan Rashidifard: Am I too late?

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Making community a strategic differentiator with Countable

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TechCrunch: Countable brings in $12M for virtual brand communities

Bloomberg: 'Tattoo for a year' startup inks a $20M funding round
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Bloomberg: 'Tattoo for a year' startup inks a $20M funding round

Like diamonds, death, and taxes, tattoos used to be forever. Ephemeral offers designs that fade within a year.
CNBC: Space company Astra begins trading on the Nasdaq, with goal to launch rockets daily
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CNBC: Space company Astra begins trading on the Nasdaq, with goal to launch rockets daily

Shares of rocket builder Astra Space began trading Wednesday on the Nasdaq.
Bloomberg: Jordan, Gretzky and more invest in live-sports streaming service
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Bloomberg: Jordan, Gretzky and more invest in live-sports streaming service

Buzzer, a live-sports streaming service, has raised $20 million in funding from venture capital firms and a group of current and former franchise...
New York Times: Inside the ‘deadly serious’ world of e-sports in South Korea
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New York Times: Inside the ‘deadly serious’ world of e-sports in South Korea

Each year, thousands of young South Koreans compete to join pro e-sports teams, but only a few make the cut​. Gen.G in Seoul wants to help more...
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CNN Travel: Why a Mach 5 passenger plane is a crazy idea that might just work

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Bloomberg: Hg’s Intelerad to buy Ambra Health for $250M+ in radiology software deal

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Hootan Rashidifard: The Crypto Bridge

Bloomberg: Growing the space economy with Astra
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Bloomberg: Growing the space economy with Astra

A startup called Astra is on the verge of launching rockets at a fraction of the cost to competitors, potentially starting a new era for the...
Brendan Dickinson: Moving money across borders simply and inexpensively with Taptap Send
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Brendan Dickinson: Moving money across borders simply and inexpensively with Taptap Send

Taptap Send is a financial product company leveraging technology to expand the market for global remittances. The company has a nuanced, yet...
Forbes: With supply-chain constraints in the spotlight, an Atlanta-based marketplace for industrial metals raises $20M for expansion
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Forbes: With supply-chain constraints in the spotlight, an Atlanta-based marketplace for industrial metals raises $20M for expansion

Industrial metals is a $300 billion market in North America, and supply chain constraints and price volatility have made it ripe for disruption....
Rich Boyle: Laying it all out with Dusty Robotics
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Rich Boyle: Laying it all out with Dusty Robotics

Dusty is building robot-powered tools for the modern construction workforce, starting with a small, BIM-driven robot to automate architectural and...
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Simplifying internal app development and our investment in Appsmith

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TechCrunch: Appsmith raises $8M to take on the internal corporate app market with open source code

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TechCrunch: Ladder raises $100M on a $900M valuation for a platform selling flexible life insurance

Sarah Johnson: Introducing Canaan's Career Collective
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Sarah Johnson: Introducing Canaan's Career Collective

As we strive for more diverse technology and healthcare industries, Canaan is pursuing several new initiatives.
CNBC: Startup Kepler raises $60 million to expand in-space data communications network
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CNBC: Startup Kepler raises $60 million to expand in-space data communications network

"We’re not selling to businesses directly here on Earth – we’re focused on providing communications to space stations, to other satellites, to...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Building the internet of space – Announcing our investment in Kepler Communications
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Building the internet of space – Announcing our investment in Kepler Communications

Kepler's mission “to connect people and things everywhere, on earth and beyond” is exactly why we’re so excited to invest in and take part in the...
WSJ: SoftBank leads $500M investment in Contentsquare
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WSJ: SoftBank leads $500M investment in Contentsquare

The latest funding round values the digital analytics technology company at $2.8 billion.
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Business Insider: Here's the 12-page deck that Ladder, a startup disrupting the 'crown jewel' of the insurance market, used to nab $100M

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Reuters: Cyber security software startup Snyk raises $300M, valued at $8.5B

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VentureBeat: Open source security scanning platform Snyk raises $300M

TechCrunch: Fireflies.ai raises $14M for its meeting transcription and automation service
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TechCrunch: Fireflies.ai raises $14M for its meeting transcription and automation service

The company grew its revenues 300% in the last six or seven months.
VentureBeat: Forte raises $185M at $1B valuation for blockchain game platform
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VentureBeat: Forte raises $185M at $1B valuation for blockchain game platform

Instead of making such games itself, the San Francisco-based Forte is an infrastructure company, using blockchain tech to enable new kinds of game...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The biggest opportunity in machine learning is tiny – Announcing our Series A investment in Edge Impulse
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The biggest opportunity in machine learning is tiny – Announcing our Series A investment in Edge Impulse

The team at Edge Impulse has built a platform that empowers developers to go from idea to creation and deployment within minutes.
Endpoints News: It’s a new $DAWN for Day One as startup pivots to an IPO for more funding to back its work in pediatric cancer
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Endpoints News: It’s a new $DAWN for Day One as startup pivots to an IPO for more funding to back its work in pediatric cancer

Pediatric cancer biotech Day One Pharmaceuticals is headed for Nasdaq, in a move that comes less than three months after their work on a brain...
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TechCrunch: TrueFort snares $30M Series B to expand zero trust application security solution

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WSJ: This is the space race you are looking for

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Forbes: Your B2B retail data can be even smarter

Reconvening for a virtual Women Who Venture gathering
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Reconvening for a virtual Women Who Venture gathering

This year, we were thrilled to have Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President and CEO of BIO, keynote our virtual gathering.
Byron Ling: Doubling down on Papa – Why COVID was the shock we needed to improve care for older adults
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Byron Ling: Doubling down on Papa – Why COVID was the shock we needed to improve care for older adults

Papa is a company we partnered with back in 2019 to lead their Series A. Since that investment, not only has the team’s expertise and tech matched...
Endpoints News: Why do some targeted cancer therapies stop working? For Tyra, that's the $106M question
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Endpoints News: Why do some targeted cancer therapies stop working? For Tyra, that's the $106M question

Targeted cancer therapies can be quite effective. Until, for some patients, the cancer mutates, and the treatment stops working. Enter Tyra.
Laura Chau: Announcing our investment in Clutch
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Laura Chau: Announcing our investment in Clutch

Clutch is building the premier vertically-integrated auto retailer in Canada.
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CNBC: 4D LiDAR technology providing a competitive edge – Aeva CEO

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TechCrunch: Astra given regulatory green light for its first commercial orbit launch

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TechCrunch: Tropic picks up $25M to streamline software procurement experiences

CNBC: Aeva CEO Soroush Salehian on taking the company public via SPAC
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CNBC: Aeva CEO Soroush Salehian on taking the company public via SPAC

Soroush Salehian, Aeva co-founder and CEO, joins “Squawk Alley” as the company goes public to discuss what differentiates it from other Lidar brands.
Aeva to trade on NYSE as "AEVA" beginning on March 15
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Aeva to trade on NYSE as "AEVA" beginning on March 15

Aeva, a leader in next generation 4D LiDAR sensing and perception systems, announced that it has completed its previously announced business...
Bloomberg: Cybersecurity firm Snyk reaches $4.7B valuation in round
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Bloomberg: Cybersecurity firm Snyk reaches $4.7B valuation in round

Snyk has closed a $300 million funding round that gives it a valuation of $4.7 billion, quadrupling its value since the start of 2020.
WSJ: Warehouse robotics provider Berkshire Grey to go public through SPAC deal
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WSJ: Warehouse robotics provider Berkshire Grey to go public through SPAC deal

Logistics automation provider Berkshire Grey Inc. is planning to go public through a merger that would value the robotics company at $2.7B.
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The Long Run Podcast: Julie Grant and Sam Blackman on cancer drugs for kids

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TechCrunch: Canopy raises $15M Series A after posting 4.5x customer growth in H1 2021

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Forbes: Why Ro is turning to Walmart for its next phase of growth

WSJ: Midwest labor markets shake off Covid-19 downturn
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WSJ: Midwest labor markets shake off Covid-19 downturn

Benjamin Gibbs, co-founder and chief executive of Ready Robotics, which makes software that runs robots from multiple manufacturers, moved his...
A milestone in targeted oncology and looking ahead
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A milestone in targeted oncology and looking ahead

In honor of this historic event, we want to share a few thoughts about the future of targeted oncology and where we are making investments at Canaan.
Forbes: Meet the founder who is safeguarding the industrial enterprise from hackers
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Forbes: Meet the founder who is safeguarding the industrial enterprise from hackers

Dragos maintains the safety and security of hundreds of customers in areas such as manufacturing, chemicals, utilities, transportation, energy,...
Nandu Anilal: Investing in data [2021]
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Nandu Anilal: Investing in data [2021]

What Analyst Nandu Anilal is excited about in data tools and infrastructure.
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Endpoints News: Pfizer bets $1B cash on the original protein degraders as technology nears prime time

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TechCrunch: Commercial real estate lending startup Lev brings in $30M on a $130M valuation

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Forbes: Serious warning issued for millions of apple iPhone users

Endpoints News: With 'rapid' progress of pediatric brain cancer treatment, Day One sees broad excitement in new crossover round
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Endpoints News: With 'rapid' progress of pediatric brain cancer treatment, Day One sees broad excitement in new crossover round

Nine months after emerging from stealth, Day One Biopharmaceuticals announces a $130M Series B raise.
CNBC: Aeva CEO says 4D lidar technologies will be in production by 2024
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CNBC: Aeva CEO says 4D lidar technologies will be in production by 2024

Aeva CEO Soroush Salehian gave his outlook for the future of autonomous vehicles and an emerging technology that is in demand to power the space.
What’s the road from $12M to $3B look like? Here is our investment memo from 1999 for ON24
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What’s the road from $12M to $3B look like? Here is our investment memo from 1999 for ON24

Deepak shares the original On24 IOO from 1999.
Bloomberg: Rocket maker Astra to go public through merger with a SPAC
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Bloomberg: Rocket maker Astra to go public through merger with a SPAC

The next chapter of “SPACs in Space” has been written.
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Fortune: Astra aims to reach new heights in Nasdaq debut

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Fierce Biotech: Ro scoops up at-home testing startup Kit on the heels of Workpath, Modern Fertility acquisitions

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TechCrunch: Taptap Send gets $13.4M for a no-fee money transfer service aimed at price-conscious emerging market users

TechCrunch: Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching
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TechCrunch: Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching

Christine Tao and Lori Mazan, the brains behind Sounding Board, want to train any leader within an organization to be a better leader.
Maha Ibrahim: Announcing our investment in Sounding Board
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Maha Ibrahim: Announcing our investment in Sounding Board

Sounding Board is a full-service, full-stack enterprise coaching solution.
Canaan promotes Laura Chau and Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka to Partner
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Canaan promotes Laura Chau and Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka to Partner

Today we are excited to share Laura Chau and Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka have both been promoted to Partner. 
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: How enterprise software became the unlikely hero in 2020 -- and what to expect in 2021
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: How enterprise software became the unlikely hero in 2020 -- and what to expect in 2021

Here are a few milestones we were proud to be part of in  2020 – and a little bit on how they’ll inform our enterprise investments moving forward.
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TechCrunch: Spotify acquires Podz, a podcast discovery platform

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Laura Chau: Tempo – Building the AI-powered Home Gym of the Future

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TechCrunch: What's up with Embroker?

FierceBiotech: Arvinas eyes a busy 2021 as protein degraders gather steam in breast, prostate cancers
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FierceBiotech: Arvinas eyes a busy 2021 as protein degraders gather steam in breast, prostate cancers

Arvinas’ lead protein degraders delivered promising early results in patients with hard-to-treat breast or prostate cancer.
TechCrunch: Lidar startup Aeva raises another $200M ahead of its debut as a public company
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TechCrunch: Lidar startup Aeva raises another $200M ahead of its debut as a public company

The new investment brings the total gross proceeds it will have once it begins trading to more than $560 million.
Nina Kjellson: More than words. Extreme(ly) satisfying steps together towards greater health equity
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Nina Kjellson: More than words. Extreme(ly) satisfying steps together towards greater health equity

As we reflect on 2020, I hope we can take the moments of awakening and make them into movements towards a more equal, equitable and healthy world.
Endpoints News: Vivace Therapeutics scores $30M Series C to take oncology candidate for 'Hippo' pathway to human trial next year
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Endpoints News: Vivace Therapeutics scores $30M Series C to take oncology candidate for 'Hippo' pathway to human trial next year

With $30 million in Series C financing, Vivace is aiming to test one of its candidates against that pathway starting in early 2021.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal: Investors pile on Stanford spinout promising new ways to attack cancer, autoimmune diseases

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The Globe and Mail: Toronto nanosatellite internet startup Kepler Communications raises US$60-million as investor interest in space economy grows

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Laura Chau: Latch – Creating the OS for buildings

CNBC: Rocket startup Astra reaches space for the first time with attempt from Alaska
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CNBC: Rocket startup Astra reaches space for the first time with attempt from Alaska

San Francisco-area startup Astra became the latest U.S. rocket builder to reach space on Tuesday, with the successful launch of its Rocket 3.2...
Forbes: How Bravo Sierra’s founders built a military testing ground for consumer products
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Forbes: How Bravo Sierra’s founders built a military testing ground for consumer products

"Why does it take two years for P&G or L’Oreal to introduce a new product? Bravo Sierra is coopting the end users into that process," says Byron Ling.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Our continued investment in Dragos and ICS/OT Security
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Our continued investment in Dragos and ICS/OT Security

This round is the most substantial investment-to-date for a company in the ICS/OT cybersecurity sector and a clear testament to Dragos’s tremendous...
TechCrunch: Facebook buys Kustomer for $1B to expand its customer service tools
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TechCrunch: Facebook buys Kustomer for $1B to expand its customer service tools

Facebook made one of its biggest plays yet to build out the services it provides to businesses on its platform in acquiring Kustomer.
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In Vivo: The talent crisis – How to improve recruitment and retain biopharma employees

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Laura Chau: BetterUp – How BetterUp built a $1B coaching biz

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VentureBeat: Contentsquare raises $500M to measure the impact of digital experiences

Kustomer to join Facebook, helping brands thrive in the digital economy with modern customer service
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Kustomer to join Facebook, helping brands thrive in the digital economy with modern customer service

A message from Co-founder/CEO Brad Birnbaum on the news.
TechCrunch: Lidar startup Aeva to go public via $2.1B SPAC merger
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TechCrunch: Lidar startup Aeva to go public via $2.1B SPAC merger

Aeva, the lidar company started by two former Apple engineers and backed by Porsche SE, is merging with special purpose acquisition company...
Forbes: Laser sensor startup Aeva may see $2B valuation from NYSE Listing
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Forbes: Laser sensor startup Aeva may see $2B valuation from NYSE Listing

Aeva is merging with InterPrivate Acquisition Corp., and should be trading on the NYSE with the ticker “AEVA” by the first quarter of 2021.
TechCrunch: Supersonic aircraft startup Hermeus raises $16M Series A
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TechCrunch: Supersonic aircraft startup Hermeus raises $16M Series A

The company is seeking to build a Mach 5 aircraft that would be capable of making the trip from New York to London in just 90 minutes.
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In Vivo: Biotech’s double-edged sword – Extraordinary funding run contributes to talent crisis

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VentureBeat: Fireflies.ai puts $14M into its AI videoconferencing assistant

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Fortune: Health care startup Ro acquires Modern Fertility in a deal signaling growth in women’s health sector

TechCrunch: MachEye raises $4.6M for its business intelligence platform
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TechCrunch: MachEye raises $4.6M for its business intelligence platform

MachEye, which is launching its AI-powered BI platform today, is offering a new twist on business intelligence.
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Adding a play button for BI with MachEye

MachEye is a cloud-native solution that aims to completely democratize BI use in any organization.
Laura Chau: Zoomtopia - What Zoom gets right and what it is still missing
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Laura Chau: Zoomtopia - What Zoom gets right and what it is still missing

With the reality of a remote world in the near-term, and likely a hybrid world in the long-term, Laura examines where additional opportunities lie...
BioCentury: Larger stakes, more newcos as Canaan moves to bump up biopharma investments with new $800M fund
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BioCentury: Larger stakes, more newcos as Canaan moves to bump up biopharma investments with new $800M fund

With 40% of its new $800 million fund dedicated to healthcare, Canaan plans to ramp up biopharma investments and de novo company formation as it...
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Laura Chau: How Mirror became Lululemon’s crown jewel

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TechCrunch: The fulfilling world of warehouse robotics

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CNN: Cybersecurity expert on why ransomware attacks are becoming more common

Endpoints News: Canaan raises another $800M as it launches its next fund with an emphasis on biotech
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Endpoints News: Canaan raises another $800M as it launches its next fund with an emphasis on biotech

Longtime VC player Canaan Partners has announced its newest fund and expects to funnel a good portion of that money into biotech over the next few...
Bloomberg: Venture investor Canaan raises $800 million for new fund
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Bloomberg: Venture investor Canaan raises $800 million for new fund

One reason Canaan stands out in the venture capital world is that women make up almost 40% of its investment team, roughly four times the industry...
Bloomberg: Instacart valuation jumps to $17.7B in grocery investment
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Bloomberg: Instacart valuation jumps to $17.7B in grocery investment

The company was initially something of a luxury service for people willing to pay a premium to avoid going to the grocery store. Its utility was...
Canaan’s 12th fund: fresh capital to continue supporting bold ideas and the incredible people who make them happen
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Canaan’s 12th fund: fresh capital to continue supporting bold ideas and the incredible people who make them happen

Today we are pleased to announce our 12th early-stage venture capital investment fund, providing $800 million in capital to support healthcare and...
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CBS: Cyberattack shuts down major U.S. fuel pipeline network, featuring Dragos CEO

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Axios: Blockchain gaming platform Forte valued at $1B

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Laura Chau: Imperfect Foods – Mission with a margin

TechCrunch: Axis Security raises $32M to help companies stay secure while working from home
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TechCrunch: Axis Security raises $32M to help companies stay secure while working from home

The company announced a $32 million Series B investment led by Canaan.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Announcing our Series B investment in Axis Security
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Announcing our Series B investment in Axis Security

Our Series B investment in Axis Security is a confluence of two thesis areas (1) that companies will continue to adopt “work from anywhere”...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The enterprise “edge”
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The enterprise “edge”

Rayfe's thoughts on why the move to WFH isn’t too different from the move to edge computing.
Endpoints News: A longtime CytomX exec re-emerges at Synthekine, an $82M Stanford spinout
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Endpoints News: A longtime CytomX exec re-emerges at Synthekine, an $82M Stanford spinout

Debanjan Ray apparently had big plans when he quietly left his long-held CFO spot at CytomX back in March 2019. He had gotten his own biotech.
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Laura Chau: goPuff – From college campus to $9B

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VentureBeat: Saas provider BoostUp.ai nabs $6M to support revenue operations

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Bloomberg: Instacart expands online food-stamp payments, challenging rivals

Fierce Biotech: Childhood cancer-focused Day One snags Gilead alum Bender for CEO
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Fierce Biotech: Childhood cancer-focused Day One snags Gilead alum Bender for CEO

Day One Biopharmaceuticals emerged in May to develop new drugs specifically for children with cancer. Now, as it ramps up its work, the company is...
TechCrunch: Papa raises $18M it expand its business connecting older adults with virtual and in-person companions
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TechCrunch: Papa raises $18M it expand its business connecting older adults with virtual and in-person companions

The company’s services are already available in 17 states and Papa is going to expand to another four states in the next few months, according to...
Axios: ManiMe raises $6 million as at-home manicures boom in the pandemic
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Axios: ManiMe raises $6 million as at-home manicures boom in the pandemic

Since the pandemic forced many beauty salons to close, manicure lovers have resorted to do-it-yourself and at-home alternatives.
TechCrunch: Snyk bags another $200M at a $2.6B valuation 9 months after its latest raise
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TechCrunch: Snyk bags another $200M at a $2.6B valuation 9 months after its latest raise

With an open-source product at the top of funnel to drive interest in the platform, CEO Peter McKay says the pandemic has only accelerated the...
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Laura Chau: Cameo – Taking celebrity to unicorn status

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Los Angeles Times: Car rental rates are through the roof: Here’s what you can do to save money

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Forbes: Archipelago raises $34M to connect the scattered risk insurance market

Joydeep Bhattacharyya: BoostUp - autonomous navigation for revenue
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: BoostUp - autonomous navigation for revenue

We’re investing in BoostUp because it’s building a first-of-its-kind revenue intelligence platform that’s challenging first-generation tools and...
Entrepreneur: These founders built a perfect remote-work product ... without realizing it
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Entrepreneur: These founders built a perfect remote-work product ... without realizing it

Fireflies.ai is a company built to help take notes during meetings. Now that the world is working remotely, business is booming.
The Best of WoVen: Stepping into the unknown
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The Best of WoVen: Stepping into the unknown

In this episode we explores risky ideas and unexpected paths. Our guests discuss educational expectations, lightbulb moments, and discovering their...
CNN: Instacart partners with Walmart to compete with Amazon
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CNN: Instacart partners with Walmart to compete with Amazon

Instacart, whose business has soared during the pandemic, is partnering with one of Amazon's biggest rivals: Walmart.
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Laura Chau: Cuyana – Lessons on building a lasting brand

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Fierce Biotech: Qlaris, armed with $25M round, pushes new glaucoma drug into clinic

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Business Insider: A 'perfect storm' is causing massive rental car shortages and prices are skyrocketing up to $700 per day in popular destinations

The Best of WoVen: The importance of community
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The Best of WoVen: The importance of community

In the latest episode from WoVen, I explore the importance of community. Our guests share stories of the influential figures in their lives & how...
Rich Boyle: Introducing Archipelago
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Rich Boyle: Introducing Archipelago

Introducing Archipelago, a new company that is digitizing the risk profile of large commercial properties.
TechCrunch: Instrumental raises $20M to scale its AI-powered manufacturing tech
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TechCrunch: Instrumental raises $20M to scale its AI-powered manufacturing tech

Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B led by...
CNBC: Ro, a 3-year-old online health provider, just raised a new round that values it at $1.5 billion
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CNBC: Ro, a 3-year-old online health provider, just raised a new round that values it at $1.5 billion

Ro wants to build the “Shopify for health care,” beginning by catering to patients without insurance who want to pay for health care without an...
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CNN: Rental car shortage is a boon for Turo, the Airbnb of cars

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Forbes: Toyota selects Apex.OS to underpin automated vehicle platform

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TechCrunch: Toyota taps Apex.AI for its autonomous vehicle operating system

The Best of WoVen: Balancing work and family
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The Best of WoVen: Balancing work and family

In previous episodes we’ve explored the nature of resilience, self-care, and fighting prejudice. Today we’re delving into the ever-elusive notion...
Endpoints News: Gilead lines up a $1.55B biotech buyout deal as CEO Dan O’Day invests in his latest cancer blockbuster dream
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Endpoints News: Gilead lines up a $1.55B biotech buyout deal as CEO Dan O’Day invests in his latest cancer blockbuster dream

The biotech is rolling out a $300 million cash investment in Tizona Therapeutics, buying up 49.9% of the company and reserving up to $1.25 billion...
FierceBiotech: Partnered and backed by AbbVie, but cancer I-O biotech Tizona targeted by Gilead
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FierceBiotech: Partnered and backed by AbbVie, but cancer I-O biotech Tizona targeted by Gilead

Gilead is acquiring a 49.9% equity interest in Tizona and has the right to acquire the remainder of the company for up to $1.25 billion.
FierceBiotech: COVID-19 close-up: Nocion CEO Batycky on controlling cough to control spread
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FierceBiotech: COVID-19 close-up: Nocion CEO Batycky on controlling cough to control spread

40% of patients who recover from COVID-19 in hospital get sent home with a postviral cough that lasts three to eight weeks. Containing those...
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CNBC: 70% of Americans want a side hustle: Here's where to start

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TechCrunch: Elder tech company, Papa, raises $60M

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Laura Chau: Instacart – Growth lessons from Seed to $39B

Fortune: Goldman-backed startup Bond raises $32M to let any company offer banking
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Fortune: Goldman-backed startup Bond raises $32M to let any company offer banking

Bond provides software that lets companies of all sorts offer products such as credit cards and debit cards.
The Best of WoVen: Combatting prejudice and inspiring change
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The Best of WoVen: Combatting prejudice and inspiring change

This episode, we look at the unique set of challenges that being a woman, or a woman of color, presents in overwhelmingly white and male spaces.
Laura Chau: The next great consumer companies won’t be exclusive clubs. They will be inclusive cults.
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Laura Chau: The next great consumer companies won’t be exclusive clubs. They will be inclusive cults.

Why do we always talk about the impossible invites or the hidden corners of the internet that only a select group knows about? Laura examines where...
CNBC: Telehealth start-up Ro has hit record sales every month since expanding pharmacy business pre-pandemic
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CNBC: Telehealth start-up Ro has hit record sales every month since expanding pharmacy business pre-pandemic

More people than ever are flocking to get medical treatment online amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Forbes: Nearly 50% of venture-backed healthcare companies have no women on the board, new report shows

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FierceBiotech: Tyra Biosciences banks $106M, adds to C-suite as it aims for the clinic in 2022

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Finding Genius: Laura Chau, Canaan

The Best of WoVen: Self-care and how to look after body and mind
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The Best of WoVen: Self-care and how to look after body and mind

Co-host, Laura Chau explores how past guests approach self-care.
Bloomberg: Wells Fargo backs former NFL kicker’s single-family rental firm
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Bloomberg: Wells Fargo backs former NFL kicker’s single-family rental firm

Mynd raised roughly $42 million in a funding round led by Wells Fargo & Co. and other investors betting the pandemic won’t slow increasing demand...
Brendan Dickinson: Announcing our investment in RenoFi
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Brendan Dickinson: Announcing our investment in RenoFi

RenoFi’s unique renovation loan product address the funding gap by giving homeowners the ability to borrow against their post-renovation home value.
BioCentury: With Ideaya deal, GSK bulks up synthetic lethality side of oncology business
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BioCentury: With Ideaya deal, GSK bulks up synthetic lethality side of oncology business

A deal with Ideaya gives GSK a path to growing its synthetic lethality pipeline, a corner of the pharma’s cancer rebuild still primarily centered...
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TechCrunch: Weather app ClimaCell is now Tomorrow.io and raises $77M

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The Globe and Mail: Stepping on the gas: Canadian online car selling platform Clutch secures $60-million to build national platform

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Forbes: Ephemeral Tattoo, The first-ever made-to-fade tattoo company, rethinks the traditional tattoo parlor

Nina Kjellson: Biotechnology in the time of COVID-19
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Nina Kjellson: Biotechnology in the time of COVID-19

An excerpt from the new book, Biotechnology in the Time of COVID-19: Commentary from the Front Lines, edited by Dr. Jeremy M. Levin.
TechCrunch: 9 top space tech VCs on the market's opportunities and challenges
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TechCrunch: 9 top space tech VCs on the market's opportunities and challenges

COVID-19 has redrawn the landscape for space tech. Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka offers his take on the current environment.
The Best of WoVen: Resilience and how to bounce back stronger
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The Best of WoVen: Resilience and how to bounce back stronger

Our guests share some of the toughest challenges they've faced, whether unexpected hurdles in their personal lives, profound moments of self-doubt,...
Canaan Statement
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Canaan Statement

On Racial Injustice
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Bloomberg: Online pharmacy Ro to raise funding at $5B value

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Forbes: Digital health startup Ro raised $500M At $5B Valuation

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FierceBiotech: Glooko raises $30M to expand digital diabetes efforts

CNN: Instacart now valued at nearly $14 billion after 'unprecedented surge' in demand during pandemic
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CNN: Instacart now valued at nearly $14 billion after 'unprecedented surge' in demand during pandemic

"Overnight, Instacart became an essential service for millions of families across North America," the company's founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta said...
Julie Grant: Cancer drug development comes of age - The inspiration behind Day One Biopharmaceuticals
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Julie Grant: Cancer drug development comes of age - The inspiration behind Day One Biopharmaceuticals

The inspiration for Day One Biopharmaceuticals emerged from an inequity in patient care highlighted by leaders in the pediatric oncology community.
FierceBiotech: Arvinas unveils first-in-human data for novel protein degrader in prostate cancer
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FierceBiotech: Arvinas unveils first-in-human data for novel protein degrader in prostate cancer

Arvinas has released promising first-in-human data for its protein degrader in prostate cancer.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: B2B SaaS marketing in the post-COVID era
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: B2B SaaS marketing in the post-COVID era

The emergence of the pandemic, uncertainty around its duration, and the impact on the economy pose important questions around new operating...
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Fast Company: Would you get a tattoo that fades in a year? Ephemeral is banking on it

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Protocol: Jack Dorsey is so money – What Tidal and banking do for Square

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VentureBeat: PerimeterX raises $57M to fight bots and web app attacks

STAT News: Startup Spotlight - Aiming to speed precision cancer therapies to children
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STAT News: Startup Spotlight - Aiming to speed precision cancer therapies to children

Day One — named for the conversations clinicians have with parents when they first tell them their child has cancer and how they hope to treat it —...
Business Insider: The CEO of hot startup Kustomer explains why he's acquiring a 17-person startup in a recession – and how this is 'one of the best times to make a deal'
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Business Insider: The CEO of hot startup Kustomer explains why he's acquiring a 17-person startup in a recession – and how this is 'one of the best times to make a deal'

The firm, which raised three funding rounds last year, is acquiring 17-person chatbot startup Reply and hiring its 17 employees.
FierceBiotech: Day One debuts with $60M to change cancer care—starting with children
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FierceBiotech: Day One debuts with $60M to change cancer care—starting with children

Day One is launching to develop new cancer treatments for children, but that could be used in adult patients, too.
WSJ Pro VC: Cancer drugmaker Day One Biopharmaceuticals launches with $60 million
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WSJ Pro VC: Cancer drugmaker Day One Biopharmaceuticals launches with $60 million

The startup aims to develop cancer treatments for children and adults.
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Fierce Biotech: Childhood cancer-focused Day One banks $130M for pan-RAF inhibitor

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SF Business Times: Targeting more childhood cancers, Day One raises $130M

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Timmerman Report: No longer an afterthought -- Day One raises $130M for childhood cancer therapies

FierceBiotech: Rallybio scores $145M, unveils lead rare disease program
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FierceBiotech: Rallybio scores $145M, unveils lead rare disease program

The funding will go towards a pipeline of early-stage assets led by a treatment for a life-threatening condition that causes bleeding in infants.
Protocol: Investors tell us why they’re pouring millions into quantum computing
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Protocol: Investors tell us why they’re pouring millions into quantum computing

Brendan and other investors breaks down the opportunity he sees in quantum computing and how startups might challenge big tech in the space.
Laura Chau: 6 consumer tech trends to watch in a post-COVID world
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Laura Chau: 6 consumer tech trends to watch in a post-COVID world

Creativity thrives within constraints & COVID-19 is testing innovators’ prowess. How will these innovators adapt to new consumer behaviors that are...
New York Times: Be a friend to the elderly, get paid
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New York Times: Be a friend to the elderly, get paid

Combating loneliness is vital work. Services like Papa that offer ‘grandkids on demand’ are doing just that.
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Crunchbase News: ON24 starts trading as one of the oldest VC-backed IPOs of the year

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CNBC: Astra CEO Chris Kemp on the company going public through a SPAC deal

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The Wall Street Journal: Rocket startup Astra Space poised to go public at $2.1B valuation

TechCrunch: 8 top fintech VCs discuss COVID-19 trends, signals and opportunities
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TechCrunch: 8 top fintech VCs discuss COVID-19 trends, signals and opportunities

Brendan Dickinson offers his perspective on the fintech startup ecosystem amid today's COVID uncertainty.
Endpoints News: Roche makes a platform play, betting $190M in cash on Arrakis’ long-haul plans to drug RNA
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Endpoints News: Roche makes a platform play, betting $190M in cash on Arrakis’ long-haul plans to drug RNA

Roche is putting Arrakis’ growing team to work on a full slate of targets that touches every corner of their expansive pipeline priorities.
From the SaaSQ Archives: A conversation with Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom
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From the SaaSQ Archives: A conversation with Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom

With all of us on Zoom a lot these days, we're revisiting a conversation between Canaan General Partner Joydeep Bhattacharyya and Eric Yuan, Zoom's...
Timmerman Report: Do's and don'ts of staying connected in a time of social distancing
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Timmerman Report: Do's and don'ts of staying connected in a time of social distancing

Nina Kjellson shares her tips for productive videoconferencing.
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TechCrunch: Rocket startup Astra is going public via SPAC

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Fierce Biotech: Rallybio hires Tuch from BMO to lead corporate development

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Reuters: Aeva to work with Denso on 'mass market' lidar sensors

BioCentury: We’ve moved on from nude women parties. That’s only a small part of the progress.
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BioCentury: We’ve moved on from nude women parties. That’s only a small part of the progress.

BioCentury Editor in Chief Simone Fishburn on why women should be shouting about their wins and using them as a platform to demand more.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Announcing our Seed Investment in Alkymi
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Announcing our Seed Investment in Alkymi

Alkymi has built a machine learning-powered data inbox that automatically extracts unstructured data from email, processes it, and feeds it into...
Will Nevius: How to get press on your Seed or Series A round
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Will Nevius: How to get press on your Seed or Series A round

Ever see a story in TechCrunch about a startup and wonder: how did that happen? Will Nevius, Head of Communications at Canaan, shares an overview...
San Francisco Business Times: "Say it" - Nina Kjellson, Amy DuRoss and Gail Maderis on the barriers to funding women's health issues
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San Francisco Business Times: "Say it" - Nina Kjellson, Amy DuRoss and Gail Maderis on the barriers to funding women's health issues

Even discussing women's health issues can be a problem for life science leaders, but can the industry afford not to support women founders and...
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Forbes: This fintech startup wants to cover your overdraft fees, and it just announced $35M in Series A funding

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Fierce Biotech: Ideaya, Spelman College team up to provide young African American women a stepping stone to biotech careers

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CNBC: Instacart taps Goldman Sachs banker as CFO ahead of expected 2021 IPO

TechCrunch: Alkymi launches with $5M seed to automate email data extraction
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TechCrunch: Alkymi launches with $5M seed to automate email data extraction

Company founder and CEO Harald Collet says the startup is bringing machine learning to the business analyst’s inbox with the goal of automating...
CNBC: LendingClub buys Radius Bank for $185M in first fintech takeover of a regulated US bank
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CNBC: LendingClub buys Radius Bank for $185M in first fintech takeover of a regulated US bank

LendingClub, a fintech that pioneered personal loans made online, is buying a U.S. bank to give it access to a stable and cheaper source of funding.
WSJ Pro VC: Ladder raises capital from former New York Life president’s new fund
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WSJ Pro VC: Ladder raises capital from former New York Life president’s new fund

Unburdened by the legacy operations of large insurance incumbents, Ladder aims to bring more transparency, speed and simplicity to customer...
CNBC: ‘Ditch the Disk’ group of tech execs is spurring the medical industry to move on from CD-ROMs
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CNBC: ‘Ditch the Disk’ group of tech execs is spurring the medical industry to move on from CD-ROMs

The group, including Ambra Health CEO Morris Panner, wants to make it as easy to share med industry imaging as it is to send a text message.
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Forbes: In Forbes Cybersecurity Awards, Dragos named "Outstanding Firm"

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TechCrunch: Launch startup Astra's rocket reaches space for the first time

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The Verge: Startup Astra reaches space for the first time

FierceBiotech: Vineti nets $35M to build out logistics software for personalized treatments
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FierceBiotech: Vineti nets $35M to build out logistics software for personalized treatments

Vineti’s cloud-based software is designed to automate and orchestrate the many steps involved in the production and delivery of cell and gene...
The Wall Street Journal: How the failure of Pets.com spurred Julie Wainwright’s RealReal success
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The Wall Street Journal: How the failure of Pets.com spurred Julie Wainwright’s RealReal success

The $1.5 billion company The RealReal’s founder is changing the way we buy and sell luxury, but the startup was born out of realizing, "I’d have to...
WoVen Podcast: The woman who gets inside the heads of execs at Facebook, Google and more - A conversation with Glo Harris
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WoVen Podcast: The woman who gets inside the heads of execs at Facebook, Google and more - A conversation with Glo Harris

Glo Harris is a leadership coach who trades in concepts such as self-confidence, self-awareness, mission/vision, truth-speaking, team alignment,...
Bloomberg Businessweek: Astra, a small rocket maker, is running a different kind of space race
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Bloomberg Businessweek: Astra, a small rocket maker, is running a different kind of space race

Astra, Darpa's rocket startup of choice, is preparing to launch satellites into orbit in record time.
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Fierce Biotech: Vivace snares $30M to push Hippo-targeting drugs into the clinic

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MedCity News: Consumer awareness, needs generating shifts in precision medicine landscape

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WSJ Pro VC: Cybersecurity firm Dragos raises $110M as industrial facilities face new threats

Fortune: Telehealth startup Ro partners with Pfizer to give its ED business a boost
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Fortune: Telehealth startup Ro partners with Pfizer to give its ED business a boost

Telehealth startup Ro wants to set itself apart in the direct-to-consumer erectile dysfunction (ED) market -- and it's hoping that a new...
Annual Women Who Venture Gathering 2020
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Annual Women Who Venture Gathering 2020

On January 14, Canaan General Partner Nina Kjellson hosted our annual WoVen (Women Who Venture) gathering during the JP Morgan Healthcare...
VentureBeat: Berkshire Grey raises $263 million for industrial robots
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VentureBeat: Berkshire Grey raises $263 million for industrial robots

Berkshire Grey, which combines AI and robotics to automate omnichannel fulfillment for retailers, ecommerce, and logistics enterprises, today...
Endpoints News: RA Capital, Canaan help infuse $50M into Alta-incubated biotech battling acquired resistance to TKIs
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Endpoints News: RA Capital, Canaan help infuse $50M into Alta-incubated biotech battling acquired resistance to TKIs

Tyra is a biotech “purpose built” to address a surge of acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, where patients’ tumors mutate around the...
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Washington Post: Securing the electric grid should be priority for Biden's first 100 days, expert says

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TechCrunch: Dragos raises $110M Series C as demand to secure industrial systems soars

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C&EN: The year in pharma - IPO window remained wide open

FierceBiotech: Tyra Biosciences takes aim at treatment-resistant tumors with $50M raise
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FierceBiotech: Tyra Biosciences takes aim at treatment-resistant tumors with $50M raise

Tyra is aiming for drivers of drug-resistant tumors to come up with new drugs that work against the mutated, or resistant, form of a protein, as...
Announcing three team promotions
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Announcing three team promotions

We're excited to announce the promotions of Byron Ling, Colleen Cuffaro and Hootan Rashidifard.
STAT News: Amy DuRoss - To make advanced therapies, we need to industrialize personalization
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STAT News: Amy DuRoss - To make advanced therapies, we need to industrialize personalization

Vineti Cofounder & CEO Amy DuRoss explores the best way to measure the real rate of progress in personalized cell therapies, gene therapies, and...
TechCrunch: As retail robotics heats up, Berkshire Grey raises $263M
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TechCrunch: As retail robotics heats up, Berkshire Grey raises $263M

Berkshire Grey has displayed some pretty sophisticated pick-and-place robots and is positioned particularly well in the warehouse space, making it...
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Business Insider: Will Nevius named a top tech industry PR pro

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Business Insider: Investors are betting $1.4B that gig workers can transform an essential but invisible part of healthcare.

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Forbes: ManiMe cofounders named to Forbes #30Under30

TechCrunch: Lily AI raises a $12.5M Series A ket by Canaan to accelerate its e-commerce recommendation tech
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TechCrunch: Lily AI raises a $12.5M Series A ket by Canaan to accelerate its e-commerce recommendation tech

Lily AI is a startup focused on using deep learning to help brands better convert customers through emotionally tailored recommendations.
TechCrunch: ClimaCell and Google team up to launch a new high-resolution weather forecast for India
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TechCrunch: ClimaCell and Google team up to launch a new high-resolution weather forecast for India

ClimaCell is taking a number of innovative approaches for gathering weather data and building forecasting models, today announced that it is...
Laura Chau: Brud, identity and storytelling
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Laura Chau: Brud, identity and storytelling

While today Brud acts as a studio, carefully crafting the stories of these specific influencers, one can imagine a day when any user on the...
WoVen Podcast: Minting a thriving global marketplace of artists from a niche stationary brand - A conversation with Mariam Naficy
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WoVen Podcast: Minting a thriving global marketplace of artists from a niche stationary brand - A conversation with Mariam Naficy

Mariam Naficy is the founder and CEO of Minted, an online design marketplace that produces stationery, paper goods, home decor products, and...
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Business Insider: Investors are betting big that Papa can succeed by applying Uber's gig-work strategy to home care

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Vogue: 60 special holiday gifts from Vogue’s favorite small businesses

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TIME: The best inventions of 2020 - A made-to-order manicure

Laura Chau: WhatsApp and the suppression of status
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Laura Chau: WhatsApp and the suppression of status

WhatsApp's primary purpose is to communicate information quickly and effectively. This is utility at its finest, while status indicators take a...
Wired: Giant surveillance balloons are lurking at the edge of space
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Wired: Giant surveillance balloons are lurking at the edge of space

World View is sending massive, high-altitude balloons to the stratosphere to snap images of Earth with unprecedented resolution.
Endpoints News: Canaan backs Pathios' search for small molecule drugs that hit 'orphan' GCPR
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Endpoints News: Canaan backs Pathios' search for small molecule drugs that hit 'orphan' GCPR

The British biotech is searching for drugs to treat the poorly understood GPR65 receptor, which they believe plays a crucial role in both cancer...
WoVen Podcast: Democratizing healthcare with activist roots - A conversation with Amy DuRoss
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WoVen Podcast: Democratizing healthcare with activist roots - A conversation with Amy DuRoss

Nina sits down with Amy DuRoss, co-founder and CEO of Vineti, a digital health company with a software solution to drive and scale personalized...
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TechCrunch: Sales readiness platform MindTickle raises $100M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

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Vogue: Governor Cuomo and his daughter launch New York’s “Mask Up” campaign with The RealReal

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Forbes: The rise of telemedicine - The new brand offering customized prescription skincare formulas online

Growth from within: Brendan Dickinson and Julie Grant promoted to General Partners
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Growth from within: Brendan Dickinson and Julie Grant promoted to General Partners

Today we are so proud to share the promotions of Brendan Dickinson and Julie Grant to General Partner.
FierceBiotech: Canaan Partners promotes Julie Grant to general partner
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FierceBiotech: Canaan Partners promotes Julie Grant to general partner

Grant is the fourth woman to join Canaan’s ranks of general partners. She joins Maha Ibrahim, who focuses on technology investments, and Nina...
Laura Chau: Slack as a social app
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Laura Chau: Slack as a social app

Let’s examine Slack purely as a social app. Slack, as a messaging platform, has conversation at its core and a strong sense of community.
The Financial Times: Volkswagen invests in Aeva self-driving vision start-up
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The Financial Times: Volkswagen invests in Aeva self-driving vision start-up

Company plans $500 systems to equip consumer cars with ‘lidar’ sensors.
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Washington Post: U.S. sanctions Russian lab that built what experts say is potentially the world’s deadliest hacking tool

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TechCrunch: Instacart raises $200M more at $17.7B valuation

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BioCentury: Gilead BD head Bender takes top job at pediatric cancer start-up Day One

FierceBiotech: Hyalex snags medtech vet Mark Roby as R&D Chief
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FierceBiotech: Hyalex snags medtech vet Mark Roby as R&D Chief

The Boston-area medtech is working on new implant systems using its "synthetic cartilage" for treatment of conditions like osteoarthritis.
Byron Ling: Announcing our Series A investment in Uniform Teeth, the orthodontist in your pocket
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Byron Ling: Announcing our Series A investment in Uniform Teeth, the orthodontist in your pocket

We are fortunate to partner with founders Meghan and Kjeld, who are using technology to pioneer the future of orthodontics and oral wellness for...
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: The nontechnical components necessary to building a tech startup
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: The nontechnical components necessary to building a tech startup

I recently had the pleasure of hosting a SaaSQ fireside chat with Dheeraj Pandey, founder and CEO of Nutanix. Nutanix is a publicly-traded hybrid...
TechCrunch: Volvo invests in autonomous vehicle operating system startup Apex.AI through its VC arm
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TechCrunch: Volvo invests in autonomous vehicle operating system startup Apex.AI through its VC arm

Apex.AI, founded by automated systems engineers Jan Becker and Dejan Pangercic, raised $15.5 million in a Series A last November, and revealed...
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TechCrunch: 3 VCs discuss the state of SaaS investing in 2020

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Fierce Biotech: Synthekine debuts with $82M, Stanford tech to create a new generation of cytokine therapies

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TODAY: Allure's best of beauty 2020, featuring ManiMe

Laura Chau: The status tipping point and the social <> status cycle
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Laura Chau: The status tipping point and the social <> status cycle

There's a common theory with social media companies that there's a point a user must reach to unlock value in the service. But, there's a similar...
Forbes: Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka named to 30 Under 30
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Forbes: Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka named to 30 Under 30

We're thrilled to see Rayfe, the youngest Principal in Canaan's history, named to the list.
TechCrunch: Kustomer raises $60M for its omnichannel-based CRM platform
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TechCrunch: Kustomer raises $60M for its omnichannel-based CRM platform

Kustomer has closed yet another round of funding — no less than its third fundraise of the year — as it continues to double down on its new...
The Wall Street Journal Video: Turo, the "Airbnb for cars" is taking on traditional car rental companies
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The Wall Street Journal Video: Turo, the "Airbnb for cars" is taking on traditional car rental companies

Turo lets individuals rent their personal vehicles. Some “hosts” are building businesses at airports that major car rental companies on their toes.
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Business Insider: BoostUp raises $6.3M to help businesses use AI to predict revenue and customer behavior

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Worth: New technologies are ushering in the biggest revolution in senior care in over a century

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Fortune: Zachariah Reitano, Co-founder and CEO of Ro named to 40 under 40 list

Laura Chau: Social media - A game of status
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Laura Chau: Social media - A game of status

What is perhaps most notable about many of social media companies today is that they are in fact, no longer social. Laura shares her views on the...
Endpoints News: Neoantigen player PACT Pharma woos Tim Moore from Kite to run technical ops
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Endpoints News: Neoantigen player PACT Pharma woos Tim Moore from Kite to run technical ops

Tim Moore, who oversaw the CAR-T buildout at Kite, will officially become PACT's president and chief technical officer.
Wired: Microsoft is taking quantum computers to the cloud
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Wired: Microsoft is taking quantum computers to the cloud

The company will allow its cloud customers to tap quantum computers made by QCI and others.
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Fireflies makes collaborating after a meeting suck less, like Dropbox did for files and Slack did for messaging
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: Fireflies makes collaborating after a meeting suck less, like Dropbox did for files and Slack did for messaging

Thanks to Fireflies.ai's accurate voice transcription software and AL/ML – you and your team can record, transcribe and search across your...
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Fierce Biotech: Nocion grabs new CMO as it kicks off COVID-19 cough study

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Forbes: Malicious Chinese SDK In 1,200 iOS apps with billions of installs causing ‘major privacy concerns to hundreds of millions of consumers’

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Forbes: Walmart Takes A Smart Step By Teaming Up With Instacart On Delivery

FierceHealthcare: Tech startup, Papa, tackles loneliness among aging seniors
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FierceHealthcare: Tech startup, Papa, tackles loneliness among aging seniors

Papa uses digital tools, such as a website, mobile app and call center to match aging seniors with college students.
WoVen Podcast: Beauty, burnout and bitcoin with the original Influencer, Michelle Phan
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WoVen Podcast: Beauty, burnout and bitcoin with the original Influencer, Michelle Phan

Laura Chau sits down with Michelle Phan, digital entrepreneur, Founder of EM Cosmetics and the original creator and influencer, far before those...
EY Pulse on the Industry Report: Wende Hutton offers a perspective on the today's medtech investment climate
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EY Pulse on the Industry Report: Wende Hutton offers a perspective on the today's medtech investment climate

Wende shares her insights on the industry landscape on pages 47 and 48 of the report.
Bloomberg: No Whole Foods, no problem - Instacart shakes off loss of grocer
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Bloomberg: No Whole Foods, no problem - Instacart shakes off loss of grocer

The gig-economy startup has picked up enough new business from retailers like Costco Wholesale Corp., Publix Super Markets Inc. and Wegmans Food...
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NY Magazine: The best canned cocktails, according to bartenders and drinks experts

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Business Insider: Meet the 21 biotech startups that top VCs say are poised to take off in the next 12 months

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Insurance Insider: Shah’s Archipelago Analytics structuring $500B of property data for mega-insureds

Fortune: This party kit startup’s new hotline could save the day this holiday season
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Fortune: This party kit startup’s new hotline could save the day this holiday season

The millennial dinner party isn’t dead - it’s just morphed into something a little more casual. Coterie has you covered for all your holiday party...
Maha Ibrahim: Nails that fit you and your lifestyle, with laser precision :) - Our Investment in ManiMe
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Maha Ibrahim: Nails that fit you and your lifestyle, with laser precision :) - Our Investment in ManiMe

Today we are excited to announce our seed investment in ManiMe, a company that provides personalized and stylish nails without the chemicals or...
WoVen Podcast: Keeping it real in business & fashion - A conversation with Julie Wainwright of The RealReal
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WoVen Podcast: Keeping it real in business & fashion - A conversation with Julie Wainwright of The RealReal

Laura Chau sits down with Julie Wainwright, Founder and CEO of The RealReal. Deemed "tycoon of the preowned" by The New York Times, Julie is a true...
Brendan Dickinson: A new framework for fintech
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Brendan Dickinson: A new framework for fintech

A new framework for fintech helps shine a light on where outsized value can be created and venture returns realized.
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Forbes: Zibo raises $10.5M, unveils banking and rent payment platform for small landlords

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Essence: These Black women athletes are investing in tech to close the gender pay gap. Here’s Why

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Forbes: Telehealth Startup Ro Is Now Valued At $1.5 Billion After Closing $200 Million Funding Round

FierceBiotech: Nocion Therapeutics named to Fierce 15
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FierceBiotech: Nocion Therapeutics named to Fierce 15

While whole shoals of biotechs are clustered around single cancer targets, Nocion is away from the pack working on better ways to treat conditions...
Space: World View's 'Stratollite' balloon stays aloft for record 32 days
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Space: World View's 'Stratollite' balloon stays aloft for record 32 days

The high-altitude platform just doubled its previous flight-duration record.
Vogue Business: Burberry’s partnership with The RealReal signifies a real shift
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Vogue Business: Burberry’s partnership with The RealReal signifies a real shift

Luxury brands are starting to endorse resale as a way to attract new customers, boost sales and increase the longevity of their products.
Forbes: CircleUp raises $200M to woo consumer retail startups with a VC alternative - loans
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Forbes: CircleUp raises $200M to woo consumer retail startups with a VC alternative - loans

While venture capital funds look to take equity in hot consumer brands in exchange for fueling their growth, a cottage industry, led by CircleUp,...
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TechCrunch: ClimaCell raises $23M Series C for its weather intelligence platform

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Fortune: The fight against fast fashion means buying fewer clothes—and this retailer encourages that

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MedCityNews: Julie Grant on how the pandemic has changed investing

Harvard Business Review: How VC can help more women get ahead
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Harvard Business Review: How VC can help more women get ahead

In the last 18 months, the tech world has seen wonderful examples of success by women at the highest level - Maha Ibrahim stood next to CEO Julia...
Forbes: ClimaCell named to AI 50 - America’s most promising artificial intelligence companies
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Forbes: ClimaCell named to AI 50 - America’s most promising artificial intelligence companies

ClimaCell uses vast quantities of nontraditional data to issue hyperlocal “street-by-street, minute-by-minute” weather forecasts.
WSJ VC: SmileDirectClub’s IPO draws cheers from teledentistry rivals
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WSJ VC: SmileDirectClub’s IPO draws cheers from teledentistry rivals

Venture investors have backed several startups in the sector including SmileDirectClub, Candid Care and Uniform Teeth.
Wired: New clues show how Russia’s grid hackers aimed for physical destruction
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Wired: New clues show how Russia’s grid hackers aimed for physical destruction

A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine by Dragos suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage.
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BioCentury: With equity-and-option deal for Tizona, Gilead places latest bet on cancer immunosuppression

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The Information: Instacart blows past Walmart in online grocery business

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The Wall Street Journal: Apartments become Silicon Valley’s hot new thing

Endpoints News: Backed with $180M-plus in cash, I/O trailblazer Lieping Chen spotlights NextCure's preclinical work on next-gen antibody
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Endpoints News: Backed with $180M-plus in cash, I/O trailblazer Lieping Chen spotlights NextCure's preclinical work on next-gen antibody

Right on the heels of nailing a $40 million upfront for its oncology R&D collaboration deal with Eli Lilly and bringing its tally of cash raised to...
MIT Technology Review: The key to bigger quantum computers could be to build them like Legos
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MIT Technology Review: The key to bigger quantum computers could be to build them like Legos

A startup called Quantum Circuits is networking mini quantum devices together to create computers it claims will be easier to scale up than rival...
TechCrunch: Top VCs say the landscape for enterprise startups is changing
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TechCrunch: Top VCs say the landscape for enterprise startups is changing

Canaan General Partner Maha Ibrahim joins a panel at TechCrunch Sessions to discuss enterprise trends, concerns about the state of the market and...
Business Insider: Even Financial grabs $180M valuation from Goldman Sachs & American Express to be the 'Google Flights' of digital lending
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Business Insider: Even Financial grabs $180M valuation from Goldman Sachs & American Express to be the 'Google Flights' of digital lending

Even Financial has created a machine-learning-powered platform that algorithmically targets and matches customers with lenders, helping banks get a...
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Dear BAMf: Nairi Hourdajian of Canaan dives into media relations, how to overcome roadblocks to secure larger stories, and more

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Endpoints News: Two Bay Area upstarts out to deliver on cell therapy 2.0 join forces on a quest: pursuing a Holy Grail in oncology R&D

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Endpoints News: Billions on the table, GSK’s Hal Barron antes $120M cash to partner with Ideaya

WSJ VC: Canaan incubates, leads $10M seed round for fintech startup Bond
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WSJ VC: Canaan incubates, leads $10M seed round for fintech startup Bond

The startup, led by former Twilio executive Roy Ng, will offer software to better integrate fintech providers with regional banks.
The New Yorker: The RealReal’s online luxury consignment shop
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The New Yorker: The RealReal’s online luxury consignment shop

How the reseller brings designer goods into the “circular economy.”
CNN Business: Social network Homeis thinks a safe space for immigrants online is possible
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CNN Business: Social network Homeis thinks a safe space for immigrants online is possible

For the past two years, Ran Harnevo has been working on what may seem like an idealistic, impossible task for this moment in time: building a...
Vox: The RealReal isn’t buying a department store anytime soon, CEO Julie Wainwright says at Code Commerce
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Vox: The RealReal isn’t buying a department store anytime soon, CEO Julie Wainwright says at Code Commerce

The luxury goods consignment site is focusing on building its retail efforts in key markets like New York rather than buying out legacy chains.
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Fierce Biotech: GlaxoSmithKline pens $120M upfront synthetic lethality cancer pact with Fierce 15 winner Ideaya

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MedCity News: GSK pumps $120M into partnership with Ideaya in oncology precision medicine play

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Timmerman Report: Finding a path in biotech VC - Nina Kjellson on The Long Run Podcast

American Banker: A way for smaller banks to access tech sandboxes big banks play in
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American Banker: A way for smaller banks to access tech sandboxes big banks play in

Bond is hoping small banks will turn to its cloud-based hub that’s modeled on a popular developer platform used by the likes of Uber, Netflix and...
The Wall Street Journal Video: A $5K secondhand outfit? Inside luxury consignor The RealReal
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The Wall Street Journal Video: A $5K secondhand outfit? Inside luxury consignor The RealReal

Resellers of designer clothing and apparel say there’s no reason to be closeted about buying and selling pre-owned luxury wearables. The RealReal...
The Financial Times: SoftBank strikes deal with Berkshire Grey warehouse robotics
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The Financial Times: SoftBank strikes deal with Berkshire Grey warehouse robotics

The Boston-based robot maker offers retailers an alternative to Amazon’s storehouse automation.
Michael Gilroy: All big brands will become fintechs. Announcing Bond.
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Michael Gilroy: All big brands will become fintechs. Announcing Bond.

We're excited to invest in Bond, a team on a mission to accelerate the pace of financial innovation and access to capital.
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Business Insider: Meet the 26 healthcare startups that top VCs say are poised to take off amid the coronavirus pandemic

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TechCrunch: Kustomer acquires Reply.ai to enhance chatbots on its CRM platform

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Bio-IT World: Lessons from personalized medicine can supercharge coronavirus testing

Axios Pro Rata Podcast: Facebook for immigrants
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Axios Pro Rata Podcast: Facebook for immigrants

Heated political rhetoric on immigration tends to overlook the day-to-day needs of newcomers to a community. Homeis has a tech-forward solution.
Forbes: ScaleFactor raised $100M in a year as VCs chase small business focused fintechs
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Forbes: ScaleFactor raised $100M in a year as VCs chase small business focused fintechs

ScaleFactor and it’s backers say it's giving small and medium-sized businesses digital tools and insight typically reserved for large enterprises.
People: Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James teams up with Coterie to design adorable tailgate accessories
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People: Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James teams up with Coterie to design adorable tailgate accessories

With tailgate season just weeks away, Reese Witherspoon and Coterie have got you covered.
The Washington Post: Meet the ClimaCell weather app. Alerting you when it’s about to rain, down to the minute, all around the world.
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The Washington Post: Meet the ClimaCell weather app. Alerting you when it’s about to rain, down to the minute, all around the world.

ClimaCell, a fledgling weather technology company based in Boston, released a mobile app Monday that promises “street-by-street, minute-by-minute...
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FierceBiotech: Humana, NQF argue COVID-19 spotlights need for population health evolution

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BuzzFeed News: It was meant to be an app to help immigrants lead a normal life in the US. now it’s helping them survive the coronavirus.

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WSJ Pro VC: Venture market maintained momentum in first quarter

WoVen Podcast: Working with grit (and a patient's perspective) in women’s health - A conversation with Gail Maderis
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WoVen Podcast: Working with grit (and a patient's perspective) in women’s health - A conversation with Gail Maderis

This week's guest is Gail Maderis, president and CEO of Antiva, a biotech company that's developing novel, topical therapeutics for the treatment...
TechCrunch: The Inside adds sofas to its custom furniture lineup
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TechCrunch: The Inside adds sofas to its custom furniture lineup

While The Inside already offers a range of made-to-order furniture like beds, headboards, chairs and ottomans, it’s aiming for the center of your...
VentureBeat: MindTickle raises $40M after banner year in sales enablement
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VentureBeat: MindTickle raises $40M after banner year in sales enablement

It's been something of a banner year for MindTickle, which notched a 100% year-over-year increase in recurring revenue driven by a 200% uptick in...
Axios Pro Rata: The BFD - Superplastic raised $10M in Series A
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Axios Pro Rata: The BFD - Superplastic raised $10M in Series A

This coincides with Superplastic trying to turn two of its most popular characters into virtual Instagram stars, a burgeoning niche that could...
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STAT News: Roche partners with Arrakis Therapeutics to develop drugs that target RNA

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FierceBiotech: Biotech Arrakis, Roche team up on RNA-targeting drugs in $190M deal

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TechCrunch: Investors, including Dan Ciporin, forecast the upcoming trends in social

The Financial Times: The rise and rise of the designer resale market
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The Financial Times: The rise and rise of the designer resale market

Since it was founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Julie Wainwright, The RealReal has become a phenomenon, boasting 8 million members and 1,500...
Variety: Superplastic raises $10M to turn Janky and Guggimon into animated Instagram stars
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Variety: Superplastic raises $10M to turn Janky and Guggimon into animated Instagram stars

The company’s Janky and Guggimon characters will come to life on Instagram, where they will publish animated videos, interact with their fans and...
WoVen Podcast: Building a brand (and a dream) with fewer, better things - A conversation with Karla Gallardo
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WoVen Podcast: Building a brand (and a dream) with fewer, better things - A conversation with Karla Gallardo

Karla Gallardo is the co-founder and CEO of Cuyana, a San Francisco-based women's clothing and lifestyle brand. Born and raised in Ecuador, her...
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: The next phase of growth for MindTickle
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: The next phase of growth for MindTickle

We’re thrilled to congratulate MindTickle on a $40 million Series C, a validation of multiple years of fantastic growth and team building.
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MedCity News: How are healthcare VCs in every sector handling Covid-19?

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Travel and Leisure: This app will bring senior citizens the companionship they need right now

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STAT News: Telemedicine can blunt the cost of unnecessary emergency visits for Covid-19

MedCityNews: Pact Pharma enrolls first patients in Phase Ia/Ib solid tumor cell therapy study
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MedCityNews: Pact Pharma enrolls first patients in Phase Ia/Ib solid tumor cell therapy study

PACT has started dosing patients in an early-stage clinical trial of a product candidate designed to be targeted to proteins in cancer cells unique...
FierceBiotech: A personalized CAR-T to attack every solid tumor? PACT Pharma has a plan
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FierceBiotech: A personalized CAR-T to attack every solid tumor? PACT Pharma has a plan

PACT Pharma is developing a method for taking T cells from patients with solid tumors and engineering them to be able to recognize and attack those...
Forbes: Why the founder Of Kin Euphorics wants us to replace booze with bliss
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Forbes: Why the founder Of Kin Euphorics wants us to replace booze with bliss

While cultivating social connection is a fundamental human need, Jen Batchelor wanted to create a solution for experiencing more moments of revelry...
The Wall Street Journal: IAC to invest $250M in car-sharing app Turo
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The Wall Street Journal: IAC to invest $250M in car-sharing app Turo

IAC chief estimates car-sharing marketplace could be at least as big as car-rental business.
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WWD: Corona crisis could spur digital strategies in fashion industry

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Forbes: Consumerization of healthcare expands beyond lifestyle products to tackle Covid-19

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VentureBeat: Uber taps ClimaCell to improve ETA estimates with hyper-local weather data

WoVen Podcast: Blazing a trail (and building a family) as a pioneering VC - A conversation with Ginger More
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WoVen Podcast: Blazing a trail (and building a family) as a pioneering VC - A conversation with Ginger More

This episode of the WoVen Podcast features Ginger More, a true pioneer in the male-dominated venture capital world of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Tune...
Forbes: Startup nTopology raises $20M to expand its next-gen design software
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Forbes: Startup nTopology raises $20M to expand its next-gen design software

Using advanced computations, nTop engineering software has created brackets for space satellites and spinal cages for use in back surgery.
WoVen Podcast: Feeding the world (and saving the planet) - A conversation with Julia Collins
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WoVen Podcast: Feeding the world (and saving the planet) - A conversation with Julia Collins

Julia Collins has dedicated her career to tackling some of the most difficult problems that our world faces: food insecurity, agricultural damage,...
The New York Times: The RealReal IPO - Secondhand fashion goes mainstream
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The New York Times: The RealReal IPO - Secondhand fashion goes mainstream

Since the recession, there has been a boom in online marketplaces that let shoppers buy and sell all manner of used clothing and accessories, from...
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Timmerman Report: First buy, then invest - Novartis, Gilead join $35M bet on Vineti's software

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BioCentury: Beyond PROTACs and the proteasome - broadening the TAC toolbox

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CNBC: These start-ups are racing to help doctors detect cancer early with a simple blood test

Washington Post: Secondhand fashion site The RealReal shares rise in debut
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Washington Post: Secondhand fashion site The RealReal shares rise in debut

Shares of The RealReal jumped on their first day of trading Friday, as the secondhand-fashion online retailer tests investors’ appetite for the...
Barron's: The next big IPO is trying to Be Tiffany, Amazon, and a pawn shop rolled into one
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Barron's: The next big IPO is trying to Be Tiffany, Amazon, and a pawn shop rolled into one

There’s a new test for the IPO market’s revival coming later this week. The RealReal is expected to price its stock Thursday night, with the shares...
Bloomberg Video: Julie Wainwright on VC funding for female founded companies
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Bloomberg Video: Julie Wainwright on VC funding for female founded companies

Julie Wainwright, chief executive officer of The RealReal, discusses the treatment of women in tech with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg...
Bloomberg: Don’t call it retro. ‘Archival’ is the hottest thing in fashion
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Bloomberg: Don’t call it retro. ‘Archival’ is the hottest thing in fashion

Luxury consignment and a wave of reissued designs signal a particularly nostalgia-soaked moment in style.
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KLAS: Ambra wins Best in KLAS recognition 6 years in a row

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WSJ: Snyk’s skyrocketing valuation reflects growing interest in late-stage enterprise businesses

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Bloomberg: Learning to love pre-owned clothing even when there’s been sweat

CNBC Video: How luxury bags could make you money
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CNBC Video: How luxury bags could make you money

Luxury resale bags can even appreciate in value as luxury houses increase their prices every year, says Julie Wainwright, CEO and founder of The...
CNBC: Online start-up The RealReal to open its second luxury consignment store, as e-commerce brands keep growing
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CNBC: Online start-up The RealReal to open its second luxury consignment store, as e-commerce brands keep growing

More e-commerce brands are growing their brick-and-mortar footprint, as resellers like The RealReal are increasingly attracting new customers.
The Los Angeles Times: The RealReal's first SoCal store boasts a dedicated men's space, a handbag vault and a 'sneakerdome'
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The Los Angeles Times: The RealReal's first SoCal store boasts a dedicated men's space, a handbag vault and a 'sneakerdome'

Luxury consignment website the RealReal officially opened its first West Coast concept store, aiming to make the buying — and selling — of high-end...
The New York Times: Even the second time around, they’re gaga for Gucci
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The New York Times: Even the second time around, they’re gaga for Gucci

What’s moving in the secondhand luxury market? Gucci and fanny packs for men, says the consignment empire The RealReal.
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BioCentury: Pact’s $75M series C gives Vida’s Kite alumni long-sought stab at personalized cell therapy

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The San Francisco Chronicle: The RealReal to open flagship store in San Francisco

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Bloomberg: Apple veterans’ lidar startup adds $200M to SPAC deal

The Financial Times: The RealReal deal - how to make millions from your fashion cast-offs
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The Financial Times: The RealReal deal - how to make millions from your fashion cast-offs

Julie Wainwright, founder of the luxury resale company, explains how second-hand stuff got sexy.
Michael Gilroy: The death of the SaaS LTV/CAC
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Michael Gilroy: The death of the SaaS LTV/CAC

LTV/CAC calculations are of waning importance in SaaS. It's clear to the SaaS community that the future of selling software is bottoms-up.
The New York Times: The new sobriety
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The New York Times: The new sobriety

“We weren’t interested in making another bubbly water... We wanted to feel more, not less — to wake up fresh and ready to take on the day, in full...
The New York Times: Cool nonalcoholic drinks for your sober summer
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The New York Times: Cool nonalcoholic drinks for your sober summer

O.K., it’s nonalcoholic. But that does translate to buzz-free? Kin takes sober cocktails perhaps as far as they can go by blending botanicals...
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TechCrunch: Aeva snags VW investment with smaller, longer-range lidar

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TechCrunch: Uniform Teeth raises $10M for its teeth-straightening operations

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The Information: Silicon Valley braces for belt tightening

FierceBiotech: Canaan-backed Comet uncloaks with $28.5M and biopharma vet De Graaf at the helm
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FierceBiotech: Canaan-backed Comet uncloaks with $28.5M and biopharma vet De Graaf at the helm

Comet Therapeutics, a biotech taking aim at metabolic diseases, has unveiled itself with $28.5 million in series A financing and biopharma veteran...
Byron Ling: Learning to rise wisely with Kin
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Byron Ling: Learning to rise wisely with Kin

In a world with declining alcohol consumption rates, the founders of Kin are reimagining revelry.
Wired: These protein picker-uppers keep your cells clean and healthy
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Wired: These protein picker-uppers keep your cells clean and healthy

When it comes to tapping protein degraders to fight diseases like cancer, many assumed the biology worked, but the chemistry was no good. Arvinas...
WoVen Podcast: Crafting success (and balance) in venture - A conversation with Wende Hutton
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WoVen Podcast: Crafting success (and balance) in venture - A conversation with Wende Hutton

Our guest for this episode is Canaan General Partner Wende Hutton, who has been a venture capitalist for more than 25 years -- a remarkable feat...
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Washington Post: Private weather company ClimaCell to spin off nonprofit to tackle weather forecasting, early warnings in Africa

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Benzinga: At the center of financial services with Even Financial

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Forbes: What is really driving The RealReal’s new partnership with Burberry

FierceBiotech: Genome Medical nets $23M to grow its telegenomics service platform
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FierceBiotech: Genome Medical nets $23M to grow its telegenomics service platform

Telegenomics provider Genome Medical has raised $23 million to help scale up its “last-mile” patient counseling services for healthcare systems and...
Brendan Dickinson: On the Journey
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Brendan Dickinson: On the Journey

Meditation, like yoga a decade ago, is the next large cultural shift in the way people take care of themselves.
Endpoints News: Bayer enlists Arvinas on two-pronged protein degradation effort, foraying into agtech
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Endpoints News: Bayer enlists Arvinas on two-pronged protein degradation effort, foraying into agtech

Arvinas has inked another Big Pharma partnership to get their protein degradation engines revving — for both humans and crops.
WoVen Podcast: Whipping up magic, from cupcake mogul to serial entrepreneur - A conversation with Candace Nelson
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WoVen Podcast: Whipping up magic, from cupcake mogul to serial entrepreneur - A conversation with Candace Nelson

Our guest for this episode is Candace Nelson, whose career spans brick and mortar retail, e-commerce, media and investing. Her philosophy is that...
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Inc: Could this startup give Party City a run for their money?

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CNBC: Papa named to Upstart 100

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Xconomy: With $9.5M, Intrepida Bio launches to target pancreatic cancer & more

NPR: Why suburban moms are delivering your groceries
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NPR: Why suburban moms are delivering your groceries

Women — often in their 40s and 50s — make up more than half the contractors working for major food delivery apps like Instacart.
TechCrunch: Why ICS security startup Dragos' CEO puts a premium on people not profits
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TechCrunch: Why ICS security startup Dragos' CEO puts a premium on people not profits

The first key to our success is our people and that we hire good people,” says Robert Lee, the company’s founder and chief executive.
TechCrunch: Kustomer raises $40M more for its omnichannel approach to CRM
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TechCrunch: Kustomer raises $40M more for its omnichannel approach to CRM

Kustomer is a customer service startup that calls in data from multiple external channels and the software and apps that a company uses to manage...
Popular Science: Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out
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Popular Science: Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out

Humans have been meditating for 5,000 years, says Stephen Sokoler, founder of Journey Meditation. But in the last decade, something changed: We’ve...
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VentureBeat: Fireflies raises $5 million for its AI assistant for meetings

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TechCrunch: Using 3D imaging, ManiMe sells custom-fit stick-on nails

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Town & Country: Draper James just launched perfectly preppy party decor with Coterie

Welcome Nils Lonberg
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Welcome Nils Lonberg

From the beginning of his career through the development of a paradigm-shifting approach to cancer therapy, Nils has been a superb “synthetic”...
Reuters: Veteran German auto boss joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup
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Reuters: Veteran German auto boss joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup

Apex.AI has added Karl-Thomas Neumann, an industry veteran who in the past served as the chief executive of Continental AG and led Volkswagen AG’s...
Fortune: Big businesses racing to use quantum computing to solve big problems
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Fortune: Big businesses racing to use quantum computing to solve big problems

In the mid-2000s, a team led by Robert Schoelkopf of Yale, whose lab would eventually seed the quantum field with executives and scientists, and...
Tim Shannon in BioCentury: Making orphan drug prices work for society
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Tim Shannon in BioCentury: Making orphan drug prices work for society

The Orphan Drug Act worked too well. It didn’t just stimulate development of therapies for rare diseases, it reoriented huge swaths of the industry...
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Byron Ling: What would you pay to cure loneliness? Our Series A investment in Papa

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CNN: Burberry partners with The RealReal to test reselling high fashion

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Watch: The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright sits down with Kara Swisher at Code Commerce

Nina Kjellson: Introducing the WoVen Podcast, a series that celebrates remarkable women in healthcare, tech & business
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Nina Kjellson: Introducing the WoVen Podcast, a series that celebrates remarkable women in healthcare, tech & business

We created this series to share (at some scale) women’s stories about how they achieve and how they do life.
WoVen Podcast: Breaking ground (and battling bias) in brain surgery - A conversation with Dr. Odette Harris
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WoVen Podcast: Breaking ground (and battling bias) in brain surgery - A conversation with Dr. Odette Harris

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Odette Harris. She made history last year when Stanford’s department of neurosurgery announced she would become...
Fortune: How ClimaCell could revolutionize weather forecasting
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Fortune: How ClimaCell could revolutionize weather forecasting

You’ve no doubt heard about the “Internet of Things”—maybe you’ve even heard too much—but Shimon Elkabetz of ClimaCell wants you to start thinking...
Michael Gilroy: All big brands are becoming fintechs
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Michael Gilroy: All big brands are becoming fintechs

If you’ve spent some time around the Canaan Fintech team, you’ve undoubtedly heard us talk about a new industry pattern: these says, it seems all...
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ABC News: How some moms supplement income working for grocery shopping apps like Instacart

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CNN: People are sick of drinking. Investors are betting on the 'sober curious'

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FierceBiotech: Nocion launches with $27M and 'charged drugs' to selectively target pain

BioCentury: Vineti is keeping cell therapies on track
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BioCentury: Vineti is keeping cell therapies on track

Drawing on its experience with CAR T cell therapies, Vineti has developed a cloud-based software platform that standardizes processes and drives...
Endpoints News: Four biotechs, including NextCure, haul in $303M+ from a fresh burst of IPOs
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Endpoints News: Four biotechs, including NextCure, haul in $303M+ from a fresh burst of IPOs

NextCure — founded in 2015 by Lieping Chen, a noted I/O researcher behind Amplimmune, a company bought out by AstraZeneca five years ago — has now...
Yahoo Finance Video: Coterie founders want to elevate the party experience
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Yahoo Finance Video: Coterie founders want to elevate the party experience

Coterie co-founders Linden Ellis and Sara Raffa explain the concept behind elevated party supplies for any occasion and why gathering with friends...
Business Insider: Scientists are working on cancer treatments that attack the disease's 'Holy Grail"
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Business Insider: Scientists are working on cancer treatments that attack the disease's 'Holy Grail"

PROTAC technology brings "unlimited" possibilities for cancer treatment says Arvinas founder & CSO Craig Crews. "It can be applied to so many...
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Business Insider: Nocion raises $27M to make a new kind of painkiller as the race to replace opioids heats up

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STAT News: How one company, Nocion, thinks unraveling cough can provide a new way to treat pain

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CNBC: This esports team just raised $46 million, and its investors include Will Smith

TechCrunch: Journey launches its real-time group "Peloton for meditation"
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TechCrunch: Journey launches its real-time group "Peloton for meditation"

Journey is a subscription iOS app offering live 15-minute group meditation classes with instructors that interact with you directly.
Bloomberg: Ikea startup boot camp tests life beyond flat-pack furniture
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Bloomberg: Ikea startup boot camp tests life beyond flat-pack furniture

BumbleBee Spaces is taking part in Ikea's “startup boot camp" -- an effort by the world’s No. 1 furniture retailer to attract a new generation of...
Variety: Tubular Labs brings in Viacom & BuzzFeed on project to establish social-video metrics
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Variety: Tubular Labs brings in Viacom & BuzzFeed on project to establish social-video metrics

Tubular has pulled in more media partners to collaborate on developing standards for tracking viewership across social media.
STAT News: Nils Lonberg, the entrepreneur behind the cancer immunotherapy revolution
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STAT News: Nils Lonberg, the entrepreneur behind the cancer immunotherapy revolution

In his 30 years of experience, Nils Lonberg has played pivotal roles in the cancer therapy revolution. We are thrilled to announce he’ll be joining...
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VentureBeat: Embroker raises $28M to help businesses find the right insurance policies

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Axios: Drake invests in esports startup Players' Lounge

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TechCrunch: ClimaCell bets on IoT for better weather forecasts

Washington Post: As millions of dollars pour in, esports teams offer varying visions of the future
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Washington Post: As millions of dollars pour in, esports teams offer varying visions of the future

In a departure from traditional sports, Gen.G will not only be looking to attract top players, but top content creators as well, since they plan to...
STAT News: Arrakis' lofty goal: Kill cancer with pills that target RNA instead of proteins
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STAT News: Arrakis' lofty goal: Kill cancer with pills that target RNA instead of proteins

The startup is trying to achieve a feat once thought to be biotech fantasy: Develop oral medicines - pills - that can target RNA, the...
Forbes: Is Silicon Valley coming for rosé?
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Forbes: Is Silicon Valley coming for rosé?

Bev, a female-focused beverage company disrupting the male-dominated alcohol industry, has raised $7 million.
Reuters: Aeva signs sensor deal with Audi's self-driving unit
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Reuters: Aeva signs sensor deal with Audi's self-driving unit

Aeva has signed a sensor-system deal with an Audi-owned unit that is working on self-driving technology for Volkswagen AG.
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#CanaanFounders: On what's keeping them up at night

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#CanaanFounders: How far would you go to get your dream hire?

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Nature Reviews: First targeted protein degrader, developed by Arvinas, hits the clinic

Julie Grant: Announcing Nocion Therapeutics, a novel approach to neurogenic inflammation
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Julie Grant: Announcing Nocion Therapeutics, a novel approach to neurogenic inflammation

Today, Canaan proudly introduces Nocion Therapeutics, a Series A neurogenic inflammation and analgesic company discovering and developing novel...
Vogue: How sustainable is consigning clothing? The RealReal is glad you asked
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Vogue: How sustainable is consigning clothing? The RealReal is glad you asked

To help publicize the sustainability of consigning clothing and participating in a circular economy, The RealReal has rolled out its first...
The New York Times: Can the Birkin bag survive the resale market?
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The New York Times: Can the Birkin bag survive the resale market?

Once upon a time, the Hermès Birkin could arguably have been called the rarest handbag in the world. Then the fashion resale market -- including...
Bloomberg: SoftBank backs ClimaCell, startup pioneering hyper-accurate weather reports
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Bloomberg: SoftBank backs ClimaCell, startup pioneering hyper-accurate weather reports

SoftBank is investing $7M in ClimaCell, a weather startup that combines traditional forecasting with wireless signals, street cameras, drones and...
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TechCrunch: Tia launches a clinic that places the menstrual cycle at the center of care

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FierceBiotech: Glooko makes its management app free to any person with diabetes

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#CanaanFounders: On raising funding for the first time...and the worst "pass" excuse they've gotten from a VC

Bloomberg Video: Maha Ibrahim & All Raise founders on Bloomberg Studio 1.0
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Bloomberg Video: Maha Ibrahim & All Raise founders on Bloomberg Studio 1.0

Maha Ibrahim of Canaan, Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures and Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures, discuss the need for more women in venture capital.
CNBC Video: Maha Ibrahim on how diversity among startup funders & founders drives higher returns
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CNBC Video: Maha Ibrahim on how diversity among startup funders & founders drives higher returns

When it comes to Venture Capital, there’s a financial incentive to close the gender gap: Greater diversity yields higher returns. Maha Ibrahim sits...
Bloomberg Video: Canaan's Maha Ibrahim on VC funding environment, harassment
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Bloomberg Video: Canaan's Maha Ibrahim on VC funding environment, harassment

Maha Ibrahim, Canaan Partners general partner, discusses the venture capital funding environment and gender bias in the industry with Bloomberg's...
Joydeep Bhattacharyya promoted to General Partner
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya promoted to General Partner

We are thrilled to share that Joydeep Bhattacharyya has been promoted to General Partner at Canaan.
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#CanaanFounders: Lessons learned from navigating the VC process

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Introducing #CanaanFounders: A rapid-fire Q&A with company builders, in 280 characters or less

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BioCentury: Wende Hutton on mapping microbiome manufacturing

Crunchbase: Spark Networks swipes right for SF dating company Zoosk
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Crunchbase: Spark Networks swipes right for SF dating company Zoosk

Spark Networks plans to acquire San Francisco’s Zoosk, making it the second largest online dating platform in North America. Spark Networks valued...
SaaS portfolio momentum
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SaaS portfolio momentum

The companies that make up our SaaS portfolio have shown some incredible momentum over the last 18 months. Here’s a bit about what they’ve been up to.
Nature: Protein-slaying drugs could be the next blockbuster therapies
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Nature: Protein-slaying drugs could be the next blockbuster therapies

Researchers at Arvinas are hijacking the cell’s protein-disposal system in the fight against Alzheimer’s and intractable cancers.
CNBC: 11 women who prove that health tech investing isn&#8217;t a boys&#8217; club
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CNBC: 11 women who prove that health tech investing isn’t a boys’ club

There are higher numbers of female investors in health-tech than in traditional tech, according to new research. But women are still the minority....
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VentureBeat: Former Facebook and Paypal executives announce financial compliance startup Beam, secure $9M

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TechCrunch: Coterie promises to deliver charming party kits to your doorstep

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CNN: This startup makes your parties Insta-worthy

VentureBeat: Forte and Ripple form $100M fund for mainstream blockchain games
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VentureBeat: Forte and Ripple form $100M fund for mainstream blockchain games

Blockchain gaming startup Forte has announced a big deal with Ripple’s Xpring cryptocurrency platform to invest $100 million in game developers who...
Maha Ibrahim: Canaan forward – diversity as an asset
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Maha Ibrahim: Canaan forward – diversity as an asset

Three of Canaan's general partners are women, and 40% of our investing team is female. Each of our paths to Canaan were different, but none of us...
Bloomberg: A new Honda for almost nothing? Car sharing becomes a sales tool
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Bloomberg: A new Honda for almost nothing? Car sharing becomes a sales tool

Turo, the Airbnb-like service for autos, is helping consumers afford ever-pricier new cars.
Vogue: Meet Tia, the new women’s clinic making gynecologist visits less stressful
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Vogue: Meet Tia, the new women’s clinic making gynecologist visits less stressful

The Tia Clinic, located in New York’s Flatiron neighborhood, is supporting wellness with timely holistic health care that intends to take the...
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Brendan Dickinson: Fixing directors and officers insurance

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WSJ: The Inside founder's guide to scoring décor deals online

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VentureBeat: Joor raises $16M to expand its online fashion marketplace for wholesalers

Endpoints News: Canaan leaps into UK biotech, co-leading $14M Series A for upstart Grey Wolf
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Endpoints News: Canaan leaps into UK biotech, co-leading $14M Series A for upstart Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf Therapeutics is working on a fresh approach to immuno-oncology that does not directly target the immune system, but instead alters tumor...
The New York Times: Tycoon of the pre-owned
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The New York Times: Tycoon of the pre-owned

Can Silicon Valley survivor Julie Wainwright’s luxury consignment company, The RealReal, save retail?
Bloomberg: Facebook acquires GrokStyle, visual shopping startup, to bolster AI work
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Bloomberg: Facebook acquires GrokStyle, visual shopping startup, to bolster AI work

Facebook could use the underlying AI technology and GrokStyle’s employees to bolster its own efforts in the field.
Michael Gilroy: Announcing the Beam Team and their Series A
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Michael Gilroy: Announcing the Beam Team and their Series A

Money laundering – and regulator fines – are expensive pain points for the financial industry. Legacy monitoring systems just haven't cut it,...
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American Banker: Why venture capitalists love fintechs

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Fast Company: Your Wes Anderson fantasy room is just a few clicks away with The Inside

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TechCrunch: PerimeterX secures $43M to protect web apps from bot attacks

Laura Chau: A new way to party – with Coterie
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Laura Chau: A new way to party – with Coterie

Dozens of industries have been re-thought with the experience-driven, millennial customer in mind. The next business that's ripe for...
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The shift to an 80/20 robot-first world
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The shift to an 80/20 robot-first world

Today’s biggest industries largely follow the 80/20 rule of 80% manual and 20% automated. However, in tomorrow’s world that 80/20 will flip, and...
Laura Chau: A prescription for how the healthcare industry can spark joy
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Laura Chau: A prescription for how the healthcare industry can spark joy

Much of healthcare is sorely lacking on the “joy” front. Here are three takeaways that healthcare innovators can channel to “spark joy” and capture...
SF Business Times: Antiva CEO draws on personal experience to fuel drug development
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SF Business Times: Antiva CEO draws on personal experience to fuel drug development

Gail Maderis, President & CEO of Antiva, knows how to shape and lead people to get results.
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Bloomberg Video: Cuyana buyers love "fewer but better" products, CEO says

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Release: Agile Stacks completes Series A funding round

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The Business of Fashion: With $30M round, Cuyana eyes US expansion

Michael Gilroy promoted to Partner
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Michael Gilroy promoted to Partner

We are excited to share that Michael Gilroy has been promoted to Partner.
Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Our investment in Dragos
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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Our investment in Dragos

I am delighted to announce our Series B investment in Dragos, a pioneer in the fast emerging Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security market.
Businessweek: These robots help Amazon’s competitors narrow the delivery gap
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Businessweek: These robots help Amazon’s competitors narrow the delivery gap

Berkshire Grey’s machines can pick, pack and ship most items of 5 pounds or less.
Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The safest car you will never drive
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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The safest car you will never drive

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are coming. The question is no longer if, but rather where we are along the adoption curve across various use cases and...
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Forbes: Dragos named a top IoT startup to watch in 2019

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Entrepreneur: 'Fast' furniture? This founder spent years forming her business idea -- and launched when the timing Was right

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TechCrunch: ContentSquare, digital experience insights platform, raises $60M Series C

Forbes: Three Canaan investors named to Forbes' 30 under 30
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Forbes: Three Canaan investors named to Forbes' 30 under 30

We are so proud of these three rising stars -- Adina Tecklu, Hootie Rashidifard and Laura Chau -- for being named to Forbes’ 30 under 30!
Forbes: Ex-Apple engineers raise $45MM For ‘generational leap’ vision tech for robot cars
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Forbes: Ex-Apple engineers raise $45MM For ‘generational leap’ vision tech for robot cars

Autonomous technology has many hurdles to clear before it's ubiquitous, including better and cheaper vision. Aeva claims to have a next-generation...
Nasdaq: Cancer biotech Arvinas prices upsized IPO at $16
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Nasdaq: Cancer biotech Arvinas prices upsized IPO at $16

Arvinas, a preclinical biotech developing protein degradation therapies for advanced cancers, raised $120 million by offering 7.5 million shares at...
NYT: Get in bed with Skynet and Bumblebee Spaces
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NYT: Get in bed with Skynet and Bumblebee Spaces

Robot furniture is happening with Bumblebee Spaces. This is the single greatest thing to happen to humanity ever, the robots told us to say.
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TechCrunch: Kustomer nabs $35M to take on Salesforce with its Slack-like approach to CRM

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CNN: Instacart CEO reaffirms IPO is 'definitely' on the horizon

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Fortune: ScaleFactor raises $30M to expand robot bookkeeper service, eyes loan market

Maha Ibrahim & Dan Ciporin: Next generation investors for next generation entrepreneurs
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Maha Ibrahim & Dan Ciporin: Next generation investors for next generation entrepreneurs

A new generation of entrepreneur is building consumer products and services - ideas that seem crazy today, and will feel intuitive in a few years....
STAT News: Antiva tried to drum up interest for a much-needed drug. Many men didn’t get it
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STAT News: Antiva tried to drum up interest for a much-needed drug. Many men didn’t get it

Antiva is working on a first-in-class treatment that, if successful, could make surgery for precancerous cervical lesions caused by the human...
Announcing ScaleFactor: Automated financial operations platform built for Main Street
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Announcing ScaleFactor: Automated financial operations platform built for Main Street

We're investing in ScaleFactor, a company focused on empowering small businesses to easily make the best strategic and financial decisions so they...
Adina Tecklu & Hootie Rashidifard: Canaan Beta for alpha
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Adina Tecklu & Hootie Rashidifard: Canaan Beta for alpha

We’re excited to be launching Canaan Beta, Canaan’s new $20 million seed program that aims to invest in the next wave of consumer technologies...
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CBS This Morning: Dragos CEO Rob Lee on the danger of leaning too much on AI for cybersecurity

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SF Chronicle: Politics wasn't on his mind. Now Turo's CEO is fighting for other immigrants

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Business Insider: Wende Hutton and top VCs give their best 2019 predictions for healthcare

Nina Kjellson: "Jumping together" to move the field of personalized cancer therapy
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Nina Kjellson: "Jumping together" to move the field of personalized cancer therapy

We at Canaan are “all in” on the notion that diversity of knowledge and experience breeds the best results. With this as our core value, PACT...
Dan Ciporin: Ownership -- a big idea to transform the current brand-loyalty model
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Dan Ciporin: Ownership -- a big idea to transform the current brand-loyalty model

How far have loyalty programs come in actually cultivating true loyalty from consumers, as opposed to just transactions? Introducing our newest...
Business Insider: Wende Hutton shares her best career advice
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Business Insider: Wende Hutton shares her best career advice

Throughout her career investing in early-stage biotech companies, she's brought her children to board meetings, coexisted with a "band of...
Rich Boyle: Enjoying an AI summer
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Rich Boyle: Enjoying an AI summer

It's been decades in the making, but the current AI summer is going to be a long one. Read more from AI industry veteran and investor, Rich Boyle...
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Fierce Biotech: Brent Aherns & 2019’s medtech industry to weigh hype and realism in equal parts

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Forbes: Bellhops raises $31.4M to make moving less miserable

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Inc: Bumblebee Spaces named a world-changing startup to watch

Tim Shannon: More hope for cystic fibrosis treatment, and still more to do
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Tim Shannon: More hope for cystic fibrosis treatment, and still more to do

The progress made in the treatment of CF is shows what can happen when research, policy, advocacy and investment align toward a common goal. But...
The next generation of computation
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The next generation of computation

Professor Robert Schoelkopf of QCI inside a lab at Yale University. Photo Credit: Roger Kisby for The New York Times
The New Yorker: The RealReal's radical vision of secondhand luxury
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The New Yorker: The RealReal's radical vision of secondhand luxury

An inside look at how The RealReal is redefining consignment for its 8 million members (and counting).
Spotlight on Wende Hutton&#8217;s 25 years in venture capital
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Spotlight on Wende Hutton’s 25 years in venture capital

General Partner Wende Hutton is an industry pioneer. Partner Julie Grant chatted with Wende about today’s scientific renaissance, the importance of...
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Fortune: Maha Ibrahim on why startups keep raising mega-rounds of $100M (or more)

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Fast Company: For Cuyana, the leather tote bag wars are personal

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TechCrunch: Turo’s new dongle will let customers instantly find and unlock cars

Video: Introducing The Makers, featuring Dan Ciporin &#038; Amir Ashkenazi
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Video: Introducing The Makers, featuring Dan Ciporin & Amir Ashkenazi

The Makers is a new Canaan content series featuring entrepreneur and investor insights into company-building.
Nina Kjellson: A critical marriage for science and health tech
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Nina Kjellson: A critical marriage for science and health tech

The prehistoric nature of health IT isn’t just a nuisance. It will literally determine whether patients and physicians can realize the potential of...
Dan Ciporin: What home is
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Dan Ciporin: What home is

Meet our newest investment Homeis. A new kind of social network that connects foreign born locals with one another, and their roots.
Laura Chau: What's rarer than a unicorn in Silicon Valley? A female VC.
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Laura Chau: What's rarer than a unicorn in Silicon Valley? A female VC.

Canaan Associate Laura Chau reflects on the 3 major takeaways she's learned from women in venture capital.
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Slate: Cuyana & closing the gap between luxury goods and affordable fashion

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Laura Chau: The beauty industry is ready for a makeover

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Reuters: Ex-Bosch engineers aim to strengthen self-driving car software

IDEAYA & the Next Frontier in Synthetic Lethality
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IDEAYA & the Next Frontier in Synthetic Lethality

WSJ: Ideaya Biosciences Collects $94 Million for Cancer Therapy
Nina Kjellson: The roadmap for board diversity
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Nina Kjellson: The roadmap for board diversity

Diversity is not window dressing. It is a positive predictor of performance and governance.
Built to Last
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Built to Last

Excited to share news about our new $800 million fund. We know what works and we're sticking to it with our diversified, early stage approach.
Spotlight: Q&A with Rich Boyle
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Spotlight: Q&A with Rich Boyle

Get to know our newest GP and longtime startup operator Rich Boyle. Word to the wise: don't throw the term AI around with him unless you mean it.
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TechCrunch: Apex.AI raises $15.5 million for autonomous vehicle software

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Fortune: Exclusive - Dragos raises $37M to secure industrial systems

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Michael Gilroy: A fireside chat with Jackie Reses of Square Capital

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Heavy drinking is the largest ignored epidemic in the U.S. There is a superior alternative to rehab.
Nina Kjellson: Women's access to healthcare
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Nina Kjellson: Women's access to healthcare

Let's talk body politics.
Protagonist Therapeutics
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Protagonist Therapeutics

A simple promise: replacing injections with pills.
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SF Business Times: Peer-to-peer car sharing companies like Turo rapidly hiring as market hits gas

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VentureBeat: Drivetime raises $4M for voice-based trivia game for drivers

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Bloomberg Video: Bumped takes stock in new phase of customer rewards

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CNBC: Bumblebee Spaces is making robotic systems for your home so you can store stuff on the ceiling

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Forbes: At $7.6B valuation, Instacart says IPO 'on the horizon'

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CNBC: PerimeterX named a promising startup on annual Upstart 100 List

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Startup Grind: VC corner Q&A with Maha Ibrahim

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Forbes: How technology and automation humanize the property management experience

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Inc: Julie Wainwright of The RealReal named top female founder

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VentureBeat: Skale Labs raises $9.65M for better blockchain infrastructure

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Axios: ClimaCell raises $45 million for short-term weather forecasting data

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Benzinga: Venture capitalist Dan Ciporin talks fintech

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Byron Ling: What’s next -- joining Canaan

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Laura Chau: West to east

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Fortune: The summer of venture capital promotions isn’t over yet

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Business Insider: Julie Grant named 40-and-under Silicon Valley biotech investing star

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WIRED: ContentSquare named one of the hottest startups in Europe

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BioCentury: Sweet switch - Glooko & Novo Nordisk A/S partner on diabetes monitoring app

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Forbes: Luxury brands can't ignore fashion reseller The RealReal anymore

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WSJ: Cargomatic gets new funding as rebuilding effort gains traction

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TechCrunch: Even Financial lands $18.8M in venture funding

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Nina Kjellson: In case of emergency -- expert tips for weathering a crisis

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Blockhous Investor Spotlight: Hootan Rashidifard talks crypto & the growth of blockchain tech

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TechCrunch: Taking the pain out of accounting and payroll for small businesses, ScaleFactor raises $10 million

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Fintech Central: Peering into the crystal ball on the future of crypto exchanges

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CBS News: Bellhops mover walks 12+ miles to first day of work, CEO gifts him a car as thanks

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Fast Company: SoFi teams up with Ladder to offer revamped life insurance

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Reuters: Old fashion - Vintage boom buoys RealReal and jolts luxury labels

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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: The era of AI-first companies

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BioCentury: Why GV and Canaan backed PACT Pharma's hyperpersonalized cancer approach

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TechCrunch: Instead of points, Bumped gives equity in the companies you shop at

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Forbes: This VC firm just gave two twenty-something investors $20 million to find the next Snapchat

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Endpoints News: Brent Aherns weights in on FDA's new reimbursement idea for antibiotics

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Takeaways on European Fintech & Money2020

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Scientific American: New thalidomide-like therapy hijacks cells’ trash-disposal system

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Fortune: Ticketfly Cofounder and Monero Ringmaster Start New Blockchain Project, Tari

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Video: Brendan Dickinson on how to raise money in fintech at the 2018 Empire Startups conference

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Fierce Biotech: Mackay’s Rallybio rare disease startup raises $37M in first funding round

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Business Insider: Adina Tecklu named under 30 rising star in Silicon Valley tech scene

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Endpoints Under 40 Feature: Julie Grant’s views on the future of biopharma

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Nina Kjellson: Practical tips from two male biotech CEOs who are leaning in

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Anil Singhal: My four takeaways from the AACR annual meeting

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Nina Kjellson: When it comes to women in venture, a 30x return on investment...in each other

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Fintech Central: Three big takeaways on how data is changing investing as we know it

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FierceBiotech: GV, Roche help Ideaya to $94M crossover round, setting stage for synthetic lethality, I-O trials

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STAT News: Julie Grant on how biotech’s latest bubble might go pop

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Fox Business: Dan Ciporin on Mornings with Maria discussing cryptocurrency

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The Consumerization of Enterprise & the Dropbox IPO

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Fortune Term Sheet: Rich Boyle – 5 Qs with a dealmaker

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TechCrunch: Uncommon.co launches and raises $18m to bring objectivity and efficiency to hiring

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Bloomberg Tech: Canaan Partners see race for firms to hire more women

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VentureBeat: ContentSquare lands $42 million so AI can track how you click, touch, and interact with brands

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Endpoints News: When VCs hand out mega-rounds to Vir and Gossamer, are they betting on the jockey or the horse?

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TechCrunch: Apartment List raises $50 million for home rentals

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CNBC: After a miserable 2017, VCs offer predictions on digital health IPOs for 2018

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C&EN: Investment flows at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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Endpoints News: The Endpoints 11: A group of disruptive upstarts on a do-or-die mission to launch new meds

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FierceBiotech: Arvinas in $830M-plus Pfizer biobucks deal

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Business Insider: AOL’s former head of video has raised money to build a Facebook-plus-Yelp-plus-Tinder for immigrants

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FiercePharma: 2017’s fiercest women in life sciences

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Rock Health: Meet the 2018 top 50 in digital health honorees

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Boston Globe: Startup promises a weather report just for your block

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Endpoints News: Six top biotech VCs take a look at the latest trends, and offer their thoughts on 2018

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BioCentury Innovations: How Vivace turns the YAP pathway off or on to treat cancer

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Endpoints News: Genentech inks $650M deal with protein degradation pioneer Arvinas

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NY Times: Yale professors race Google and IBM to the first quantum computer

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Fortune: Top women investors are answering the VC boys club with one of their own

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Business Insider: Meet the 30 biotech leaders under 40 who are shaping the future of medicine

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Recode Decode: Why one venture capitalist is ‘cringing’ at recent tech IPOs

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WIRED: ExecThread opens a secret job board to the masses

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The Marketing Power of UX Optimization

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Entrepreneur: Why this ruthlessly prioritizing entrepreneur says you should write down one goal each day

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Bloomberg: America’s drinking problem is much worse this century

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Fierce Biotech: Canaan unveils $800 million fund for fresh wave of biotech bets

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TechCrunch: Canaan Partners just closed on its biggest fund (by a lot)

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WSJ: Canaan’s $800 million fund is the latest jumbo-size capital pool

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Michael Gilroy: Running a successful SaaS fundraising process

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Fast Company: 4 life insurance startups asking millenials to face their mortality

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Fierce Biotech: Vivace uncloaks with $40M, U.S./China backing for cancer trials

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TechCrunch: Diabetes management platform Glooko raises $35 million

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CNBC: Startup execs urge Trump not to kill the special ‘startup visa’ for entrepreneurs

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TechCrunch: In wake of Amazon/Whole Foods deal, Instacart has a challenging opportunity

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LA Times: Silicon Valley’s acquisition targets aren’t in tech anymore

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Variety: Tubular Labs launches branded content video tracker

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Michael Beckerman: On the startup road: Canaan Partners

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CNBC: A big problem with genetic testing is figuring out what the results mean. Startup Genome Medical aims to help

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WSJ: Civic-based tech sees a surge

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TechCrunch: What venture capitalists think of Trump

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Brendan Dickinson in American Banker: As VCs pivot from lenders, case for deposit-side fintech is less clear

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CNBC: Tech VCs are barging into life sciences, and writing big checks

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Fintech Central: Blockchain will never work in financial services & bitcoin is here to stay

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TechCrunch Equity Podcast with Maha and Hrach: Dropbox’s capital appetite and average revenue per dog

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TechCrunch: Gaming company Kabam’s roller coaster ride to an $800M exit

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STAT: Biotech dreams of drugging the “undruggable”

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BioTech Nation Podcast: Women in biotech venture capital

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Tim Shannon in STAT: What Trump gets wrong about drug companies

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TechCrunch: Zugata raises $7 million to make annual performance reviews obsolete

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WSJ: Venture capital prowls into the life insurance business

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SaaSQ: Building a $4B company in Silicon Valley as an outsider

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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure

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FinTech Central: Bitcoin is not “closing”! And other misconceptions debunked.

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Elephant hunting in the HR software jungle

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Turo

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Growth Marketing: A conversation with Will Young

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Cigna collaborates with Annum Health to introduce a digital health solution to help people reduce alcohol consumption

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FinTech Central: Working with the regulator

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Tim Shannon: Durable bonds and the birth of Vivace Therapeutics

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Steve Bloch: Breaking down barriers in genomic medicine

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Brendan Dickinson: Complex logistics – a conversation with Seth Goldman, former CEO of HelloFresh USA

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FinTech Central: The 2nd wave of fintech

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SaaSQ: How to build a billion-dollar company that delivers happiness

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Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka: How to cut through the AI hype

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Colleen Cuffaro: Arrakis Therapeutics: Redefining the druggable target

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Joydeep Bhattacharyya: Five things every immigrant entrepreneur should do

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Deepak Kamra: Capella Space: Getting the full picture

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Why I led Ladder’s Series A

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Insurance is the next frontier for fintech

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We met the dynamic duo. (And they weren’t wearing capes.)

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Chats + AI: Changing the face of CRM