Brendan Dickinson
General Partner / East Coast
Canaan Partners
Canaan General Partner leading the firm’s fintech practice, with emphasis on fintech infrastructure, platforms, products, and insurance.
Dennis Podlesak
Managing Partner, Canaan Partners’ Axcelius·Canaan Partners
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Bio
Professional summary
Dennis Podlesak is Managing Partner of Canaan Partners’ Axcelius and Chairman and CEO of Transposon Therapeutics, which he co-founded. He is also Chairman of Syndax Pharmaceuticals and an Advisory Partner to Domain Associates, where he joined as a Partner in 2007. His investment and operating track record includes Tobira Therapeutics, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, RightCare Solutions, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Cerexa, Calixa Therapeutics and Corthera.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Transposon TherapeuticsSyndax PharmaceuticalsTobira TherapeuticsAvanir PharmaceuticalsRightCare SolutionsPeninsula PharmaceuticalsCerexaCalixa TherapeuticsCorthera
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Canaan Partners’ AxceliusManaging PartnerPresent
- Transposon TherapeuticsChairman and CEOPresent
- Domain AssociatesAdvisory PartnerPresent
- Domain AssociatesPartner2007
- NovartisSenior Vice President and Head of North American Business Unit
- AllerganVice President, Head of CEC Division
- SmithKline BeechamExecutive
Education
- Western Illinois UniversityB.A.
- Pepperdine UniversityMBA
- The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPost-graduate studies
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