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.
Bio
Professional summary
John Balen is a Partner at Canaan and has been with the firm since 1995. He invests across consumer and enterprise technologies and has backed companies including Blurb, UrbanSitter, Cardlytics, SilverRail, SOASTA and Switchfly. Before Canaan, he held operational and financial roles in private equity and startups.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
BlurbUrbanSitterCardlyticsSilverRailSOASTA
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- CanaanPartner1995 – Present
Education
- Cornell UniversityB.S. in Electrical Engineering
- Cornell UniversityM.B.A.
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