Canvas is a mission-driven VC firm leading series A & B investments in transformative companies.
The lead investor for Series A & B startups ready to scale






Known for jump-starting growth
Fanatic about future tech
Devoted to a select few
Accomplished and in your corner
Featured companies

AI
Austin Russell
Founder & CEO

Pioneering the future of autonomous transportation.
LAZR

AI
Austin Russell
Founder & CEO

Pioneering the future of autonomous transportation.
LAZR
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Marketplace
Shan-Lyn Ma
Founder & CEO

Reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience.

Marketplace
Shan-Lyn Ma
Founder & CEO

Reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Healthtech
Jeff Tangney
Co-Founder & CEO

The home of all things Professional network for physicians.
NYSE: DOCS

Healthtech
Jeff Tangney
Co-Founder & CEO

The home of all things Professional network for physicians.
NYSE: DOCS
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Healthtech
Stephanie Tilenius
Founder & CEO

Delivering lasting behavior change and health outcomes to chronic conditions.

Healthtech
Stephanie Tilenius
Founder & CEO

Delivering lasting behavior change and health outcomes to chronic conditions.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Fintech
Tony Huang
Co-Founder & CEO

Creating financial fairness with personal loans.

Fintech
Tony Huang
Co-Founder & CEO

Creating financial fairness with personal loans.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

AI
Jake Heller
Co-Founder & CEO

AI legal assistant.
Acquired by Thomson Reuters

AI
Jake Heller
Co-Founder & CEO

AI legal assistant.
Acquired by Thomson Reuters
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Enterprise
Anshu Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO

Sensitive data vault.

Enterprise
Anshu Sharma
Co-Founder & CEO

Sensitive data vault.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Fintech
Gary Beasley
Co-Founder & CEO

The #1 marketplace for single-family rental homes.

Fintech
Gary Beasley
Co-Founder & CEO

The #1 marketplace for single-family rental homes.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Healthtech
Brandon Werber
Founder & CEO

Pet care anytime, anywhere.

Healthtech
Brandon Werber
Founder & CEO

Pet care anytime, anywhere.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas

Marketplace
Tushar Garg
Co-Founder & CEO

Superpower your home buying.

Marketplace
Tushar Garg
Co-Founder & CEO

Superpower your home buying.
*Partner investment made prior to joining Canvas
A winning track record
50+
Active investments*
24%
Women CEOs or Co-Founders at active portfolio companies
30
M&A exits*
11
Billion-dollar companies*
45
Years of partners' operating experience
8
Avg. board seats per partner
*Includes partners' investments made prior to joining Canvas Ventures
Everyone in venture talks about backing bold and transformative technology. They really don’t do it. They just make incremental bets with short time horizons. Canvas is different.
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Austin Russell
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Founder & CEO
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Luminar
The team had dozens of ideas for us about marketing before they'd even invested. Rebecca is the exact personality you want on your board —intelligent, a listener, and a connector.
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Jake Heller
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Casetext
Rebecca's advice and network has helped us more times than I can count.
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Jeff Tangney
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Doximity
With Canvas you get close personal contact with all the partners because of their structure.
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Donny Salazar
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Founder & CEO
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MasonHub