Canaan Partners (www.canaan.com) - Investment Analyst - Menlo Park CA
Canaan Partners is seeking an analyst who is energetic, passionate about technology, and intellectually curious to join its Menlo Park, CA Information Technology team.
The analyst role is a 2-3 year position that is traditionally followed by business/graduate school or an operational role. The analyst, working directly with Canaan’s senior IT investment professionals, will have the following responsibilities:
•	Assessment, analysis, and due diligence of potential investments
•	Evaluation of business plans
•	Identification of new investment areas and development of investment theses
•	Preparation of advisory meeting presentations
•	Development and management of data sets and sources
•	Sourcing of new deals
The candidate should possess:
•	1-3 years work experience at a startup or other tech company. A year or two of management consulting or investment banking prior is desirable, but not necessary
•	Deep knowledge of and interest in Information Technology. Our team covers a broad landscape from mobile apps and social media to enterprise SaaS, datacenter infrastructure, and hardware (and everything in between). While the firm has a Health Care team, this role is specifically for the Information Technology team
•	Active network in the Bay Area startup community. Strong preference will be given to candidates who are already in the Bay Area
•	A personality that is data-driven, creative, and analytical. We have a lot of unstructured, proprietary data and want to think up new ways to use it
•	An undergraduate degree in engineering, math, computer science, physical science, or related field from a top university. This is a pre-MBA position
•	Strong interpersonal skills
•	Ability to work in small team environment
•	Willingness to articulate opinions on investment decisions
Company Description:
Canaan Partners is an early stage Venture Capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, New York, Connecticut, India, and Israel. Founded in 1987, the firm is currently investing its ninth fund, Canaan IX, a $600M vehicle raised in early 2012. With $3.5B under management, the firm is committed to catalyzing the growth of innovative companies in the internet, mobile, enterprise, digital media, and health care industries. Current Canaan portfolio companies include Lending Club, Kabam, Zoosk, WibiData, The RealReal, Tremor Media (NYSE: TRMR), Skybox Imaging, Cardlytics, Prime Sense, Bharat Matrimony, and Soasta. Past successes include Virsto (acquired by VMWare), DoubleClick (acquired by Google), SuccessFactors (acquired by SAP), Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), Active Network (NYSE: ACTV), ID Analytics (acquired by LifeLock), Advanced BioHealing (acquired by Shire), and SandForce (acquired by LSI) among others. For more information, please visit www.canaan.com.
Please reach out to rwincek [at] canaan [dot] com