Canaan Partners
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-854-8092
Fax: 650-854-8127
e-mail: eyoung@canaan.com
URL: http://www.canaan.com

Eric Young was a co-founder of Canaan Partners and has served as a General Partner since its inception in 1987. Canaan Partners is a proven early stage venture investor who catalyzes the development of innovative technology and healthcare companies to build next-generation market leaders. Canaan has raised approximately $2.2 billion across seven funds since its outset.

At Canaan , Eric has concentrated on opportunities in communications systems and enterprise automation, having led its investments in Argon Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Diffusion Software, Frame Technology, INS, Kalpana, ONI Systems, Spectrian and Visigenic Software. Prior to Canaan , he was a Senior Vice President of GE Venture Capital. During his five years there, he was responsible for several successful investments in companies such as Nellcor and Octel Communications. Eric joined GE in 1979, holding successive managerial positions in sales, marketing and manufacturing within two GE industrial product businesses before joining GE Venture Capital. Eric is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS in mechanical engineering and received his MBA in finance from Northwestern University . Eric is currently a member of Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Panel group after having served for several years on Nasdaq's Listing and Hearing Review Council. In addition, Eric is a member of Cornell University 's Entrepreneurship@Cornell Advisory Council.  Mr. Young currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cortina Systems, Captara, eBates, Lancope, and PerformanceRetail.