The company incubated Canaan Build, a program that supports founders in shaping and scaling their ventures.

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.

Mate Security launches Gamebooks, structured procedures that govern how its AI agents investigate security alerts. Teams define investigative goals, required evidence, permitted actions and escalation points, while agents retain flexibility in how they proceed; Mate separates these instructions from tool execution and grounds investigations in its Security Context Graph. Gamebooks is generally available on Mate’s platform, and the company raised a $35 million Series A in July.

Aug 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Hermeus raises $350 million in a round that values the defense startup at $1 billion and supports development of unmanned hypersonic aircraft. The financing includes $200 million in equity led by Khosla Ventures and $150 million in debt; the company uses a modified Pratt & Whitney F100 engine. Hermeus recently flew an F-16-sized demonstrator and aims to make its next iteration supersonic.

Apr 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Sumble emerges from stealth with $38.5 million in funding to bring AI-powered company context to sales intelligence. The San Francisco startup uses a knowledge graph and large language models to connect publicly available information and surface details such as companies’ technology use, projects, organizational charts, and contacts. It reports 19 enterprise customers, including Snowflake and Figma; Coatue led its $8.5 million seed round, and Canaan Partners led its $30 million Series A.

Oct 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Doorstep raises an $8 million seed round to develop its indoor delivery-tracking technology, which uses phone sensors to track drivers from building entry to a customer’s doorstep. The system integrates with delivery apps such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, giving platforms verifiable delivery data that can support automated dispute resolution; CEO Shashwat Murarka says Doorstep does not collect driver or user information. Led by Canaan Partners, the round will fund the move from pilot to full production and hiring in engineering and product.

Sep 2025 · TechCrunchNews article