Canaan Partners, is a VC firm that has moved big into the alternative finance space. With over $4.2 billion under management they have the fire power, and the tool kit, to move quickly into promising, early stage companies. Canaan targets two sectors; Technology and Healthcare companies which are based mainly in the US, India and Israel. Canaan leans towards seed and early stage funding with about 80% of its investments targeting early rounds.

In 2014 they had 5 “unicorns” or VC home runs. But within the Tech vertical is the subcategory of FinTech – one of the hottest investment sectors over the past several years