| Eric Young |
In 1987 Eric Young co-founded Canaan Partners, an early-stage venture capital investment
firm, in 1987. Since then, Canaan has since raised $5 billion in capital , making
startup and led investments in over 450 newly formed companies that span the information
technology 475
startups – the firm is one of the few in the industry that specializes in both technology
and healthcare industries. Young Eric led Canaan’s investments in IT-based
companies such
as Copper Mountain Networks, Ebates, Enpirion, International Network
Services, Kalpana, Lancope, ONI Systems, SandForceSandforce, Spectrian Ebates and Visigenic
Software. Before starting Canaan, Young was a SVP at Lancope. He
joined Canaan from GE Venture Capital, where he was an SVP and held a number
previously held of leadership positions in two other GE operating businesses. An active
proponent of skill development in young entrepreneurs, Young enthusiast for entrepreneurship,
Eric serves as an advisor
to several Cornell-affiliated groupsorganizations,
including Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Praxis Center for Venture Development,
Cornell
Silicon Valley, Red Bear Angels, Thayer Ventures, CoVenture and BR Venture
Fund. He helped shape the Commercialization Fellows program in the College of
Engineering, and has served as an adjunct instructor in the NSF’s I-Corps program
for technology commercialization.
He Eric also advises aspiring entrepreneurs through
skill development organizations such as Scout and Mosaic, located at Northeastern
University. Eric earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University
and an MBA
from Northwestern University.
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