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01 | Culture
Build the soil before building the business.
The way people work together shapes what they are able to build. We value trust, ownership, generosity, excellence, learning and purpose.
The ecosystem
The environmentmatters.
A good idea can still fail in the wrong environment.
What surrounds a business matters: the people involved, the culture they create, the relationships they build and the systems that help them keep going.
Our ecosystem is built around nine principles.
Nine principles
What the ecosystem stands on.
Nine principles
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Culture
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02 | Consistency
Turn vision into disciplined action.
Ideas are easy to start. Progress comes from continuing: showing up, doing the work, learning and improving.
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03 | Community
Build with people, not just for people.
Founders, builders, investors, technologists, organisations and communities all have something to contribute. The right connections create possibilities that wouldn't exist otherwise.
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04 | Partnership
Multiply what none of us can build alone.
The right partnership brings together strengths, networks and capabilities that complement each other. It's more than collaboration. It's building toward something bigger together.
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05 | Profit
Create value that sustains the mission.
A business needs to work economically if it is going to keep going. Profit gives an ecosystem the ability to reinvest, grow and create more value.
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06 | Pioneering
Explore what does not yet exist.
We want to be willing to go first. That means experimenting with new technologies, business models, markets and partnerships, and learning from what happens.
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07 | Redemptive
Build businesses that make things better.
Business can create more than revenue. It can create opportunity, restore dignity, strengthen communities and contribute to human flourishing.
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08 | Recreate
Build again. Build differently. Build better.
What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow. We question outdated systems, rethink assumptions and make room for better ones.
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09 | Reach
Take what works further.
A good idea shouldn't have to remain in one place. We want ideas, businesses, technology, capital and people to move across cities, industries, cultures and countries.
What lives inside the ecosystem
Where we'rebuilding.
- 01
Technology
Digital products, platforms and technology-enabled businesses.
- 02
AI
New capabilities, better ways of working and problems technology can now help solve.
- 03
Startups & Ventures
Working with founders from ideas through execution and growth.
- 04
Capital & Investment
Connecting people, capital and opportunities where there is a fit.
- 05
Ecosystems
Bringing entrepreneurs, organisations, communities and institutions into the same conversation.
India → Global
It starts here.It doesn't have to stay here.
Canaan Ventures is rooted in Bengaluru, with a vision that extends across South Asia, the USA and global markets.
Good ideas can come from anywhere.
The opportunity is to give them the people, resources and connections to travel further.
- Bengaluru
- South Asia
- USA
- Global
What are youbuilding?
- Maybe you're starting something.
- Maybe you're trying to solve a problem.
- Maybe you need technology, people or a partner.
- Maybe you have capital, expertise, technology or a network that could help someone else move forward.
- Or maybe there's something worth building together.
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