Brendan Dickinson leads Canaan's fintech practice with a focus on infrastructure and platform companies rather than consumer apps, backing firms that build underlying rails and tooling for financial services while framing his investing thesis around changing the world with code. He has developed a structured framework for fintech investing that categorizes opportunities across infrastructure, distribution, and new financial products, and is recognized as a specialist in marketplace lending and online credit evolution rather than generic fintech themes. Brendan Dickinson leads Canaan's fintech practice with a focus on infrastructure and platform companies rather than consumer apps, backing firms that build underlying rails and tooling for financial services while framing his investing thesis around changing the world with code. He has developed a structured framework for fintech investing that categorizes opportunities across infrastructure, distribution, and new financial products, and is recognized as a specialist in marketplace lending and online credit evolution rather than generic fintech themes.