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Investor profile

Tim Shannon

General Partner, Canaan Partners

About

Tim Shannon is a physician-turned-investor who trained as a pulmonary and critical care doctor before serving as CEO of publicly traded biotech company CuraGen and joining Canaan Partners. He served as founding CEO of Arvinas, helping to build one of the pioneering companies in targeted protein degradation, and frequently takes on board chair roles where he shapes scientific strategy and development plans rather than just providing capital. Tim Shannon is a physician-turned-investor who trained as a pulmonary and critical care doctor before serving as CEO of publicly traded biotech company CuraGen and joining Canaan Partners. He served as founding CEO of Arvinas, helping to build one of the pioneering companies in targeted protein degradation, and frequently takes on board chair roles where he shapes scientific strategy and development plans rather than just providing capital.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
BioTech
Enterprise
Consumer
FinTech
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $20M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Africa
LatAm
India
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Canada
Israel
ANZ
MENA