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Joydeep Bhattacharyya
General Partner at Canaan
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Joydeep Bhattacharyya is a General Partner at Canaan in Menlo Park, California, specializing in investing in Series A and Series B stages, with a focus on sectors like Security, Cloud Infrastructure, and SaaS. He has served on the boards of several successful companies, including Dragos, Inc., Contentsquare, and MindTickle, and has made key investments in companies like Cynomi, Savvy, and Alkymi.
Bhattacharyya holds an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and has a strong background in cloud computing, distributed systems, and software project management. His career highlights include leading investments in companies like Dragos (Series D) and MindTickle (Series E), showcasing his expertise in venture capital and business strategy.
Work Experience
General Partner
2016 - Current
Series A and B level investments with a focus on SaaS-enabled Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Business Intelligence and Developer-first Enterprise solutions.
Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Board Observer
2020
Snyk is a cloud native application security provider that enables millions of developers to build software securely.
Raised $1,195,500,000.00 from ServiceNow.
Board Member
2018
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company that detects and responds to threats in industrial control systems.
Raised $438,200,000.00 from WestCap, Global Reserve Group, Empede Capital, National Grid Partners (NGP), Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, BlackRock, Emerson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Koch Disruptive Technologies and DataTribe.
Board Member
2019
Board Member
2017
HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects the internet and enterprises from fraud and sophisticated bot attacks.
Raised $200,593,068.00 from NightDragon, Vertex Ventures US, WestCap, ClearSky, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sigma Software Labs, WestCap, NightDragon, NightDragon and Grit Capital Partners.
Board Member
2017
MindTickle is a software company that offers sales readiness and enablement tools for businesses.
Raised $281,300,000.00 from Qualcomm Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, NewView Capital and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2021