Julie Grant
General Partner at Canaan
Julie Grant
General Partner at Canaan
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2019 - Current
Partner
2016 - 2019
Principal
2014 - 2016
Associate
2013 - 2014
Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Board Member
2019
Synthekine is a development stage biotherapeutics company focused on the engineering of novel specific and potent cytokine therapies.
Raised $289,500,000.00 from The Column Group.
Board Member
2018
Nocion Therapeutics is a developer of novel pharmaceuticals intended to treat the conditions arising from neurogenic inflammation.
Raised $110,999,994.00 from Arkin Holdings, Mission BioCapital, F-Prime Capital, OUP (Osage University Partners), Canaan Partners, Monograph Capital and Mass General Brigham Ventures.
Chair Of The Board Of Directors
2020 - 2023
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
2018 - 2020
Day One Biopharmaceuticals develops targeted therapies to treat people with life-threatening diseases.
Raised $687,500,000.00 from Fairmount Funds Management, Braidwell, Deerfield, Wellington Management, Access Biotechnology and Frazier Healthcare Partners.
Board Observer
2015 - 2019
Glooko as a digital health company that offers a diabetes management platform to help users monitor and control their blood glucose levels.
Raised $301,000,000.00 from Health Catalyst Capital, Canaan Partners and Georgian.
Board Member
2017 - 2018
Board Observer
2014 - 2018
Board Member
2015 - 2017
Board Observer
2013 - 2015
CytomX Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing proteolytically-activated antibodies.
Raised $345,423,000.00 from Wellington Management, Cormorant Asset Management, Deerfield, Casdin Capital, Tekla Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors, Venrock and Redmile Group.
Seed Investor and Board Observer
2013 - 2015