Maha Ibrahim
General Partner at Canaan Partners
Sarasota, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2000 - Current
Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world's leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 plus years. Canaan’s focus areas include consumer tech, fintech, enterprise/cloud, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health and medtech. To learn more about our people and our portfolio, please visit www.canaan.com
Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.
Board Member
2021
Deckers Outdoor Corporation is engaged in designing, marketing and distributing footwear, apparel and accessories developed
Board Member
2019
https://www.mlbplayers.com/mlbpi. MLB Players, Inc. is the business arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association. The Major League Baseball Players Association (www.MLBPLAYERS.com) is the collective bargaining representative for all professional baseball players of the thirty Major League Baseball teams and serves as the exclusive group licensing agent for commercial and licensing activities involving active Major League Baseball players. On behalf of its members, it operates the Players Choice licensing program and the Players Choice Awards, which benefit the needy through the Major League Baseball Players Trust (www.PlayersTrust.org), a charitable foundation established and run entirely by Major League Baseball players.
Member of the Board of Trustees
2017
Chair of the Investment Committee for nonpartisan, global think tank dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States.
Chairperson, Stanford Athletics DAPER Lodato Fund
2011
Member of the Board of Directors
2016 - 2020
Executive Committee Member National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. As the venture community’s flagship trade association, the NVCA serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its over 300 member firms through a full range of professional services.
National Venture Capital Association advocates for policies that promote long-term investment and encourage innovation.
Board Member
2012 - 2020
Leader in luxury consignment Member of the Audit Committee. Series A lead investor. The RealReal (NASDAQ: REAL) went public June 2019.
The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated and consigned luxury goods.
Raised $356,874,359.00 from Patricof Co, Great Hill Partners, Greenspring Associates, Greycroft, GreyLion Capital, 3L Capital and Headline.
Board Member
2007 - 2017
Leader in mobile gaming. Acquired by NetMarble
Board Member
2013 - 2014
Open stack software. Series A lead. Acquired by Cisco Systems.
Board Member
2008 - 2013
Storage software. Lead seed investor. Acquired by VMWare
Education
PhD
1993 - 1997
Master of Arts - MA
1991 - 1992
Bachelor of Arts - BA
1988 - 1992