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Rebecca Lynn

General Partner at Canvas Venture

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Rebecca Lynn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Canvas Ventures in San Francisco, with a strong background in venture capital and entrepreneurship. She has made significant investments in companies like Vida Health and Airvet, while also serving on the board of multiple successful startups. Rebecca Lynn's career highlights include being an early investor in Luminar Technologies and making strategic investments in a diverse range of sectors such as Digital Health and FinTech. Her role at Canvas Ventures allows her to support mission-driven founders who are making a positive impact on the world.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder and General Partner

    2013 - Current

    Founded in 2013, Canvas Ventures is an early-growth firm focusing on AI transforming digital health and fintech. Canvas invests in companies at the inflection point of growth, and partners leverage their go-to-market expertise to help Series A and B companies get to the next stage and beyond. With a background in fintech, digital health, and AI, the team at Canvas focuses on companies that solve core problems in these industries and can become billion-dollar exits. Our general partners, Rebecca Lynn, Gary Little, and Mike Ghaffary, have a collective 45+ years of operating experience. Notable investments made at Canvas and prior to joining Canvas include: Doximity (DOCS), MuleSoft (MULE), Lending Club (LC), Luminar (LAZR), Check (acquired by Intuit), and Casetext (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Learn more about Canvas at www.canvas.vc.

Canvas Ventures is an early-growth fund focusing on AI transforming digital health and fintech.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Revolutionizing vision care and benefits.

XP Health is an artificial intelligence-powered vision benefits platform for employees.

Raised $55,300,000.00 from QED Investors, Canvas Ventures, HC9 Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Valor Capital Group, ManchesterStory Group and American Family Ventures.

  • Early Investor

    2016

    (NASDAQ: LAZR) Making autonomous transportation safe and ubiquitous.

  • Board Member

    2016

    The only multi-chronic health coaching platform.

Vida Health is a virtual care platform that provides health coaching from experienced health care providers and medical institutions.

Raised $216,500,000.00 from Hercules Capital, Canvas Ventures, General Atlantic and Ally Bridge Group.

  • Board Member

    2019

    Fighting for financial fairness for all.

Possible Finance is a consumer finance company that provides access to capital and long-term financial health.

Raised $157,500,000.00 from Unlock Venture Partners, Tom Williams, Toy Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Euclidean Capital, Union Square Ventures and FJ Labs.

  • Board Member

    2020

    Telemedicine for veterinarians.

Airvet is a telehealth platform designed to offer continuity of care between pet parents and veterinarians.

Raised $32,200,000.00 from Mountain Group Capital, Headline, Burst Capital, Bob Antin and Canvas Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

    AI-powered commercial sale-leaseback platform.

Keyway is a generative AI company building the future of real estate

Raised $110,000,000.00 from FJ Labs.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Value-based primary care practice redesigning how residents of senior living communities access healthcare.

We're bringing higher quality medical care to residents of senior living communities.

Raised $43,500,000.00 from Gradient and First Round Capital.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Developer-friendly platform for advanced healthcare data exchange.

Particle is an API platform that allows patients and consumers to share medical information.

Raised $39,343,922.00 from PruVen Capital, Menlo Ventures, Story Ventures and Canvas Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2024

    The first mental wellness platform for healthcare workers.

Marvin is made to empower caregivers, leading the global transformation to a modern and sustainable healthcare system.

Raised $6,200,000.00 from Alexandria Venture Investments and Verily.

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