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Richard Boyle

General Partner at Canaan

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Richard Boyle is a General Partner at Canaan in San Francisco, California, with a focus on investing in seed to Series B stage companies in sectors like robotics, AI, and real estate. He has successfully invested in companies like Tomorrow.io and Dusty Robotics, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and strategic partnerships.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2016 - Current

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2024

AttoTude is a pioneer in the creation of novel connection technology for AI and hyperscale data center applications.

Raised $40,000,000.00 from Wing Venture Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Canaan Partners.

  • Board Member

    2023

Diligent Robotics develops AI-powered robot assistants to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments.

Raised $80,324,532.00 from Northwestern Medicine Innovation, DNX Ventures, Canaan Partners, Next Coast Ventures, True Ventures and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.

  • Board Member

    2021

withco is a provider of real estate and technology services to small businesses.

Raised $32,000,000.00 from Initialized Capital, Max Rhodes, NFX, Zachary Perret, Terrence Rohan, Kenneth Chenault, Founders Fund, Eric Glyman, Max Levchin and LenX.

  • Board Member

    2021

Dusty Robotics develops robot-powered tools for the modern construction workforce.

Raised $68,715,000.00 from Canaan Partners, NextGen Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, WND Ventures, Baseline Ventures, GRIDS Capital, Root Ventures and Cantos.

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2021

Lev Inc offers financial services, specializing in lending and capital management solutions.

  • Board Member

    2020

Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network.

Raised $215,955,107.00 from Sahin Boydas, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Sam Altman, Bling Capital, Khosla Ventures, RTX Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Canaan Partners, Pallas Ventures and Keith Masback.

  • Board Member

    2018

  • Board Member

    2017

Tomorrow.io is a weather intelligence platform that provides real-time weather forecasts.

Raised $258,949,997.00 from Pitango VC, Chemonics, Clearvision Ventures, Seraphim Space, RTX Ventures, Activate Capital Partners, Square Peg Capital, JetBlue Ventures and Canaan Partners.

  • Board Member

    2018

Education 

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