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John Pacifico

COO + CFO and General Partner, Canaan PartnersCanaan PartnersMenlo Park, CA

Current Firm

Canaan Partners

Investments

14+ companies

Focus

Biotech, Enterprise

About John Pacifico

Brendan Dickinson leads Canaan's fintech practice with a focus on infrastructure and platform companies rather than consumer apps, backing firms that build underlying rails and tooling for financial services while framing his investing thesis around changing the world with code. He has developed a structured framework for fintech investing that categorizes opportunities across infrastructure, distribution, and new financial products, and is recognized as a specialist in marketplace lending and online credit evolution rather than generic fintech themes.

Focus Areas

BiotechEnterpriseConsumerFintechDeeptech

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

Notable Investments

Stephen Bloch
Brent Ahrens
Tim Shannon
Maha Ibrahim
Wende Hutton
Guy Russo
Hrach Simonian
Joydeep Bhattacharyya
Deepak Kamra
Julie Grant
John Pacifico
Rich Boyle
Nandu Anilal
Nina Kjellson