Deepak Kamra

Deepak has been with Canaan Partners for over 20 years, focusing on investments in digital media and software. Deepak has wide-ranging interests, and thrives on risk. He led Canaan’s early investment in DoubleClick, the Internet’s first and leading online advertising solution, as well as Canaan’s investment in Acme Packet, a leading network security and virtualization company, and SuccessFactors, a pioneering cloud software company for human resources management.

Deepak received a BA from Carleton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was included on the Forbes Midas List in 2008 and 2009. He was a member of the board of the National Venture Capital Association from 2008 to 2012. In his spare time, he is involved in several microfinance initiatives to spur economic growth in developing nations, and has served as Chairman of the Investment Committee at Deutsche Bank’s Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium.