Eric Young

Eric was a co-founder of Canaan and has served as a General Partner since its inception. At Canaan, Eric has concentrated on opportunities in communications systems and enterprise automation, having led its investments in Argon Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Diffusion Software, Frame Technology, INS, Kalpana, ONI Systems, Spectrian and Visigenic Software. Prior to Canaan, he was a Senior Vice President of GE Venture Capital. During his five years there, he was responsible for several successful investments in companies such as Nellcor and Octel Communications. Eric joined GE in 1979, holding successive managerial positions in sales, marketing and manufacturing within two GE industrial product businesses before joining GE Venture Capital. Eric is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS in mechanical engineering and received his MBA in finance from Northwestern University. Eric is currently a member of Nasdaq's Listing Qualifications Panel group after having served for several years on Nasdaq's Listing and Hearing Review Council. In addition, Eric is a member of Cornell University's Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Advisory Council. Mr. Young currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cortina Systems, Captara, eBates, Lancope, and PerformanceRetail.