Private market venture capital investment opportunities for accredited investors.
Direct Access to Breakthrough Venture Private Markets
Cyan provides accredited investors access to high-conviction early-stage opportunities across transformative industries. While sector-agnostic, we have deep expertise in breakthrough innovation, including clean technology and the green economy, where companies are reshaping how the world works today.
Our focus is on pre-seed, seed, and occasionally Series A rounds, where capital is often scarce but the potential impact is enormous. We back ventures tackling the world’s toughest problems by applying AI and other transformative technologies to create solutions that were previously impossible. These are high-capital-intensity opportunities over the long term, but early milestones achieved with targeted investment de-risk the business, attract institutional interest, and pave the way to eventual exits, typically through IPOs. Cyan invests in companies with the ambition, technology, and vision to reshape industries and solve challenges that matter on a global scale.
Each investment is structured with value creation in mind, with flexibility to support the company’s preferred growth and exit path — whether that is scaling privately, strategic acquisition, or going public. Investors gain early visibility and alignment with milestones, allowing them to participate in high-conviction opportunities while avoiding the risks of blind-pool strategies. By concentrating on a small number of transformative companies each year, Cyan ensures disciplined capital deployment, active support, and alignment with founders driving meaningful impact.
Our network spans founders, CEOs, former founders, investors, and the broader Canadian venture ecosystem, which supports our deal flow and the ability to add value to management teams in achieving critical milestones. For investors, this translates into exclusive opportunities that are rarely accessible outside of structured venture networks.
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Led by Chris J. Parr, Principal
Chris J. Parr is an early-stage investor and principal investor of Cyan Venture Partnerships. He has over 10 years of experience as an investment broker, corporate investment manager, CEO, and board of director. He most recently led early investments in Aduro Energy and advised the go public transaction, serving on the board of directors. Chris Parr received an MBA from Simon Fraser University.