Gary Little
Founder at Canvas Management Co. LLC
Profile
Gary R.
Little has founded Canvas Management Co. LLC in 2013, where he holds the title of General Partner.
He currently holds multiple positions, including Director at ADARA, Inc. since 2008, Director at Kinetica DB, Inc. since 2017, Board Member at Folloze, Inc. since 2017, Board Member at Evernote Corp.
since 2010, Partner at Morgenthaler Management Corp.
since 1997, Board Member at Platform9 Systems, Inc. since 2017, Board Member at Functionize, Inc. since 2019, Board Member at FOSSA, Inc. since 2020, and Board Member at Vendia, Inc. since 2021.
In his former roles, Mr. Little served as Director of Product Marketing at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1987 to 1996, Director at Netli, Inc. from 2002 to 2007, Director at SNOCAP, Inc., Director at Voltage Security, Inc. from 2010 to 2014, Director at MuleSoft LLC from 2006 to 2018, Director at NexTag, Inc. from 1999 to 2014, Director at JasperSoft Corp.
from 2003 to 2014, Director at imeem, Inc., Director at Nexxen Group LLC, Director at PMW Technologies, Inc., Director at Practice Fusion, Inc. from 2009 to 2012, Senior Vice President at Apple, Inc. from 1995 to 1996, Associate at Venrock Associates, Board Member at MuleSoft LLC from 2014 to 2017, Principal at LendingClub Corp.
from 2009 to 2010, Board Member at Nexxen Group LLC from 2005 to 2013, Principal at IBM Global Technology Services from 1981 to 1983, Design Engineer at TRW Space & Electronics, Board Member at PMW Technologies, Inc. from 2012 to 2016, Board Member at Viewics, Inc. from 2014 to 2017, and Board Member at Totango, Inc. from 2014 to 2021.
Mr. Little's education includes an MBA from Harvard University, an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and another MBA from Harvard Business School.
Gary Little active positions
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Morgenthaler Management Corp.
 Morgenthaler Management Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Morgenthaler Management Corp (Morgenthaler Management) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1968 by David Morgenthaler. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/1997 |
Canvas Management Co. LLC
 Canvas Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Canvas Management Co. LLC (Canvas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gary Little, Rebecca Lynn and Paul Hsiao. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California. | Founder | 01/09/2013 |
Kinetica DB, Inc.
 Kinetica DB, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kinetica DB, Inc. develops solutions that tracks and analyze terrorist and other national security threats in real time. Its product, GPU database, provides a range of methods such as write queries in SQL, use with popular BI tools, full text search, user defined functions, geospatial operations, and visualization pipeline to perform analytics with large datasets on a single converged platform. The company was founded by Amit Vij and Nima Negahban in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2017 |
Platform9 Systems, Inc.
 Platform9 Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Platform9 Systems, Inc. operates as a software service cloud platform. It offers OpenStack transforms users existing servers into self-service private cloud within minutes, enabling organizations to run private clouds. The company was founded by Sirish Raghuram, Bich Le, Madhura Maskasky and Roopak Parikh in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2017 |
Vendia, Inc.
 Vendia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vendia, Inc. operates as a serverless platform for sharing distributed data in real time. The company was founded by Shruthi Rao and Timothy Allen Wagner and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/02/2021 |
Functionize, Inc.
 Functionize, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Functionize, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a complete test-automation solution. It offers a machine learning and artificial intelligence platform for software testing. Its products include test creation and execution, self-healing test maintenance, and performance and analytics. The company was founded by Tamas Cser and Raymond Grieselhuber in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2019 |
FOSSA, Inc.
 FOSSA, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services FOSSA, Inc. provides real-time defense against license violations system. It analyzes the Open Source in code to help proactively identify risk and satisfy license obligations. The company was founded by Kevin X. Wang on March 27, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2020 |
Folloze, Inc.
 Folloze, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Folloze, Inc. provides technology and software services. The firm specializes in sales enablement software, sales acceleration software, effective content marketing software and sales development software. The company was founded by David Brutman and Etai Beck in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2017 |
Evernote Corp.
 Evernote Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Evernote Corp. develops applications for notes management. It offers mobile productivity apps, iPhone productivity apps, note taking apps, and personal task management apps. The company was founded by Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov, Phil Libin and David Engberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2010 |
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Training of Gary Little
| University of California, Los Angeles | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
| Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
| LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION | Finance |
| Private companies | 26 |
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Morgenthaler Management Corp.
Morgenthaler Management Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Morgenthaler Management Corp (Morgenthaler Management) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1968 by David Morgenthaler. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California. | Finance |
PMW Technologies, Inc.
 PMW Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services PMW Technologies, Inc. provides a mobile platform for human resources management. It has a comprehensive Software-as-a-Service solution focused on six core areas critical to developing and motivating a company's workforce from hire to retire: on boarding, learning management, performance management, communication, compensation and succession planning. The firm has locations in California, Georgia and South Carolina. The company was founded by Nathan J. DaPore on September 1, 2009 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC. | Technology Services |
Practice Fusion, Inc.
 Practice Fusion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Practice Fusion, Inc. engages in the development of cloud-based electronic health record platform for doctors and patients. Its platform features include e-Prescribing, medical charting, scheduling, lab integrations, patient management, patient health record, and mobile EMR and support. The company was founded by Matthew C. Douglass, Jonathan Malek, Alan Wong, and Ryan Howard in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Voltage Security, Inc.
 Voltage Security, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Voltage Security, Inc. operates as a data protection provider which delivers data-centric encryption, tokenization, and key management solutions. The company was founded by Matt Pauker, Rishi Kacker, Dan Boneh and Guido Appenzeller in 2002 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA. | Technology Services |
Mulesoft LLC
 Mulesoft LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services MuleSoft LLC provides open source infrastructure and integration software. It designs and develops an integration platform for connecting applications, data sources, and devices in the cloud or on-premises. The company offers anypoint platform, an integration platform for Software-as-a-Service, service oriented architecture, and application programming interfaces. Mulesoft was founded by Ross Mason in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Unruly Group LLC
 Unruly Group LLC Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Unruly Group LLC provides mobile video advertising services. It offers video ad units, tablet ad units, display ad units, rich media ads and interactivity options. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Venrock Associates
 Venrock Associates Investment ManagersFinance Venrock Associates is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1969. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto. | Finance |
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Electronic Technology |
imeem, Inc.
 imeem, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services imeem, Inc. operates an online community portal for musicians. It offers instant messaging service that let people communicate through chat, blogging, instant messaging and sharing files. imeem was founded by Dalton Caldwell and Jan Jannink in December 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
SNOCAP, Inc.
 SNOCAP, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services SNOCAP, Inc. provides digital licensing and copyright management services for the digital music market place. It also provides digital music and technology services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
NexTag, Inc.
 NexTag, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services NexTag, Inc. engages in the development and distribution of online monetization and traffic acquisition technologies. The company was founded by Mark A. Bradley, Purnendu Ojha and Rafael Ortiz in May 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |
Netli, Inc.
 Netli, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Netli, Inc. provides Internet infrastructure services. Its products include netlilightning, netlioffload, netliview, and netlicontinuity. The company was founded in 1999 by Adam J. Grove & Michael Kharitonov and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA | Technology Services |
JasperSoft Corp.
 JasperSoft Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services JasperSoft Corp. provides software development solutions. The company was founded by Raj K. Bhargava and Teodor Danciu in 2001 and is headquartered in Palto Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
| TRW Space & Electronics | |
Folloze, Inc.
Folloze, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Folloze, Inc. provides technology and software services. The firm specializes in sales enablement software, sales acceleration software, effective content marketing software and sales development software. The company was founded by David Brutman and Etai Beck in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Commercial Services |
Viewics, Inc.
 Viewics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Viewics, Inc. engages in business intelligence and analytics solutions. It offers Viewics LabOps with LiveMonitor, Viewics Dx Optimization, and Viewics Outreach. The company was founded by Tim Kuruvilla, Jai Bhatia, and Dhiren Bhatia in 2009 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA | Technology Services |
ADARA, Inc.
 ADARA, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services ADARA, Inc. provides online display advertising services. Its Magellan platform transforms loyalty audience that enables brands to monetize and nurture their loyalty program customers online and helps advertisers reach exclusive qualified audiences. The company was founded by Charles Mi, I-Heng Mei and James Kim in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Evernote Corp.
Evernote Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Evernote Corp. develops applications for notes management. It offers mobile productivity apps, iPhone productivity apps, note taking apps, and personal task management apps. The company was founded by Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov, Phil Libin and David Engberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |
FOSSA, Inc.
FOSSA, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services FOSSA, Inc. provides real-time defense against license violations system. It analyzes the Open Source in code to help proactively identify risk and satisfy license obligations. The company was founded by Kevin X. Wang on March 27, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
IBM Global Technology Services
 IBM Global Technology Services Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services IBM Global Technology Services provides IT infrastructure and business process services. Its services include strategic, business transformation outsourcing, integrated technology, and global delivery services. The company was founded in 1991 and is located in Armonk, NY. | Technology Services |
Functionize, Inc.
Functionize, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Functionize, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a complete test-automation solution. It offers a machine learning and artificial intelligence platform for software testing. Its products include test creation and execution, self-healing test maintenance, and performance and analytics. The company was founded by Tamas Cser and Raymond Grieselhuber in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Vendia, Inc.
Vendia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vendia, Inc. operates as a serverless platform for sharing distributed data in real time. The company was founded by Shruthi Rao and Timothy Allen Wagner and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Platform9 Systems, Inc.
Platform9 Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Platform9 Systems, Inc. operates as a software service cloud platform. It offers OpenStack transforms users existing servers into self-service private cloud within minutes, enabling organizations to run private clouds. The company was founded by Sirish Raghuram, Bich Le, Madhura Maskasky and Roopak Parikh in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Kinetica DB, Inc.
Kinetica DB, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kinetica DB, Inc. develops solutions that tracks and analyze terrorist and other national security threats in real time. Its product, GPU database, provides a range of methods such as write queries in SQL, use with popular BI tools, full text search, user defined functions, geospatial operations, and visualization pipeline to perform analytics with large datasets on a single converged platform. The company was founded by Amit Vij and Nima Negahban in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Totango, Inc.
 Totango, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Totango, Inc. provides enterprise customer success platform for recurring revenue businesses. It offers customer success center, Zoe, DNA-CX, and Totango Shield. The company was founded by Oren Raboy, Guy Nirpaz and Omer Gotlieb in 2010 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Canvas Management Co. LLC
Canvas Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Canvas Management Co. LLC (Canvas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gary Little, Rebecca Lynn and Paul Hsiao. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California. | Finance |
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