Canapi Ventures, a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm investing in early to growth-stage enterprise software and fintech companies, announced that Kristie Han and Connie Qian have joined the firm as Principals.
Han will be based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office, while Qian will join Canapi’s San Francisco office. Both will focus on growth-stage enterprise software investment opportunities.
Han brings more than a decade of diverse investment experience to Canapi. Her background spans growth equity and venture capital, with a focus on software and technology investments at leading firms like Bain Capital Ventures, PSG, and Riverside. At Bain Capital Ventures, she refined her expertise in Series B to pre-IPO growth-stage companies, including enterprise and AI applications. Han’s experience also includes providing growth capital and executing buy-and-build strategies at PSG and Riverside. She holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from Harvard College.
Qian brings a decade of experience in fintech and enterprise software to Canapi, spanning both operational and investment roles. She joins from Forgepoint Capital, where she focused on early and growth-stage investments in cybersecurity and infrastructure software. Before Forgepoint, she cultivated her skills at Block (formerly Square) across strategic finance, business operations, and corporate development. Qian began her career in equity research at Goldman Sachs and Robert W. Baird, covering the IT and communications technology sectors. She holds a BS in Applied Economics & Management from Cornell University and an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania.
Led by Walker Forehand, president and general partner, Tom Davis, Jeffrey Reitman, Chip Mahan, and Neil Underwood, general partners, Canapi is a B2B software and financial technology venture and growth equity platform investing in early to growth-stage companies offering alternatives to outdated business models and technologies. Backed by the Canapi Alliance – a network of over 70 of the financial institutions across the United States – Canapi’s partners have decades of hands-on experience in financial services.
Late last year, the firm announced its Fund II, totaling $750M, bringing its total assets under management to over $1.4B.
