Canaan Promotes Bloch

Canaan Partners has promoted Stephen Bloch to venture partner. He joined the firm in June 2002 as a Ewing Marion Kauffman Fellow, and serves on the boards of < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Canaan portfolio companies Advanced Biohealing, Amicus Therapeutics, Marinus Pharmaceuticals, OmniSonics Medical Technologies and Viacor. Prior to joining Canaan, Bloch was a medical entrepreneur and practicing physician. www.canaan.com< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />