General Catalyst

General Catalyst

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

San Francisco, California 107,934 followers

Let's Venture Beyond.

About us

General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation company that partners with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI. We support founders with a long-term view who challenge the status quo, partnering with them from seed to growth stage and beyond. With offices in San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Berlin, Bangalore, and London, we have supported the growth of 700+ businesses, including Airbnb, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Commure, Glean, Guild, Gusto, Helsing, Hubspot, Kayak, Livongo, Mistral, Ramp, Samsara, Snap, Stripe, Sword, and Zepto. For more information, visit: www.generalcatalyst.com.

Website
http://www.generalcatalyst.com
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Type
Partnership
Founded
2000

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  • We’re proud to announce that we have raised approximately $8B of new capital, across our core VC funds and separately managed accounts, to fuel the next generation of groundbreaking technologies and businesses. As we venture beyond with entrepreneurs globally to expand what’s possible, the future has never been brighter.    For 25 years, we've been committed to partnering with founders from their beginnings, investing early in companies like Stripe and Airbnb, and creating companies like Livongo, Commure, and Homeward. By scaling our global seed capacity in Europe and India, we’re staying true to our core, while playing the long game to unlock outliers. We’re also doubling down on the founder experience through GC Famiglia — our community of founders, business leaders and policymakers who we support with world-class programming and services. Creating transformative impact through applied AI and global resilience mandates moving beyond the traditional scope of venture capital. So our GC Transformation Flywheel connects innovators with adopters to scale impact through uncommon collaboration. This is reflected in our Health Assurance Transformation Company and GC Institute, and in our new products like the Customer Value Strategy to give founders more non-dilutive opportunities to grow their business. We’re grateful to our LPs for believing in our expansive vision, and invite you to learn more from our CEO Hemant Taneja here: https://bit.ly/gc-xii #VentureBeyond #GlobalResilience #AppliedAI #Startups #VentureCapital 

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    Hemant Taneja Hemant Taneja is an Influencer

    CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst

    Grammarly is entering a new era, acquiring Coda, to become what we believe will be a leading AI productivity platform supercharging the 40 million people and 50,000 organizations that already use the products today. I’m excited that Shishir Mehrotra will become the new CEO of Grammarly in this new chapter. The combined company has the potential to redefine how we transform enterprises with AI. I’ve said that AI at its core will be about workforce transformation, bringing new capabilities to humans to be more productive and work on more interesting problems. Grammarly today helps leading enterprises communicate effectively–the combined capabilities will give them the ability to interact with each other through their platforms and systems via the Coda products. With both teams’ leading AI engines, we believe this will be a powerful tool brought to people everywhere. I’m grateful for Rahul Roy-Chowdhury navigating the generative AI development and getting Grammarly ready for this new chapter. Excited to see the combined team define a new paradigm of AI in enterprise. More here: https://lnkd.in/gBHK-s8M

    Redefining Productivity for the Modern Workplace

    Redefining Productivity for the Modern Workplace

    grammarly.com

  • Congratulations to GC’s Managing Director and Head of Europe Jeannette zu Fürstenberg for being named to Forbes’ Midas List Europe, which highlights the top 25 investors in the region! She had early conviction in the founders behind category-defining companies, including Deel, Helsing, Mistral AI, Ramp, Applied Intuition, and Maven Clinic. This honor is a testament to her unwavering belief in Europe’s early-stage ecosystem, dedication to European Resilience, and commitment to nurturing the GC Famiglia – both in Europe and globally. #ForbesMidas #VentureCapital Full list → https://lnkd.in/dvNGzCEE

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    CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst

    I joined Mukesh Bansal in Bengaluru, founder of Curefit - house of cult and General Catalyst portfolio company Nurix on his SparX podcast. We had an engaging and wide-ranging conversation that touched on GC’s strong belief in India’s tech ecosystem, our evolved business model that goes beyond traditional VC, the applied AI opportunities exemplified by Hippocratic AI, and more. Our full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gwX3kcRw #GlobalResilience #AppliedAI

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    Managing Director, Head of Health Assurance Fund, General Catalyst

    Congratulations to General Catalyst’s CEO Hemant Taneja for being named to Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list, which celebrates leaders transforming the future of healthcare! This well-deserved recognition, awarded for the second consecutive year, reflects your dedication to championing our vision of Health Assurance and partnering to build the ecosystem. Our team, portfolio companies, and partners are proud to work alongside you. #HealthAssurance Full list: https://lnkd.in/edvB5NNb

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  • Soda Health’s mission is to create an affordable, accessible, and proactive healthcare system that ensures Health Assurance for all. Through partnerships with health plans and retailers, Soda Health’s Smart Benefits platform offers comprehensive benefits, providing access to healthy foods, over-the-counter medications, and transportation when people need them most. We’re excited to lead Soda Health’s $50M Series B and welcome Robby, Daryl, Chris, Jared, and the entire team to the GC Famiglia. “We believe there are smarter ways to optimize health plan spending. Soda Health and their &more network offer a solution that uses supplemental benefit dollars more wisely—delivering better data, closing care gaps, and driving patient outcomes on what we see as a best-in-class, secure, and flexible platform. Healthcare is an interconnected ecosystem, and when a company aligns the needs of payors, providers, retailers, and patients, it’s a win for all.” -GC’s Caitlin Donovan More from Caitlin & Tyler → https://lnkd.in/gcK4fVPX

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    CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst

    Recently I spoke with Shereen Bhan at CNBC-TV18 and moneycontrol.com’s Global AI Conclave, where we discussed General Catalyst’s bullishness about India’s future. In particular I talked about India’s need for AI sovereignty–too critical of a new national resource to not make large investments in. The country is rapidly transforming itself. India’s entrepreneurial spirit is undeniable — as evidenced by young, hungry talent like Aadit Palicha and the Zepto team who are reshaping the quick commerce space. And trends in global supply chains as countries seek their national resilience will strongly benefit India as a deeper partner. My time in Bangalore with our 15+ person team (led by Neeraj and Priya) and founders in the community reaffirmed that now is India's moment to build global resilience and lead in applied AI. At GC, we’re proud to partner with India’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to help make this vision a reality. #GlobalResilience #AppliedAI #India

  • Our team showed up in force at Slush, bringing energy and insights to Helsinki. Juliet took the stage alongside Cherry VenturesFilip and Slush President, Elin to explore expanding the possibilities for Europe’s seed-stage companies. “You have an opportunity to create companies that are going to transform the world for the next century.” -GC’s Juliet Bailin Alexandre teamed up with Black Forest Labs’ Robin to discuss Europe’s leadership in shaping the future of open-source AI. Matthew led a conversation on global resilience, focusing on defense and multi-use investing. Samuel had the honor of judging the Slush 100 semifinal marathon – congratulations to OASYS NOW co-founders Nima and Sara! Watch Juliet’s closing remarks ↓

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