General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage and growth equity investments. It invests in powerful, positive change that endures. For Seed-stage companies: it backs first-time and experience founders, as well as nascent teams, at the ideation phase of enterprise and consumer solutions with Seed stage investments from $500K to $2M. In addition, through its Early-stage practice (<$10M in revenue), it support companies at the Series A and Series B stages that are focused on new themes and industries ripe for change through innovation and digital transformation. Through its Hatch and XIR programs, it collaborates with world-class executives to create a new business or identify an existing growth-stage business to transform with them. Through these partnerships and active company building, it can accelerate the trajectory and improve the eventual outcome of a business. Through its growth-stage practice ($10M 100M in revenue), it partners with founders whose businesses are at an inflection point and show strong potential for meaningful scale. As a continuation of its venture expertise, through its Endurance practice ($100M+ in revenue), it partners with once-in-a-generation companies. The firm has offices in Cambridge, MA, Palo Alto, CA and New York City.

General Catalyst was founded in 2000 by David Fialkow (Co-Founder & Managing Director), Joel Cutler (Co-founder & Managing Director).

General Catalyst is based in 564 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, USA. The company also has offices abroad.