General Catalyst
Investor United States Est. 2000
Team
14
Confidence
57/100
News
17
articles
About
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.
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machine-learningenterprise-solutionssoftware-applicationsconsumersartificial-intelligencefintechcyber-security
News (17)
Oct 16, 2025 · www.globes.co.il
growth-positive
חברת דיל, שפועלת בתחום משאבי האנוש, מספקת פלטפורמה לניהול עובדים ותשלומים גלובליים ● מוקדם יותר השנה הוערכה דיל ב־12.6 מיליארד דולר, כשקרנות ג'נרל קטליסט ומובדאלה רכשו מניות ב־300 מיליון דולר ממשקיעים מוקדמים
InvestmentCustomers
Sep 4, 2025 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Despite war and geopolitical challenges, the CEO of the VC giant, Hemant Taneja, insists the quality of what’s being built is “as good as it ever was.”
InvestmentPartnersCustomers
May 30, 2025 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
The$1 billion in revenue based-financing will be used to fund Grammarly's customer growth.
InvestmentAcquisitionManagement Changes
Oct 24, 2024 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst raises $8B in fresh funds to back startups globally | TechCrunch
InvestmentPartners
Jun 20, 2024 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push | TechCrunch
InvestmentPartners
Apr 30, 2024 · www.ft.com
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Silicon Valley's General Catalyst closes in on $6bn fund for tech start-ups
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Jan 19, 2024 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst in talks to acquire VC firm Venture Highway in India push | TechCrunch
AcquisitionExpand
Oct 16, 2023 · techcrunch.com
General Catalyst and European early-stage fund La Famiglia 'join forces' to invest in European startups | TechCrunch
Jun 14, 2023 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Sheba Medical Center joins General Catalyst's health innovation program | CTech
Partners
Feb 18, 2022 · www.wsj.com
Venture Fundraising Momentum Grows With General Catalyst's $4.6 Billion Haul
growth-positive
General Catalyst pushes further into Europe/Israel, hiring Chris Bischoff for London office
PartnersInvestment
Mar 31, 2020 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst just announced $2.3 billion in new capital commitments across three funds
Investment
Apr 9, 2018 · medium.com
growth-positive
GC IX: We're Just Getting Started
InvestmentManagement ChangesExpand
Feb 4, 2016 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst Raises A Whopping $845 Million For Its New Fund
Investment
Sep 30, 2014 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst Commits $10M To Startups In Stripe's Payments Ecosystem
Investment
Dec 23, 2013 · www.finsmes.com
growth-positive
General Catalyst Partners Closes Fund at $675M - FinSMEs
Investment
Dec 28, 2011 · www.pehub.com
Not applicable
General Catalyst Raises $500M for Fund VI PE Hub
Locations
564 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, USA
434 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
20 University Road, Cambridge, MA, USA
14-17 Wells Mews, London, UK
South Park Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Team (14)
Kenneth I. Chenault
Chairman & Managing Director
David Fialkow
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Founder
Joel Cutler
Co-founder & Managing Director
Founder
Quentin Clark
Managing Director
Adam Valkin
Managing Director
John Kim
Managing Director
Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director
Chris Bischoff
Managing Director
Dr. Steve Herrod
Managing Director
Hemant Taneja
Managing Director
Holly Maloney
Managing Director
Trevor Oelschig
Managing Director
Kyle Doherty
Managing Director
Larry Bohn
Managing Director
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