General Catalyst Partners
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
General Catalyst Partners invests in early stage and growth stage companies in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Country: United States
Founded: 2000
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
- Europe
- Asia
Sector Focus
- Funding Platforms
- Institutional Investments and Trading
- WealthTech
- RegTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
- Real Estate
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Early Stage Venture
- Growth Stage
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Series D
Summary
General Catalyst Partners invests in early stage and growth stage companies with entrepreneurs who they believe in. They provide the momentum needed to accelerate companies toward success. To help the companies they invest in grow, General Catalyst Partners offers mentorship on deep experience and a bond of trust. They share a passion with all of their portfolio companies and strive to work with them to make a difference.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Lemonade
Series B
Aleph, GV, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Tusk Ventures, XL Innovate
InsureTech
United States
Stripe
Series D
CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, Hemant Taneja
Payments and Remittances
United States
Zugata
Series A
Canaan Partners, Redpoint
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Contrast Security
Series B
Steve Herrod, Acero Capital, John Thompson, Paul Sagan, Ron Gula
RegTech
United States
Cozy
Series B
American Family Ventures, Daniel Curran, Galvanize Ventures, IT-Farm, Jason Calacanis, Seven Peaks Ventures, Social Capital, Stewart Butterfield
Real Estate
United States
Circle
Series D
IDG Capital Partners, Baidu, Breyer Capital, China Everbright Investment Management, China International Capital Corporation Alpha, CreditEase, Fenbushi Capital, Glenn Hutchins, Sam Palmisano, David Orfao
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
Digit
Series B
Ribbit Capital, Hemant Taneja
WealthTech
United States
ThoughtSpot
Series C
Geodesic Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Quentin Clark
Data and Analytics
United States
Preempt Security
Series A
Mickey Boodaei, Paul Sagan, Rakesh K. Loonkar
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
RiskRecon
Seed
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
RealtyShares
Series B
Union Square Ventures, Menlo Ventures
Funding Platforms
United States
Oscar
Private Equity
Fidelity Investments, CapitalG, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Ping An Ventures, Thrive Capital, Joel Cutler
InsureTech
United States
Payable
Venture
Payments and Remittances
United States
Gusto
Series B
CapitalG, Hemant Taneja, Obvious Ventures, Slow ventures, WME Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
ClearSky Data
Series B
Polaris Partners, Akamai Technologies, Highland Capital Partners, David Orfao
Data and Analytics
United States
Seed
Venture
Aaron Levie, Cota Capital, CrunchFund, Cyan Banister, Dalton Caldwell, Fred Ehrsam, Jeremy Stoppelman, Joe Lonsdale, John Bautista, Jonathan Abrams, Joshua Reeves, Jude Gomila, Max Mullen, Michael Seibel, Mission and Market, Oliver fross, Orrick Venture Fund, Paul Buchheit, Paul Graham, Pear, Scott Banister, SV Angel, Tomer London, Y Combinator
WealthTech
United States
Zugata
Seed
Formation 8, Redpoint
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Fundbox
Series B
Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Blumberg Capital, Entree capital, FJ Labs, Khosla Ventures, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Schlomo Kramer, Sound Ventures, Hemant Taneja
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Cozy
Series A
Seven Peaks Ventures, Daniel Curran, Galvanize Ventures, IT-Farm, Jason Calacanis, Social Capital, Stewart Butterfield
Real Estate
United States
Payable
Seed
Freestyle Capital, Frontier Tech Ventures, Haystack, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Moment Ventures, Redpoint, Rick Marini, Sherpa Capital, Y Combinator
Payments and Remittances
United States
Continuum Analytics
Series A
BuildGroup, Donald Fischer
Data and Analytics
United States
Tesora
Series B
Rho Canada ventures, Converge Venture Partners, PJC
RegTech
United States
Digit
Series A
Hemant Taneja, Baseline Ventures, Financial Solutions Lab, GV, Hans Morris
WealthTech
United States
Menlo Security
Series B
Sutter Hill Ventures, Engineering Capital, Osage University Partners, Steve Herrod
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Circle
Series C
BoomStartup, Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs, Breyer Capital, Digital Currency Group, Fenway Summer Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Pantera Capital, David Orfao
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
Illumio
Series C
BlackRock, Accel Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Hrorwitz, Data Collective, Formation 8, Harmony Partners, John Thompson, Kyle Widrick, Marc Benioff, Valor Capital Group, Steve Herrod
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
RealtyShares
Series A
Menlo Ventures
Funding Platforms
United States
Gusto
Series B
CapitalG, Altimeter Capital, Designer Fund, Emergence Capital Partners, Glynn Capital Management, GV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pivot Investment Partners, Ribbit Capital, Hemant Taneja
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Cadre
Series A
Founders Fund, Joel Cutler, Kevin Colleran, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Sherpa Capital, Slow Ventures, Thrive Capital, Joel Cutler
Institutional Investments and Trading
United States
Fundbox
Series B
Hemant Taneja, Blumberg Capital, Khosla Ventures, LionBird, Nyca Partners, Philippe Suchet, Shlomo Kramer
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Alation
Series A
Costanoa Venture Capital, Data Collective, Andreessen Hrowitz, Bloomberg Beta
Data and Analytics
United States
Stripe
Series C
Thrive Capital, Designer Fund, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Hemant Taneja
Payments and Remittances
United States
Altiscale
Series B
Northgate Capital, Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Wildcat Venture Partners, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
BigCommerce
Series D
SoftBank Capital, American Express, Revolution, Telstra Ventures, Larry Bohn
Payments and Remittances
United States
Menlo Security
Series A
Osage University Partners, Steve Herrod
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Abacus Labs
Seed
Bessemer Venture Partners, CrunchFund, FundersClub, GV, Homebrew, Jeff Epstein, John Collison, Joshua Reeves, Lunch Van Fund, Patrick Collison, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Sherpalo Ventures, Sumon Sadhu
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Ping Identity Corporation
Series G
KKR & Co, Appian Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sapphire Venture, TenEleven Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Volition Capital, W Capital Partners, David Orfao
RegTech
United States
GoodData
Series E
Intel Capital, Almaz, Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, Next World Capital, Pharus Capital Management, Tenaya Capital, TOTVS, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
Black Duck Software
Series F
Flagship Ventures, Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP, Sapphire Ventures, Split Rock Partners, Volition Capital, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
Oscar
Series B
Formation 8, Breyer Capital, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Stanley Druckenmiller, Thrive Capital, Velos Partners, Joel Cutler
InsureTech
United States
RealtyShares
Venture
Greg Framke, Savneet Singh, Tilden Capital
Funding Platforms
United States
Circle
Series B
Breyer Capital, Digital Currency Group, Fenway Summer Ventures, Leonard Schrank, Michele Burns, Oak Investment Partners, Pantera Capital, David Orfao
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
ownCloud
Series A
Larry Bohn, Converge Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Jay Batson
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Gusto
Series A
Hemant Taneja, AFSquare, Designer Fund, Jeff Seibert, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Obvious Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners, Wayne Chang
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
ClearSky Data
Series A
David Orfao, Highland Capital Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
Oscar
Series A
Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Lakestar, Thrive Capital, Joel Cutler
InsureTech
United States
Circle
Series A
David Orfao, Jim Breyer
WealthTech
Ireland {Republic}
Illumio
Series B
Steve Herrod, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, InstantScale Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Clarabridge
Venture
Larry Bohn, Yuchun Lee, Summit Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
Paydiant
Series C
John Simon, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity, Capital One Growth Ventures, Stage 1 Ventures, West Capital Advisors
Payments and Remittances
United States
Oscar
Series A
Thrive Capital, BoxGroup, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Joel Cutler
InsureTech
United States
Ping Identity Corporation
Series F
DFJ Growth, W Capital Partners, Appian Ventures, Avista Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sapphire Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Triangle Peak Partners, David Orfao
RegTech
United States
Altiscale
Series A
Larry Bohn, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, AME Cloud Ventures
Data and Analytics
United States
Tesora
Series A
Donald Fischer, Converge Partners, Jit Saxena, LaunchCapital, PJC
RegTech
United States
ownCloud
Venture
Larry Bohn, Converge Venture Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
FundersClub
Seed
First Round, Aaron Levie, Adam Draper, Andreessen Horowitz, Bobby Yazdani, Chris Dixon, Dan Rose, Digital Garage, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Farzad (Zod) Nazem, Felicis Ventures, FundersClub, GVA, Intel Capital, Jack Abraham, Kevin Henrikson, Michael Saunders, Netprice Partners, Pejman Nozad, Plug and Play, Signatures Capital, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Tim Draper, Western technology Investment, Y Combinator
Institutional Investments and Trading
United States
Tesora
Seed
Donald Fischer, Larry Bohn
RegTech
United States
Virtual Instruments Corporation
Series D
Hemant Taneja, Jeff Parks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Next World Capital, Sean McArthur
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
BigCommerce
Series B
Larry Bohn, FLOODGATE
Payments and Remittances
United States
GoodData
Series C
Tenaya Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Eight Roads Ventures, Next World Capital, Windcrest Partners, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
Paydiant
Series B
Stage 1 Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity, Sands Capital Ventures, John Simon
Payments and Remittances
United States
Stripe
Series B
Hemant Taneja, Aaron Levie, Chris Dixon, Elad Gil, Peter Thiel, Redpoint, Sequoia Capital
Payments and Remittances
United States
Black Duck Software
Series E
Split Rock Partners, Flagship Ventures, Focus Ventures, Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP, Sapphire Ventures, Volition Capital, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
AI Exchange
Venture
Converge Venture Partners, Founder Collective, LaunchCapital
WealthTech
United States
GoodData
Series B
Andreessen Horowitz, Eight Roads Ventures, Windcrest Partners, Larry Bohn
Data and Anlaytics
United States
BigCommerce
Series A
Larry Bohn
Payments and Remittances
United States
Ping Identity Corporation
Series D
Silicon Valley Bank, Triangle Peak Partners, Appian Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sapphire Ventures
RegTech
United States
Paydiant
Series A
John Simon, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity
Payments and Remittances
United States
GoodData
Series A
Andreessen Horowitz, Eight Roads ventures, Windcrest Partners, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
GoodData
Seed
Andreessen Horowitz, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
GoodData
Seed
Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, Windcrest Partners, Larry Bohn
Data and Analytics
United States
Black Duck Software
Series D
Gold Hill Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Focus Ventures, Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP, Sapphire Ventures, Volition Capital, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
Black Duck Software
Series C
Focus Ventures, Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Intel Capital, SAP, Sapphire Ventures, Volition Capital, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
Ping Identity Corporation
Series C
Appian Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Fidelity Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, David Orfao
RegTech
United States
OnForce
Series A
David Orfao
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Black Duck Software
Series B
Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Intel Capital, Red Hat, SAP, Sapphire Ventures, Volition Capital, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
Ping Identity Corporation
Series B
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Fidelity Ventures, David Orfao
RegTech
United States
Black Duck Software
Series A
Flagship Ventures, Red Hat, Larry Bohn
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United Kingdom
IMlogic
Series C
Crosslink Capital, Goldman Sachs, Kodiak Venture Partners, Venrock
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Ping Identity Corporations
Venture
David Orfao, Fidelity Ventures
RegTech
United States
Avaki
Series A
Polaris Partners, Sofinnova Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
IMlogic
Series B
Venrock, Goldman Sachs, Kodiak Venture Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
IMlogic
Series A
Kodiak Venture Partners
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Avaki
Series A
Polaris Partners, Sofinnova Ventures
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
General Catalyst Group VIII Supplemental
$170m
General Catalyst Group VIII
$675m
GC Stripe Platform Fund
$10m
General Catalyst Group VII
$675m
General Catalyst Group VI
$500m
General Catalyst Group V Supplemental
$220m
General Catalyst Group V LP
$500m
General Catalyst Group III
$275m
General Catalyst Group IV
$375m
General Catalyst Group II
$200m
Key Employees
Adam Valkin
Managing Director
Bill Fitzgerald
Managing Director
David Fialkow
Managing Director
Mark Allen
Chief Financial Officer
