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General Catalyst Venture capital

Cambridge, US · founded 2000 · AUM $30B · checks $1M seed to $100M+ growth · website

Founded in 2000 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by entrepreneurs Joel Cutler and David Fialkow. Under CEO Hemant Taneja it transformed from a classic venture firm into a self-described "global investment and transformation company" spanning venture, growth, and even healthcare system ownership.

Strategy

Multi-stage and thesis-driven, from seed to very large growth rounds; unusually willing to do unconventional structures (company creation, healthcare system acquisition, wealth management arm).

Sector focus

Healthcare, AI, fintech, defense/resilience, enterprise software

Notable investments

Stripe, Airbnb, Snap, HubSpot, Anduril, Ramp, Mistral AI, Samsara

Notable exits

HubSpot IPO, Snap IPO, Airbnb IPO, Livongo IPO

Fun fact

It is the only major VC firm that owns a hospital system: in 2024-25 it acquired Summa Health in Ohio to test its healthcare transformation thesis.

At a glance

60 portfolio companies
82 rounds
34 led
$74.2B total

Portfolio

CompanyRoundsInvested
Anthropic
AI
2 rounds$43B
Stripe
Fintech
2 rounds$13B
Helsing
DeepTech
4 rounds, 3 led$1.6B
Anduril
deeptech
1 round$1.5B
Lacework
Cybersecurity
1 round$1.3B
Legora
LegalTech
2 rounds$750M
Kavak
Marketplace
1 round, 1 led$700M
Slate Auto
Mobility
1 round$650M
Mistral AI
AI
1 round$502M
Beacon Software
SaaS B2B
2 rounds, 2 led$475M
Spinny
Marketplace
3 rounds, 1 led$473M
PhysicsX
AI
3 rounds, 1 led$467M
Hopin
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$400M
SonarSource
DevTools
1 round, 1 led$388M
Cloaked
Cybersecurity
1 round, 1 led$375M
Musely
Healthtech
1 round, 1 led$360M
Parloa
AI
1 round, 1 led$350M
Zepto
E-Commerce
1 round, 1 led$340M
Black Forest Labs
AI
2 rounds$331M
Black Forest Labs
AI
2 rounds$331M
Cazoo
E-Commerce
1 round, 1 led$311M
inDrive
mobility
2 rounds, 2 led$300M
Deel
HR Tech
1 round$300M
Rapyd
Fintech
1 round$300M
Kalshi
Fintech
1 round$300M
Remote
HR Tech
1 round$300M
Ramp
Fintech
1 round$300M
Vercel
DevTools
1 round$300M
Applied Intuition
ai_ml
1 round$250M
Factorial
HR Tech
2 rounds, 2 led$230M
Beacon
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$225M
Shift
Logistics
1 round$220M
Maven Clinic
Healthtech
2 rounds, 1 led$215M
Nord Security
Cybersecurity
2 rounds$200M
Standard Bots
Robotics
1 round, 1 led$200M
Bilt Rewards
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$200M
ICEYE
SpaceTech
1 round, 1 led$174M
Render
DevTools
3 rounds$170M
Stori
Fintech
1 round$150M
Aidoc
Healthtech
1 round$150M
Zego
InsurTech
1 round$150M
General Intuition
AI
1 round, 1 led$133.7M
FINOM
Fintech
1 round$133.4M
Chai Discovery
Biotech
1 round$130M
Superpedestrian
Mobility
1 round$125M
Eightfold AI
HR Tech
1 round, 1 led$125M
Multiverse
EdTech
2 rounds, 1 led$114M
Hippocratic AI
healthtech
2 rounds, 2 led$103M
Bugcrowd
Cybersecurity
1 round, 1 led$102M
TravelPerk
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$101.2M
Nirvana Insurance
InsurTech
1 round$100M
Step
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$100M
Bloom & Wild
E-Commerce
1 round$100M
CoinTracker
Fintech
1 round$100M
Collaborative Robotics
Robotics
1 round, 1 led$100M
Varda Space
SpaceTech
1 round$90M
Moonvalley
AI
1 round, 1 led$84M
Beauty Pie
Consumer
1 round$83.8M
Nominal
SaaS B2B
1 round$80M
Empathy
Healthtech
2 rounds$77M

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