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General Catalyst

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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage and growth equity investments.

Cambridge, United StatesFounded 2008generalcatalyst.com/
737
Investments
129
Exits
$600M
AUM
17.5%
Exit Rate

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Investment Thesis & Strategy

General Catalyst invests in early-stage and growth equity companies across various sectors, including consumer, enterprise, mobile, and crypto/Web3. They seek to partner with founders building transformative businesses.

Investment Activity

Deals per year over the last 11 years

1
2011
1
2012
2
2013
5
2014
1
2015
1
2016
0
2017
0
2018
0
2019
0
2020
1
2021

Portfolio Companies

Selected investments from their portfolio of 737 companies

C
Canva
SaaS · Growth, 2021
Active
L
Lemonade
Fintech · Series A, 2016
Active
G
GitLab
SaaS · Series B, 2015
Active
B
BigCommerce
E-commerce · Series B, 2014
Active
L
Livongo
Healthcare · Series B, 2014
Active
D
Datadog
SaaS · Series B, 2014
Active
G
Gusto
Fintech · Series B, 2014
Active
O
Oscar Health
Healthcare · Series B, 2014
Active
P
Plaid
Fintech · Series A, 2013
Active
C
ClassPass
Consumer · Series A, 2013
Active
S
Snap
Media/Content · Series A, 2012
Active
C
Couchbase
Enterprise · Series B, 2011
Active

Frequently Asked Questions

General Catalyst focuses on Series A, Series B, Series C+ stage investments.

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