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General Catalyst

VC
US-SFWebsite

General Catalyst is a Seed, Series A, Series B venture capital firm based in US-SF investing in Enterprise, Consumer, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $500K–$100.0M checks and has 29 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$100.0M
Portfolio
29 companies on record
Partners
15 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors
Enterprise, Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy, Fintech, Other
HQ
US-SF
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-30

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B

Check Size

$500K – $100.0M

Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

15 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

We are a venture capital firm that invents and invests in transformative technology companies.

How General Catalyst invests

General Catalyst is a vc firm based in US-SF. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy, Fintech.

General Catalyst typically writes checks of $500K–$100.0M per investment.

General Catalyst has backed 29 companies in our records, including airbnb, zepto, snap.

Partners & Team

NA

Neeraj Arora

CEO India, MENA & Managing Director, Investment Team

India
MENA
AZ

Andrew Ziperski

Partner

SC

Sharon Choe

Vice President of Talent

AS

Akarsh Shrivastava

Partner

PK

Paula Knight

Vice President of Brand and Creative

DB

Dave Breslin

Executive Vice President

VT

Valensiya Tvedt

Director of Compensation and Benefits

JG

Jose Gomez

IT Director

AV

Amanda Velluto

Vice President of Compliance

CM

Christopher McCain

Chief Legal Officer

NB

Niko Bonatsos

Managing Director

Consumer
Marketplaces
HT

Hemant Taneja

CEO, Investment Team

MB

Marc Bhargava

Managing Director, Investment Team

LB

Larry Bohn

Managing Director, Investment Team

CB

Chris Bischoff

COO GC Capital & Managing Director, Investment Team

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Consumer
Healthcare
Climate / Energy
Fintech
Other

Portfolio Companies (29)

Other

AI

airbnb

Consumer
ZE

zepto

Consumer
SN

snap

Consumer
KA

kayak

Consumer
GR

Grammarly

Consumer
DI

Discord

Consumer
IN

instacart

Consumer
WI

windsurf

Artificial Intelligence
MI

Mistral ai

Artificial Intelligence
GL

glean

Artificial Intelligence
How to pitch General Catalyst
  • Raising at Seed, Series A, Series B? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Consumer, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $100.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Neeraj Arora, CEO India, MENA & Managing Director, Investment Team.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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