General Catalyst

venture capital
San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2000Website

AUM

$25.0M

Team

1

Funds

3

Investment Thesis

Top Sectors

Consumer
Marketplace
Web3 / Crypto

Preferred Stages

Series B
Seed
Series A

Deal Pace

0.7

deals/year avg

Team Activity Score83/100

Investment Team

H
Hemant Taneja
Managing Director
Hot 83

Portfolio Companies(10)

DoorDash

MarketplaceSeed
$33.5M
Oct 2024

Celsius Network

Web3 / CryptoSeries B
$150.0M
Nov 2021

Reddit

ConsumerSeries A
$36.2M
Jul 2021

GitLab

Dev ToolsSeed
$14.8M
Mar 2021

Canva

ConsumerSeries B
$49.6M
Sep 2020

FTX

Web3 / CryptoSeries A
$1.6M
Aug 2019

Navan

SaaSSeed
$10.0M
Apr 2019

Doppler Labs

ConsumerSeries B
$12.0M
Mar 2016

Beepi

MarketplaceSeries A
$2.4M
Apr 2014

Better Place

Climate TechSeries B
$116.7M
Jan 2010

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

Consumer3 deals · 30%
Marketplace2 deals · 20%
Web3 / Crypto2 deals · 20%
Dev Tools1 deal · 10%
SaaS1 deal · 10%
Climate Tech1 deal · 10%

By Stage

Series B4 deals · 40%
Seed3 deals · 30%
Series A3 deals · 30%
10 tracked deals6 sectors · 3 stages

Deal Activity by Year

2010
1
2014
1
2016
1
2019
2
2020
1
2021
3
2024
1

Fund Vehicles

General Catalyst Fund 2
Cool
Size: $4.3M
deploying88% deployed
General Catalyst Fund 1
Hot
Size: $2.2M
deploying33% deployed
General Catalyst Fund 3
Cold
Size: $4.9M
fully_deployed97% deployed