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What does General Catalyst invest in?
General Catalyst invests most often at Series A and Seed (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Healthcare and Wealth.
General Catalyst highlights
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272 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 52% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 73 rounds, median $14M
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52 exits from the portfolio
What they do
General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation company that partners with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- $25K – $30M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- AIHealthcareWealth
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first1,384 appearances
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223 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
AAAdam A. ValkinManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
ASAnthony Stanton DellChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
ADAshish DodiaManager of the Issuer's Managing MemberiFiling they signed
BJBrian J. ShortsleeveManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
CLChristopher Luke MccainChief Legal Officer of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DJDavid J. OrfaoManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DPDavid Paul FialkowMember of the GP of the ultimate Managing Member of the Issuer's
UGPiFiling they signed
DSDavid Steven BreslinPresidentiForm ADV
HEHemant E. TanejaMember of the GP of the ultimate Managing Member of the Issuer's UGPiFiling they signed
HHHemant H. SaganMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HAHolly A. MaloneyMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HAHolly A. Maloney McConnellManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JRJessica Riley HaleChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
JFJody FlawsManager of the Issuer's Managing MemberiFiling they signed
JEJoel E. CutlerManaging Director of the Manager of the Issuer's Manager.iFiling they signed
JAJohn A. KimMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JJJohn J. SimonManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
JYJonathan Y. TeoManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
KOKathryn O'SullivanManageriFiling they signed
KIKenneth Irvine ChenaultMember of the GP of the ultimate Managing Member of the Issuer's UGPiFiling they signed
KTKyle T. DohertyManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
LSLawrence S. BohnManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MJMark Joseph AllenChief Financial Officer of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MFMichael FaulknerManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 112 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$51Bassets it manages, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
13+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- GC Wealth Management Ria, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 327269
Funds on its Form ADV
40 private funds, $29B in gross assets · filed May 2024
Venture 37Private fund 3
- General Catalyst Group IX, L.P.Venture117 investors$4.0B
- General Catalyst Group XI - Endurance, L.P.Venture230 investors$2.8B
- General Catalyst Group VIII, L.P.Venture70 investors$2.0B
- General Catalyst Group V Supplemental, L.P.Venture87 investors$1.8B
- General Catalyst Group VI, L.P.Venture57 investors$1.7B
- General Catalyst Group XII, L.P.Venture124 investors$1.1B
- General Catalyst Group X - Growth Venture, L.P.Venture135 investors$1.1B
- General Catalyst Group XI - Ignition, L.P.Venture223 investors$1.1B
- General Catalyst Group X - Early Venture, L.P.Venture133 investors$1.1B
- General Catalyst Group XII - Endurance, L.P.Venture53 investors$1.1B
And 30 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
2 LPs on record in General Catalyst's funds
- Committed
- $3.7B
- Funds
- 9
- Vintages
- 2023 to 2026
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)7 funds$3.3B
Fund Vintage Committed General Catalyst Group XII - Endurance 2024 $294M General Catalyst Group XII - Ignition 2024 $200M General Catalyst Group XII - Creation 2024 $200M General Catalyst Group XII - Health Assurance 2024 $100M Bear Coast (Ventures) Fund 2023 $1.9B Bear Coast (CV) Fund 2023 $400M General Catalyst Group XI - Health Assurance 2023 $200M 
Washington State Investment Board2 funds$400MFund Vintage Committed General Catalyst Group XIII - Feeder 2026 $200M General Catalyst Group XII 2024 $200M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed52 in all
Semantic MachinesBought by Microsoft$400MMay 2018
OpsmaticBought by New RelicUndisclosedNov 2015
Elemental TechnologiesBought by Amazon$500MSept 2015
PaydiantBought by PayPal$280MMar 2015
Red Hot LabsBought by GoogleUndisclosedFeb 2015
DatalogixBought by Oracle Corporation$1.2BDec 2014
BackupifyBought by DattoUndisclosedDec 2014
Big FishBought by Churchill Downs Incorporated$885MNov 2014
OnForceBought by AdeccoUndisclosedAug 2014
FanSnapBought by SeatGeekUndisclosedDec 2013
SignalDemandBought by PROS Holdings$14MDec 2013
Collaborate.comBought by CiscoUndisclosedDec 2013
QumasBought by Accelrys$50MDec 2013
JumptapBought by Millennial Media$225MAug 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.