General Catalyst

General Catalyst is an American venture capital firm focused on early stage and growth investments.[1] The firm was founded in 2000[2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also has offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto and New York City.[3]

General Catalyst
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000 (2000)
HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts, Palo Alto, California, New York, New York, San Francisco, California United States
Key people
Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Larry Bohn, Phil Libin, Adam Valkin, David Orfao, Hemant Taneja, Steve Herrod, Niko Bonatsos
ProductsInvestments
Number of employees
40+
Websitewww.generalcatalyst.com

It has invested in companies including The Honest Company, Outdoor Voices, Grammarly, Snapchat, Neverware, Stripe, Airbnb, Deliveroo, HubSpot, Datalogix, and Warby Parker. General Catalyst also helps to incubate companies,[4] examples including KAYAK, Naturebox, Altiscale and Highfive. General Catalyst sponsors a student-led fund called Rough Draft Ventures for students to invest in their peers on college campuses throughout the United States.[5]

History

General Catalyst was founded by John Simon, Joel Cutler, David Fialkow and David Orfao in 2000.[6][7] In 2011, the firm opened an office in Palo Alto and shortly after raised a $500 million fund.[8] In 2013, it announced a $675 million fund followed by a $845 million fund in 2016.[9] In 2018, the company raised $1.4 billion for its ninth fund.[10]

On October 1, 2019, General Catalyst led a funding round with investment research platform Atom Finance as its sole investor at $10.6M.[11]

Investments

Among the firm's investments are: [12]

References
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  2. "About". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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  6. "Venture firm General Catalyst loses co-founder". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  7. "Xconomy: General Catalyst Bags $1.4B for Ninth Fund as Tech Investors Go Big". Xconomy. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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  9. Woodward, Curt (4 February 2016). "General Catalyst corrals $845m for fund". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  10. "General Catalyst raises $1.4B for new fund". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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  12. "General Catalyst Partners CrunchBase Profile". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  13. Konrad, Alex (22 October 2020). "Applied Intuition Reaches $1.25 Billion Valuation In New Funding For Its Autonomous Vehicle Testing Software". Forbes.
  14. Boxee Adds $6 Million Second Round; Aims To Take On Microsoft, Apple In Living Room. Reuters, Aug 12, 2009 cached
  15. Steve O'Hear (15 October 2015). "Schoolwork Q&A Site Brainly Scores $9M Series A To Answer The U.S. Expansion Question". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  16. Jordan Crook (15 January 2015). "Classpass Is In Session With $40 Million In Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  17. "Payroll Startup Gusto Raises $140 Million in Funding".
  18. "demandware founder stephan schambachs newstore". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  19. "This 27-year-old CEO is taking on Lululemon and Nike". www.cnbc.com. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  20. Clancy, Heather (May 19, 2016). "Can This Startup Become the Corporate Version of Google?". Fortune. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  21. "Unlocking some exciting news". July 24, 2018.
  22. Former President of Tandberg Television, Reggie Bradford, Together with General Catalyst Partners, Launches ViTrue, Inc.: World’s First User Created Advertising Platform Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine May 8, 2006
  23. "The Power of Human Capital | Jack Barrette, WEGO Health: StartUp Health NOW #208". StartUp Health HQ. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  24. WonderHowTo.com Soars Past 100,000 How-To Video Mark. Reuters


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