General Catalyst

General Catalyst
Type	Private
Industry	Venture capital
Founded	2000
Founders	Joel Cutler; David Fialkow;
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Number of locations	San Francisco; New York; London; Berlin; Bangalore; Cambridge;
Area served	United States; Europe; India; Israel; LATAM;
Key people	Hemant Taneja (CEO & managing director); Ken Chenault (chairman & managing director) Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (president);
Products	Investments
AUM	US$43B+ (December 2024)
Number of employees	250+
Website	generalcatalyst.com

General Catalyst (GC) is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2000, it invests across seed, venture, and growth stages and manages more than US$43 billion in assets as of December 2024. The firm has invested in more than 800 companies. Its portfolio includes Airbnb, Anthropic, Applied Intuition, Stripe, Canva, HubSpot, Legora, Samsara, Anduril, Mistral, Ramp, Mercor, and Helsing.