General Catalyst

Venture Capital Est. 2000
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≈USD 43B
Firm FUM
Assets under management, stated by the firm · source
Type
Venture Capital
HQ
San Francisco, CA, United States
Founded
2000
Focus
AI & Data · Fintech · Consumer Brands · Financial Services · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer · Technology

About

General Catalyst combines seed- and growth-focused VC funds with company creation and business buyouts, alongside tailored founder-capital solutions.

Strategies

Venture Capital
Buyout
Growth Equity
Firm-wide scale
Fund-family lower bound · Dec 31, 2024 $33BSource

Firm-wide figures are not presented as strategy-specific AUM.

Sources

Profile sources

  1. generalcatalyst.com — AI & Data, Fintech, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences
  2. generalcatalyst.com — Consumer Brands, Consumer, Technology, Fund-family lower bound

Recent venture activity

  • July 2026 · Reported 7 more venture funds to the SEC (44 in total) in its Form ADV filed 2026-07-21 · SEC Form ADV

Locations & investment markets

Capital and location details checked 2026-10-13.

Investment Criteria

Investment size
USD 1M - USD 50M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Growth
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States United Kingdom Germany India
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
North America Europe Asia

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, United States
More investors with offices in San Francisco
Office Presence
4 countries
United States Germany India United Kingdom
9 known offices
San Francisco, CA, United States (HQ)
Berlin, Germany
Bengaluru, India
London, United Kingdom
New York, NY, United States
Cambridge, MA, United States
Washington, DC, United States
Jackson Hole, WY, United States
Bellevue, WA, United States

Fundraising

General Catalyst Group XII
2024
USD 8B
source
General Catalyst Group XI
2022
USD 4.6B
source
General Catalyst Health Assurance Fund II
2022
USD 670M
source
General Catalyst Health Assurance Fund I
2021
USD 600M
source
General Catalyst Group X
2020
USD 2.3B
source
General Catalyst Group IX
2018
USD 1.4B
source
General Catalyst Group VIII & VIII Supplemental
2016
USD 845M
source
General Catalyst Group VII
2013
USD 675M
source

Deals & Activity

Deals, last 12 months
1
1 led
Deals, last 36 months
1
1 led
Exits, last 36 months
0
0 on record
Most active, last 12 months
#63

Recent deals

Rounds, buyouts and stakes from public sources · How this is counted
  • Heidi Lead
    Growth · Oct 2026
    With Blackbird Ventures (lead), Phoenix Court/LocalGlobe, Point72 and 2 more
    US$240m
Tracked deals
11
Most common deal types
Unknown (6) Series A (2) Series E (1) Seed (1) Growth (1)

Other recorded investments

Cognition AI
Series E - 2026
Senra Systems
2026
$65M
Helsing
2026
$1.8B
PvX Partners
2026
Highlight AI
Series A - 2026
$40M
Cloaked
2026
$375M
Scapia
2026
$63M
Mirage
2026
$75M

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