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General Catalyst
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
General Catalyst is an investment firm with over $43B in assets under management and more than 900 portfolio companies. It also builds companies itself, having hatched over 45, and in 2024 acquired a hospital system to build a healthcare transformation company.
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Or find every investor that fitsGeneral Catalyst lists 615 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 313 funding rounds, 129 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 35% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Healthcare & Biotech (18%) and Fintech (12%). 75% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name General Catalyst, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not General Catalyst's whole history. Rounds on record name 264 companies; its own site lists 615. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 1% |
| Seed | 35% |
| Series A | 27% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 22% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 1 | 0 |
| '18 | 1 | 0 |
| '19 | 1 | 0 |
| '20 | 1 | 0 |
| '21 | 4 | 0 |
| '22 | 4 | 1 |
| '23 | 5 | 2 |
| '24 | 17 | 6 |
| '25 | 121 | 51 |
| '26 | 155 | 68 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 615 companies |
| Recent activity | 100th | 173 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 65th | 36% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 96th | 29% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 100th | 27 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 15% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 84 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 61 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 43 |
| SV Angel | 41 |
| Accel | 34 |
| Sequoia Capital | 33 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 29 |
| Lux Capital | 29 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers60498%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company112%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare General Catalyst head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with General Catalyst| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Debt Led | |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Series B Led |
Round details for General Catalyst
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in General Catalyst's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
615 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an artificial intelligence platform to automate, optimize, and scale business decisions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | ||
| The company plans social events like dinner and boat cruises to help people meet and date. | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Alpha-9 Oncology is a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company advancing a portfolio of molecules to treat cancer cells | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2024Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Aaru builds simulated populations grounded in real-world behavior and outcomes to test products, prices, messages, or strategies and predict outcomes before commitment. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Aatmunn provides a platform for industrial safety and asset intelligence | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Abridge develops and provides generative AI for clinical conversations and documentation in healthcare. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Accordance provides software for tax, audit, accounting, and advisory teams to manage their work and clients | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Accrual provides AI tax preparation, audit, and advisory services for CPA firms | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Adonis Technology, Inc. provides healthcare revenue cycle management software. | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Afori provides strategic growth partnership for ambitious insurance brokerage companies using KI-technology and capital | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AfterHour provides a social copy trading platform for investors and traders to share and copy trades | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nexus creates self-operating procedures for businesses | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides an email inbox API for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Agora issues a fully reserved dollar stablecoin and provides stablecoin APIs to mint, move, and earn money | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Aidoc develops and provides clinical AI solutions for healthcare providers to increase hospital efficiency and improve patient outcomes. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Round · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Airbnb provides holiday rentals and unique homes for travelers. | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds automation products that help teams work smarter and grow faster by automating business processes and document management. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Alinea Health develops a native iOS app that reads wearable data and uses an on-device model to deliver pattern-spotting and behavioral nudges | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Allego operates a network of electric vehicle charging points across Europe and the UK. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- generalcatalyst.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Mar 2006
- Companies checked
- 615
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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