Christopher Kauffman
Principal @ General Catalyst
San Francisco, United States
Christopher Kauffman is a Series A investor at General Catalyst in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Christopher Kauffman is the Principal of General Catalyst. He previously worked at Ruggable as a Vice President Finance. Christopher Kauffman attended Indiana University Bloomington.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Christopher Kauffman invests in
Stages Christopher Kauffman invests in
Countries Christopher Kauffman invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (36%)
- Information Technology 3 (27%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (27%)
- Machine Learning 2 (18%)
- iOS 1 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Series C 2 (18%)
- Series E 2 (18%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Series D 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 4 (36%)
- France 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Anthropic
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Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $30B / Series G / Feb 12, 2026 | |
Modular
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Modular provides an AI infrastructure platform designed for GPU portability and unparalleled performance in AI workloads. The platform features serverless inference endpoints, fine-tuning services, and training clusters to simplify the journey from AI development to production. Modular offers solutions for high-speed LLM serving and cross-hardwarestack management for NVIDIA and AMD environments. | $250M / Series C / Sep 24, 2025 | |
Mistral AI
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Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models. | $2B / Series C / Sep 09, 2025 | |
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Anthropic
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Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $13B / Series F / Sep 02, 2025 | |
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Anthropic
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Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $3.5B / Series E / Mar 03, 2025 | |
Verkada
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Verkada builds modern security solutions that help enterprises run safer, smarter buildings. Our mission: Modernize the world of enterprise building security.Verkada’s enterprise security solution combines easy to install security cameras, environmental sensors, alarms and access control with intelligent, cloud-based software—all in a scalable,user-friendly system. More than 7800 organizations, including 40 Fortune 500 companies, use Verkada to protect people and assets, secure facilities, and gain new insights that improve the efficiency of their operations. Verkada’s vision is to be the operating system that runs every building in the world.The company was founded by computer scientists and security experts from Stanford University, and Hans Robertson, the former co-founder and COO of Cisco Meraki. Verkada is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in London and Sydney. | $200M / Series E / Feb 19, 2025 | |
Iru
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Kandji is a next-generation Apple device management platform for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. The company builds a sophisticated zero-touch device management solution to help larger companies manage their fleet of Apple devices, including keeping them in compliance with a particular set of rules. The company was founded in 2018 and isheadquartered in San Diego, California. | $100M / Series D / Jul 17, 2024 | |
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Mistral AI
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Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models. | $502.6M / Series B / Jun 11, 2024 | |
Symbolica AI
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Symbolica AI operates as a research-focused company. | $33M / Series A / Apr 09, 2024 | |
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Mistral AI
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Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models. | $414.5M / Series A / Dec 10, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About General Catalyst
General Catalyst is a global investment firm that supports businesses at every stage, from seed to growth. It focuses on fostering resilience and advancing applied AI through its investments. The firm collaborates with entrepreneurs to provide capital and strategic guidance, enabling innovation across industries such as healthcare, fintech, andconsumer technology.
General Catalyst Contacts
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Christopher Kauffman
Principal
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Erin Schaefer
COO
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Genevieve Kinney
Principal
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Jeremy Goldstein
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Jim Baum
General Catalyst
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FAQ
What does Christopher Kauffman invest in?
Christopher Kauffman invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Christopher Kauffman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Kauffman closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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