General Catalyst
VC Fund
Cambridge, United States
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.
- Total investments:
- 2255
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 46%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries General Catalyst invests in
Stages General Catalyst invests in
Countries General Catalyst invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.7M–$18M
- Series A
- $6.7M–$75M
- Series B
- $14M–$123M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 227 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 134 (6%)
- Health Care 125 (6%)
- Information Technology 94 (4%)
- SaaS 65 (3%)
Stage
- Series A 311 (14%)
- Seed 292 (13%)
- Series B 226 (10%)
- Series C 133 (6%)
- Series D 83 (4%)
Country
- United States 601 (27%)
- United Kingdom 33 (1%)
- India 29 (1%)
- Germany 13 (1%)
- Canada 9 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Kauffman
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Erin Schaefer
COO
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COO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Genevieve Kinney
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Jeremy Goldstein
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Jim Baum
General Catalyst
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General Catalyst | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
| See all 60 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Motive
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Motive develops technology that connects and automates physical operations for businesses across various industries. The company provides a platform that combines telematics, fleet management, compliance tools, equipment monitoring, and AI-powered safety solutions. Its products help companies track vehicles, monitor driver behavior, automateworkflows, and ensure regulatory compliance through real-time data and analytics. Motive also offers integrated solutions for spend management and maintenance, enabling businesses to control costs and improve operational efficiency. The platform supports diverse sectors including trucking, construction, oil and gas, and agriculture by centralizing data and enabling actionable insights. Through automation and visibility, Motive helps organizations optimize asset utilization and enhance decision-making in day-to-day operations. | $1.3B / Private Equity / Sep 10, 2026 | |
Forus
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From PA generation to appeals, enrollments, & pharmacy navigation, Forus handles the end-to-end medication access process. Forus supports every drug, insurance, and pharmacy to help patients get access to life-changing medications. | $150M / Series C / Sep 08, 2026 | |
NewDays
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NewDays is a artificial intelligence startup and it breakthrough treatment for cognitive health. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | |
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NewDays
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NewDays is a artificial intelligence startup and it breakthrough treatment for cognitive health. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | |
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NewDays
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NewDays is a artificial intelligence startup and it breakthrough treatment for cognitive health. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | |
Félix
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Félix is a chat-based platform that enables Latinos in the US to send money abroad. We combine Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to disrupt how remittances are done today and build the future of cross-border payments. | $113M / Debt Financing / Sep 01, 2026 | |
Frontier Computing
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Frontier Computing is a biocomputing company growing large-scale neuronal tissue, living hardware with memory baked in at the cellular level. | $10M / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2026 | |
Transfyr
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Transfyr builds AI tools that help transfer scientific research into real-world applications and innovation. | $25M / Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | |
Arga Labs
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Arga Labs develops software testing and validation infrastructure for AI agents and applications. The company provides real-world sandbox environments that replicate third-party services, APIs, command-line interfaces, and MCPs, allowing developers to test software without affecting production systems. Its platform provides digital twins, isolatedsandboxes, production-informed scenarios, automated test runs, and detailed evidence of provider calls, responses, latency, and side effects. Arga also supports pull request validation, browser-based testing, security testing, and autonomous agent testing through deterministic environments. The platform integrates with development and observability tools such as GitHub, Jira, Linear, Sentry, and PostHog to incorporate application context into testing workflows. Arga Labs serves software development teams building applications and AI agents that interact with external services. | $10M / Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | |
Faro AI
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Clinical protocols are scientific decisions wrapped in administrative burden. The Faro system handles the tedious work better left for a computer, freeing clinical researchers to focus on the important decisions that drive clinical value. | $37.3M / Series B / Aug 26, 2026 | |
| See all 2255 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does General Catalyst invest in?
General Catalyst invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 2,255 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is General Catalyst's check size?
General Catalyst typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$18M at Seed, $6.7M–$75M at Series A and $14M–$123M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds General Catalyst participates in.
How do I contact General Catalyst?
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Who are the partners at General Catalyst?
The team at General Catalyst includes Christopher Kauffman (Principal), Erin Schaefer (COO) and Genevieve Kinney (Principal), among 60 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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