# Marc Bhargava

> Marc Bhargava is a seed investor at General Catalyst backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners)
- Location: Miami, United States
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marc-bhargava/11/303/550
- Website: http://brainchild.co/investments
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marc.bhargava

Marc Bhargava is a seed investor at General Catalyst in Miami focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Marc Bhargava is the Managing Director at General Catalyst. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$20M |
| Series A | $14M–$115M |
| Series B | $27M–$600M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 16 | 25% |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| FinTech | 10 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 13% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 29 | 45% |
| Series A | 15 | 23% |
| Series B | 9 | 14% |
| Series C | 3 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 45% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 2% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dwelly | Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate it's level of service. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience | $95M | Series B | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Beacon Software | Beacon Software acquires and supports software businesses, focusing on companies that serve established market niches and have demonstrated customer retention and operational stability. The company operates as a long-term holding organization, providing portfolio companies with operational support across areas such as engineering, artificialintelligence, sales, marketing, fintech, and business operations. Its model emphasizes maintaining the existing culture, customer relationships, and day-to-day autonomy of the businesses it acquires while helping them improve processes and scale sustainably. Beacon also offers shared resources, advisory expertise, and operational partners who work closely with management teams to address technical and organizational challenges. Through its platform, the company seeks to help software businesses strengthen their operations, develop products, and pursue long-term growth. | $225M | Series C | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Rox | Rox provides an artificial intelligence software platform that supports sales teams with account research, engagement planning, and monitoring of customer activity. The platform uses a system of AI agents that gather and analyze information from internal systems and external sources to organize customer data and surface relevant insights. Itgenerates meeting briefs, territory summaries, and follow-up recommendations while tracking interactions across communication channels and customer records. Rox integrates with tools such as CRM platforms, messaging systems, and calendars to synchronize information and maintain updated records across workflows. The system also assists with drafting outreach messages and identifying account changes or engagement signals so sales teams can plan actions and manage ongoing relationships with customers. |  | Series B | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Standard Kernel | Standard Kernel builds AI technology that makes the core software running on GPUs and other accelerators faster and more efficient. | $20M | Seed | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Dwelly | Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate it's level of service. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience | $43.3M | Series A | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Accrual | Accrual is an AI-driven accounting platform that streamlines and unifies tax preparation and financial workflows for professional accounting firms. The platform automates routine tasks like intake of financial documents, data extraction, transaction categorization, compliance checks, and report preparation while maintaining transparent audit trailsfor every step. It provides tools to manage client engagements, organize review processes, trace data origins, and support decision-making through searchable records and structured financial analysis. Accrual integrates with existing firm tools to preserve workflow context and supports dynamic client collaboration through portals and secure document exchange. The system emphasizes traceability of calculations and offers features to generate complete tax returns, handle exceptions, and facilitate iterative corrections efficiently. | $75M | Series A | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Serval | Serval is an AI-native IT service management (ITSM) platform designed to give modern teams superpowers. | $75M | Series B | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Ostium | Ostium enables users to trade off their assets directly on-chain. Ostium Labs is developing a quick trading mechanism for real-world goods on the chain, driven by Arbitrum and Chainlink. | $20M | Series A | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Physical Intelligence | Physical Intelligence is a company working on integrating general-purpose AI with robotics and physical devices. While still in the early stages, Physical Intelligence is actively seeking new team members and aims to share more information soon. | $600M | Series B | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Beacon Software | Beacon Software is a holding company that specializes in the acquisition of software businesses. | $250M | Series B | Nov 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About 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.

5 contacts available at General Catalyst.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Kauffman | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-kauffman-79f3 |
| Erin Schaefer | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-schaefer-d17c |
| Genevieve Kinney | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genevieve-kinney |
| Jeremy Goldstein | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-goldstein-a6ab |
| Jim Baum | General Catalyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-baum |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc Bhargava invest in?

Marc Bhargava invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 64 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 Marc Bhargava's check size?

Marc Bhargava typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$20M at Seed, $14M–$115M at Series A and $27M–$600M 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 Marc Bhargava participates in.

### When did Marc Bhargava last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc Bhargava closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 64 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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