General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm established in 2000 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments across various sectors, including consumer, enterprise, fintech, cryptocurrency, and health assurance. By fostering an environment conducive to growth, General Catalyst aims to accelerate the development of innovative ideas and companies. The firm provides mentorship and connects clients with experienced professionals to enhance their potential for success. As a Registered Investment Adviser, General Catalyst has managed a total of eight venture capital funds, accumulating approximately $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

Adrian Abeijon

Investor

Mark Allen

CFO

Neeraj Arora

Managing Director, Investment Team

Juliet Bailin

Principal

Marc Bhargava

Managing Director

Larry Bohn

Managing Director

Niko Bonatsos

Managing Director

Teresa Carlson

President, General Catalyst Institute

Kenneth Chenault

Chairman and Managing Director

Mark Crane

Partner

Joel Cutler

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Christopher Davis

Partner

Kyle Doherty

Managing Director

Nick van Eck

Partner

David Fialkow

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Bill Fitzgerald

Managing Director and COO

Diana Hong

Investor

Mina Hsiang

Associate

Nmachi Jidenma

Partner

Christopher Kauffman

Principal

Zak Kukoff

Principal

Paul Kwan

Managing Director

Karanveer Mohan

Managing Director, Investment Team

Priya Mohan

Partner, Investment Team

Deep Nishar

Managing Director

Dipchand Nishar

Managing Director

Reva Nohria

Investor

Trevor Oelschig

Managing Director

Tyler Olkowski

Investor

David Orfao

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Pranay Orugunta

Healthcare Investor

Mo Punjwani

Associate, Investments

Candace Richardson

Principal

Max Rimpel

Partner

Sam Rosen

Growth Investor

Pranav Singhvi

Partner

Bill Skarinka

Associate

Hemant Taneja

CEO and Managing Director

Alex Tran

Managing Director

Catherine Tu

Partner, Investment Team

Adam Valkin

Managing Director

Elena Viboch

Partner

Andrea Wang

Principal, Early Stage Investment

Nathaniel Levy-Westhead

Partner, Investment Team

Deep Nishar

Managing Director and Member of the Management Committee

Roy Mabrey

Partner, Investment Team

Past deals in Hardware

Claros

Seed Round in 2025
Claros is a power management platform provider that utilizes cutting-edge hardware and software to enhance energy distribution and usage at data centers, thereby boosting compute performance and maximizing efficiency.

Verkada

Series E in 2025
Verkada Inc. specializes in cloud-based physical security solutions, providing a comprehensive range of products designed to enhance safety and operational efficiency for various sectors, including healthcare, banking, education, retail, and government. Founded in 2016 and based in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in London, Verkada's offerings include video security cameras, access control systems, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace software, and intercoms. These products are integrated into a unified cloud-based platform, known as Command, which allows users to manage and access security footage, monitor real-time conditions, and address potential risks across multiple locations. By focusing on simplicity and scalability, Verkada aims to empower organizations to respond effectively to security challenges and workplace inefficiencies.

Standard Bots

Series B in 2024
Standard Bots is a New York-based company that specializes in developing robotics platforms for both industrial and domestic applications. Founded in 2011, the company focuses on creating advanced hardware and software solutions, including the RO1 robot, to enhance automation and productivity across various industries. Standard Bots designs its products to be intuitive and easily integrated into existing workflows, ensuring accessibility for businesses of all sizes. The company manufactures robotic arms and develops comprehensive systems that include software, firmware, electronics, and vision systems, allowing customers to implement affordable and easy-to-setup robotic solutions on their shop floors.

Nominal

Series A in 2024
Nominal offers an engineering data infrastructure platform tailored for hardware teams, focusing on the validation of mission-critical systems. The platform integrates various data sources to analyze and visualize critical hardware information, facilitating effective communication between machines and human engineers. By streamlining workflows, Nominal enables engineers to gain essential insights, supporting timely and reliable decision-making in industrial settings.

Superpedestrian

Debt Financing in 2022
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Superpedestrian

Series C in 2022
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Tempo

Series C in 2021
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

Tigeraire

Seed Round in 2020
Tigeraire specializes in the development of advanced equipment technology aimed at enhancing athletic performance and safety. The company focuses on football helmets, incorporating features that improve air circulation, provide anti-fog protection, and reduce sweat accumulation. These innovations are designed to create a cooler and more comfortable playing environment for athletes of all ages, ultimately contributing to better performance on the field.

Tempo

Series B in 2020
Tempo designs and develops a home fitness platform with personal guidance to help users in their training sessions. It features live elite trainers who can help users when they make mistakes. It has built-in three-dimensional sensors that track form, counts reps, and recommend weights. It helps users to improve in real-time. Powered by 3D motion sensors and AI, it analyzes 25 of the body’s essential joints as users work out and gives understood form feedback. Moawia Eldeeb and Joshua Augustin founded it as Pivot in 2015, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

Superpedestrian

Venture Round in 2020
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Superpedestrian

Series B in 2018
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Highfive

Series C in 2018
Highfive is a developer of video and web conferencing software and hardware alternatives used to deliver high-fidelity, crystal-clear audio, and high definition 4K camera connections. Its platform combined with their Hardware-as-a-Service model permits companies to have high-quality conference alternatives with low upfront costs that enable clients to improve the ease and quality of business communications and collaboration.

BionX™ Medical Technologies

Series E in 2015
BiOM (fromerly iWalk) is a Massachusetts based company whose sole product is the PowerFoot One. The Powerfoot One has two powerful microprocessors and six environmental sensors evaluate and adjust ankle position, stiffness, damping and power thousands of times a second. Control algorithms generate human-like force while traversing level ground, slopes and stairs, providing active amputees with near-normal gait and lower energy expenditure compared to state-of-the-art passive prosthetics.

Superpedestrian

Series B in 2015
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Highfive

Series B in 2015
Highfive is a developer of video and web conferencing software and hardware alternatives used to deliver high-fidelity, crystal-clear audio, and high definition 4K camera connections. Its platform combined with their Hardware-as-a-Service model permits companies to have high-quality conference alternatives with low upfront costs that enable clients to improve the ease and quality of business communications and collaboration.

Superpedestrian

Series A in 2014
Superpedestrian, Inc. is a robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing lightweight electric vehicles designed for eco-friendly transportation. The company’s flagship product, the Copenhagen Wheel, integrates advanced technology to enhance cycling safety and wellness, while also offering a platform for developers to create various applications. These applications range from navigation assistance to customization of the wheel's behavior. Superpedestrian sells its products through both retail channels and online platforms. Founded in 2012, the company aims to provide a comfortable and secure cycling experience by utilizing vehicle intelligence to monitor and address potential malfunctions proactively.

Highfive

Series A in 2013
Highfive is a developer of video and web conferencing software and hardware alternatives used to deliver high-fidelity, crystal-clear audio, and high definition 4K camera connections. Its platform combined with their Hardware-as-a-Service model permits companies to have high-quality conference alternatives with low upfront costs that enable clients to improve the ease and quality of business communications and collaboration.

BionX™ Medical Technologies

Series D in 2012
BiOM (fromerly iWalk) is a Massachusetts based company whose sole product is the PowerFoot One. The Powerfoot One has two powerful microprocessors and six environmental sensors evaluate and adjust ankle position, stiffness, damping and power thousands of times a second. Control algorithms generate human-like force while traversing level ground, slopes and stairs, providing active amputees with near-normal gait and lower energy expenditure compared to state-of-the-art passive prosthetics.

Highfive

Series A in 2012
Highfive is a developer of video and web conferencing software and hardware alternatives used to deliver high-fidelity, crystal-clear audio, and high definition 4K camera connections. Its platform combined with their Hardware-as-a-Service model permits companies to have high-quality conference alternatives with low upfront costs that enable clients to improve the ease and quality of business communications and collaboration.

Boxee

Series C in 2011
Boxee is a media player software platform that combines locally stored media with Internet streaming content and social networking features. It allows users to share their viewing habits with friends on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. The software is partially open-source, enabling users to develop their own applications, plug-ins, and skins. The framework of Boxee is derived from the Xbox Media Center project, originally created by home theater enthusiasts. In addition to the software, Boxee has developed an electronic device that connects phones to televisions, allowing users to easily access and display shows, movies, and clips from the Internet on their TVs.

BionX™ Medical Technologies

Series B in 2009
BiOM (fromerly iWalk) is a Massachusetts based company whose sole product is the PowerFoot One. The Powerfoot One has two powerful microprocessors and six environmental sensors evaluate and adjust ankle position, stiffness, damping and power thousands of times a second. Control algorithms generate human-like force while traversing level ground, slopes and stairs, providing active amputees with near-normal gait and lower energy expenditure compared to state-of-the-art passive prosthetics.

Boxee

Series B in 2009
Boxee is a media player software platform that combines locally stored media with Internet streaming content and social networking features. It allows users to share their viewing habits with friends on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. The software is partially open-source, enabling users to develop their own applications, plug-ins, and skins. The framework of Boxee is derived from the Xbox Media Center project, originally created by home theater enthusiasts. In addition to the software, Boxee has developed an electronic device that connects phones to televisions, allowing users to easily access and display shows, movies, and clips from the Internet on their TVs.
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