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 Networking

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2024
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Highway 9 Networks

Funding Round in 2024
Founded by veteran cloud and networking innovators, Highway 9 Networks has developed a unique cloud-based approach to enterprise mobile networking that addresses both everywhere, always-on mobile coverage and AI’s dynamic connectivity requirements. The Highway 9 Mobile Cloud leverages the key capabilities of private cellular technology coupled with a cloud-native mobile platform to provide the consistent operations, IT integration and ease-of-use that today’s enterprises require.

Arrcus

Series D in 2023
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Arrcus

Series D in 2023
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Prosimo

Series B in 2022
Prosimo provides a comprehensive multi-cloud infrastructure designed to enhance application experiences for enterprises. The company's platform integrates cloud networking, performance management, security, observability, and cost management, facilitating a streamlined approach to cloud adoption. By addressing both user-to-application and application-to-application needs, Prosimo prevents fragmented cloud initiatives and ensures secure access and optimized application performance. It empowers businesses with real-time insights and actionable recommendations, allowing for improved operational efficiency and flexibility for remote workforces and business partners.

Chief

Series B in 2022
Chief, founded in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, is the largest community of senior women executives in the United States, representing over 10,000 organizations and 77% of Fortune 100 companies. The organization primarily focuses on supporting women in leadership through a membership model that offers a variety of services including one-on-one and peer group executive coaching, programming on pressing business issues, and access to a vast network of connections. Members benefit from personalized coaching tailored to their leadership needs and can participate in engaging events such as roundtable discussions and local conferences. Chief also provides elegant clubhouse locations in major cities for members to meet and network, as well as partnerships with organizations to facilitate in-person connections for those outside clubhouse areas. Additionally, Chief has implemented a grant program aimed at reducing financial barriers for executives facing identity-based inequity, contributing nearly $10 million in grants since its inception. The organization has received recognition from TIME and Fast Company for its influence and innovation in supporting women leaders.

Aviatrix

Series E in 2021
Aviatrix is a cloud networking expert that focuses on simplifying cloud connectivity for enterprises. The company provides a multi-cloud native networking software designed to enhance visibility, security, and control, enabling organizations to adapt quickly and maintain agility in their operations. Trusted by over 500 leading enterprises, Aviatrix delivers an enterprise-grade secure cloud network that supports mission-critical applications through a consistent networking architecture across multiple cloud service providers. In addition to its networking solutions, Aviatrix offers the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program, which serves as a certification for professionals in multicloud networking and security, thereby empowering the cloud networking community to navigate digital transformation effectively.

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Prosimo

Series A in 2021
Prosimo provides a comprehensive multi-cloud infrastructure designed to enhance application experiences for enterprises. The company's platform integrates cloud networking, performance management, security, observability, and cost management, facilitating a streamlined approach to cloud adoption. By addressing both user-to-application and application-to-application needs, Prosimo prevents fragmented cloud initiatives and ensures secure access and optimized application performance. It empowers businesses with real-time insights and actionable recommendations, allowing for improved operational efficiency and flexibility for remote workforces and business partners.

Aviatrix

Series D in 2021
Aviatrix is a cloud networking expert that focuses on simplifying cloud connectivity for enterprises. The company provides a multi-cloud native networking software designed to enhance visibility, security, and control, enabling organizations to adapt quickly and maintain agility in their operations. Trusted by over 500 leading enterprises, Aviatrix delivers an enterprise-grade secure cloud network that supports mission-critical applications through a consistent networking architecture across multiple cloud service providers. In addition to its networking solutions, Aviatrix offers the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program, which serves as a certification for professionals in multicloud networking and security, thereby empowering the cloud networking community to navigate digital transformation effectively.

Chief

Venture Round in 2020
Chief, founded in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, is the largest community of senior women executives in the United States, representing over 10,000 organizations and 77% of Fortune 100 companies. The organization primarily focuses on supporting women in leadership through a membership model that offers a variety of services including one-on-one and peer group executive coaching, programming on pressing business issues, and access to a vast network of connections. Members benefit from personalized coaching tailored to their leadership needs and can participate in engaging events such as roundtable discussions and local conferences. Chief also provides elegant clubhouse locations in major cities for members to meet and network, as well as partnerships with organizations to facilitate in-person connections for those outside clubhouse areas. Additionally, Chief has implemented a grant program aimed at reducing financial barriers for executives facing identity-based inequity, contributing nearly $10 million in grants since its inception. The organization has received recognition from TIME and Fast Company for its influence and innovation in supporting women leaders.

Arrcus

Series B in 2019
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Chief

Series A in 2019
Chief, founded in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, is the largest community of senior women executives in the United States, representing over 10,000 organizations and 77% of Fortune 100 companies. The organization primarily focuses on supporting women in leadership through a membership model that offers a variety of services including one-on-one and peer group executive coaching, programming on pressing business issues, and access to a vast network of connections. Members benefit from personalized coaching tailored to their leadership needs and can participate in engaging events such as roundtable discussions and local conferences. Chief also provides elegant clubhouse locations in major cities for members to meet and network, as well as partnerships with organizations to facilitate in-person connections for those outside clubhouse areas. Additionally, Chief has implemented a grant program aimed at reducing financial barriers for executives facing identity-based inequity, contributing nearly $10 million in grants since its inception. The organization has received recognition from TIME and Fast Company for its influence and innovation in supporting women leaders.

ClearSky Data

Venture Round in 2018
ClearSky Data’s global storage network simplifies the entire data lifecycle and delivers enterprise storage as a fully managed service. Its storage is designed for business agility. ClearSky simplifies enterprise storage by providing an SLA-based managed service across the global network. The company's patent-pending Smart Tiered Caching continually categorizes data and places it in the right cache layer (hot, warm, cold) based on evolving usage requirements and customer policies. Customers simply scale as needed, using the ClearSky dashboard to add unlimited capacity with a few clicks. All data can be moved across the ClearSky network to meet a variety of use cases including data center migration, load balancing, expansion into new regions, or disaster recovery. ClearSky has partnered with major public clouds to place hot and warm cache copies at the cloud edge. The result: customers get low-latency access to cloud instances, providing a new cost-effective option to run their most demanding workloads. The total cost of ownership (TCO) of storing data using the ClearSky service is about 1/3 the cost of managing it in a company’s data center on physical storage arrays. By leveraging the architecture and building redundancy into all cache layers and network paths, ClearSky is able to provide an enterprise-class service with guaranteed high availability. Industry-leading security technologies and best practices ensure that customer data is always protected and isolated from the moment it enters the ClearSky network. Customers simply plug into the ClearSky service to get the storage they need, when and where they need it, with the security, scalability, and resilience that a business depends on.

Arrcus

Series A in 2018
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

ClearSky Data

Series B in 2015
ClearSky Data’s global storage network simplifies the entire data lifecycle and delivers enterprise storage as a fully managed service. Its storage is designed for business agility. ClearSky simplifies enterprise storage by providing an SLA-based managed service across the global network. The company's patent-pending Smart Tiered Caching continually categorizes data and places it in the right cache layer (hot, warm, cold) based on evolving usage requirements and customer policies. Customers simply scale as needed, using the ClearSky dashboard to add unlimited capacity with a few clicks. All data can be moved across the ClearSky network to meet a variety of use cases including data center migration, load balancing, expansion into new regions, or disaster recovery. ClearSky has partnered with major public clouds to place hot and warm cache copies at the cloud edge. The result: customers get low-latency access to cloud instances, providing a new cost-effective option to run their most demanding workloads. The total cost of ownership (TCO) of storing data using the ClearSky service is about 1/3 the cost of managing it in a company’s data center on physical storage arrays. By leveraging the architecture and building redundancy into all cache layers and network paths, ClearSky is able to provide an enterprise-class service with guaranteed high availability. Industry-leading security technologies and best practices ensure that customer data is always protected and isolated from the moment it enters the ClearSky network. Customers simply plug into the ClearSky service to get the storage they need, when and where they need it, with the security, scalability, and resilience that a business depends on.

ClearSky Data

Series A in 2014
ClearSky Data’s global storage network simplifies the entire data lifecycle and delivers enterprise storage as a fully managed service. Its storage is designed for business agility. ClearSky simplifies enterprise storage by providing an SLA-based managed service across the global network. The company's patent-pending Smart Tiered Caching continually categorizes data and places it in the right cache layer (hot, warm, cold) based on evolving usage requirements and customer policies. Customers simply scale as needed, using the ClearSky dashboard to add unlimited capacity with a few clicks. All data can be moved across the ClearSky network to meet a variety of use cases including data center migration, load balancing, expansion into new regions, or disaster recovery. ClearSky has partnered with major public clouds to place hot and warm cache copies at the cloud edge. The result: customers get low-latency access to cloud instances, providing a new cost-effective option to run their most demanding workloads. The total cost of ownership (TCO) of storing data using the ClearSky service is about 1/3 the cost of managing it in a company’s data center on physical storage arrays. By leveraging the architecture and building redundancy into all cache layers and network paths, ClearSky is able to provide an enterprise-class service with guaranteed high availability. Industry-leading security technologies and best practices ensure that customer data is always protected and isolated from the moment it enters the ClearSky network. Customers simply plug into the ClearSky service to get the storage they need, when and where they need it, with the security, scalability, and resilience that a business depends on.

Highwinds

Debt Financing in 2013
Highwinds is a prominent provider of multi-platform IP services and content distribution, established in 2002. The company specializes in content replication and delivery software, offering solutions that cater to the evolving needs of media companies and content providers. Highwinds has made significant advancements in various technologies, including messaging bus architecture, network management, distributed file systems, and advanced routing methods. Their mission focuses on enabling clients to meet the increasing demands of today's digital media consumers, who expect rich, engaging content with high levels of interactivity. Highwinds continually strives to innovate its delivery infrastructure and services to keep pace with these expectations.

Highwinds

Venture Round in 2008
Highwinds is a prominent provider of multi-platform IP services and content distribution, established in 2002. The company specializes in content replication and delivery software, offering solutions that cater to the evolving needs of media companies and content providers. Highwinds has made significant advancements in various technologies, including messaging bus architecture, network management, distributed file systems, and advanced routing methods. Their mission focuses on enabling clients to meet the increasing demands of today's digital media consumers, who expect rich, engaging content with high levels of interactivity. Highwinds continually strives to innovate its delivery infrastructure and services to keep pace with these expectations.

SmartLink Radio Networks

Series B in 2005
SmartLink Radio Networks, Inc. specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing interoperable radio communications platforms tailored for public safety, critical infrastructure, and commercial sectors. The company provides multi-protocol and wide area networking products, alongside remote systems that support various frequencies and air interfaces. Its software, including SmartLink I-Switch, manages and routes communications while accommodating an extensive range of scenarios as specified by customers. Additionally, SmartLink offers radio frequency systems design, engineering services, system integration, consulting, and path/propagation studies. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, SmartLink Radio Networks functions as a subsidiary of CalAmp Corp. since 2007.

Raytheon BBN Technologies

Venture Round in 2004
Started in 1948 by MIT professors, BBN Technologies has churned out technologies ranging from packet switching (1969) to the first network email (1971) to the first router (1976). The legendary R&D organization changed hands several times, most recently being acquired by Raytheon on September 1, 2009, following a management-led buyout from Verizon five years earlier. With expertise spanning information security, speech and language processing, networking, distributed systems, and sensing and control systems, BBN scientists and engineers have amassed a substantial collection of innovations and patented solutions.

SmartLink Radio Networks

Series A in 2004
SmartLink Radio Networks, Inc. specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing interoperable radio communications platforms tailored for public safety, critical infrastructure, and commercial sectors. The company provides multi-protocol and wide area networking products, alongside remote systems that support various frequencies and air interfaces. Its software, including SmartLink I-Switch, manages and routes communications while accommodating an extensive range of scenarios as specified by customers. Additionally, SmartLink offers radio frequency systems design, engineering services, system integration, consulting, and path/propagation studies. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, SmartLink Radio Networks functions as a subsidiary of CalAmp Corp. since 2007.

Millennial Net

Series A in 2003
Millennial Net's flagship platform, MeshScape, offers highly scalable, low power, reliable wireless mesh networking capability that is beyond any conventional WSN technologies. Millennial Net also provides Wireless Energy Management and Energy Efficiency solutions focused on commercial and public building applications. Typically save 15%-30% of a buildings current energy consumption.
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