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.
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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 Open Source
Mistral AI
Series A in 2023
Mistral AI is a company focused on developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions, particularly in the realm of open-source models. It specializes in creating customizable and compute-efficient large language models that facilitate a range of applications, including natural language processing and complex problem-solving. Mistral AI aims to foster safe artificial general intelligence that benefits all users, allowing businesses and organizations to harness AI technology without the burden of building and maintaining their own models. Through a community-driven development approach, Mistral AI seeks to enhance efficiency, innovation, and decision-making for its clients.
Expanso
Seed Round in 2023
Expanso, building upon their open-source Bacalhau Project, offers a platform for efficient and secure computation. It helps customers orchestrate jobs to run directly where data is generated and stored, thereby eliminating costly data transfers. Only the results are moved, not the data itself. The unique Compute Over Data approach simplifies data management, ensures privacy and boosts big data processing. This is particularly beneficial in an increasingly distributed world, where data is generated and stored in various locations.
Gitpod
Series A in 2022
Gitpod is an open-source developer platform that automates the provisioning of ready-to-code development environments, enhancing productivity for engineering teams. By eliminating the need for manual setup of local development environments, Gitpod allows teams to save significant time and fosters improved collaboration in application development. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular version control services like GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, automatically prebuilding development environments for all project branches. This functionality enables team members to begin coding immediately, whether they are developing new features, addressing bugs, or conducting code reviews. Gitpod's focus on automating setups allows developers to concentrate on their work, streamlining workflows and improving overall efficiency.
Sovryn
Venture Round in 2022
Sovryn is a decentralized trading and lending platform built on RSK, a side chain of the Bitcoin blockchain. It enables users to trade and lend Bitcoin in a secure environment, utilizing audited smart contracts and secure oracles. The platform also features insurance funds to support undercollateralized loans and operates under an open-source model, promoting transparency and community governance. By leveraging Bitcoin's infrastructure, Sovryn aims to provide a convenient and reliable online portal for users to engage in cryptocurrency transactions.
Tidelift
Series C in 2022
Tidelift specializes in enhancing the management and security of open-source software for professional developers. By offering a subscription service that partners directly with project maintainers, Tidelift provides a reliable source of proactively managed open-source components. The company's offerings include assurances related to security, licensing, and ongoing maintenance, which help businesses improve the overall quality of their software. This approach not only supports the sustainability of open-source projects but also accelerates the development of innovative software solutions.
Sonar
Venture Round in 2022
SonarSource provides world-class solutions for continuous code quality management. Its open source and commercial products help customers of all size to manage the code quality of their applications, reduce risk and ultimately deliver better software. SonarSource solutions support development in 20+ programming languages such as Java, C#, Javascript, C/C++, COBOL and more. With 700+ customers around the world including Cisco Systems, Deutsche Bank, Samsung and used by more than 80'000 organizations SonarSource's products are the de facto standard solutions on the market.
MinIO
Series B in 2022
MinIO, Inc. is a developer of a high-performance, open-source object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. Founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in providing a Kubernetes-native object store optimized for cloud-native workloads. MinIO's platform is designed to support the growing demands of unstructured data, allowing enterprises to manage various workloads such as machine learning, analytics, and data backup from a single solution. It enables application developers to create their own cloud storage systems for diverse data types, including images, videos, and log files, while ensuring portability across both public and private cloud environments. Additionally, MinIO offers a public play server that allows developers and system administrators to familiarize themselves with S3-compatible object storage.
LatchBio
Seed Round in 2021
LatchBio is a company that specializes in developing a bioinformatics platform aimed at supporting cell and gene therapy startups. Established in 2021 by Alfredo Andere, Kyle Giffin, and Kenny Workman, LatchBio provides an open-source machine learning and cloud infrastructure tailored for the biotech sector. Its platform modernizes the computing capabilities available to biotech labs by offering custom workflows, pipelines, and machine learning models that can be utilized across various scales. This infrastructure enables scientists to efficiently create bioinformatic queries without requiring extensive command-line knowledge or dealing with complex setups. By streamlining data integration and processing, LatchBio helps biotech companies accelerate therapeutic discovery and reduce engineering costs.
Corelight
Series D in 2021
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions tailored for information security professionals, focusing on network traffic analysis to combat cyber threats. The company offers a suite of products, including Corelight sensors and a fleet manager, built upon the open-source Bro framework, which delivers actionable, real-time data to enhance cybersecurity efforts. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Corelight serves enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions, enabling them to gain deep insights into network traffic and effectively detect and respond to cyberattacks. The company also maintains additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.
JuliaHub
Series A in 2021
JuliaHub is a platform that facilitates modeling, simulation, and the development of user-built applications, primarily targeting scientists, engineers, and innovators. Established in 2015 by Viral Shah in Cambridge, Massachusetts, JuliaHub provides high-performance computing capabilities that enable users to bring their innovative ideas to fruition at any scale. The platform supports the open-source Julia programming language, which is designed to simplify programming tasks related to data science, machine learning, and scientific computing. This includes applications in research, backtesting, trading, and contract modeling. With features that emphasize ease of use and an intuitive syntax, JuliaHub enhances the user experience while maintaining robust performance for complex data analysis and computations.
Microverse
Series A in 2021
Microverse is an online educational platform focused on training remote software developers. The organization aims to connect one million individuals with remote job opportunities by 2030. Its educational model emphasizes collaborative learning, where students from diverse backgrounds work in small, distributed teams and engage in pair programming. Through this approach, they hold each other accountable while developing their coding skills on open source and freelance projects. Microverse's programs are structured around income share agreements, allowing students to learn full-stack web development and receive career guidance. This model not only equips students with the necessary technical skills but also enables companies to recruit talented software developers without geographic limitations.
Gitpod
Venture Round in 2021
Gitpod is an open-source developer platform that automates the provisioning of ready-to-code development environments, enhancing productivity for engineering teams. By eliminating the need for manual setup of local development environments, Gitpod allows teams to save significant time and fosters improved collaboration in application development. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular version control services like GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, automatically prebuilding development environments for all project branches. This functionality enables team members to begin coding immediately, whether they are developing new features, addressing bugs, or conducting code reviews. Gitpod's focus on automating setups allows developers to concentrate on their work, streamlining workflows and improving overall efficiency.
Logz.io
Series E in 2020
Logz.io offers a machine data analytics platform that leverages open-source technologies, specifically ELK and Grafana, to facilitate the monitoring and analysis of modern applications. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and highly scalable, catering to organizations of all sizes. By integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning, Logz.io assists DevOps engineers, system administrators, and developers in identifying critical events within vast amounts of generated data. This enables users to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure their mission-critical applications effectively, allowing for proactive issue resolution and enhanced operational efficiency.
Microverse
Seed Round in 2020
Microverse is an online educational platform focused on training remote software developers. The organization aims to connect one million individuals with remote job opportunities by 2030. Its educational model emphasizes collaborative learning, where students from diverse backgrounds work in small, distributed teams and engage in pair programming. Through this approach, they hold each other accountable while developing their coding skills on open source and freelance projects. Microverse's programs are structured around income share agreements, allowing students to learn full-stack web development and receive career guidance. This model not only equips students with the necessary technical skills but also enables companies to recruit talented software developers without geographic limitations.
Logz.io
Series D in 2019
Logz.io offers a machine data analytics platform that leverages open-source technologies, specifically ELK and Grafana, to facilitate the monitoring and analysis of modern applications. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and highly scalable, catering to organizations of all sizes. By integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning, Logz.io assists DevOps engineers, system administrators, and developers in identifying critical events within vast amounts of generated data. This enables users to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure their mission-critical applications effectively, allowing for proactive issue resolution and enhanced operational efficiency.
Tidelift
Series B in 2019
Tidelift specializes in enhancing the management and security of open-source software for professional developers. By offering a subscription service that partners directly with project maintainers, Tidelift provides a reliable source of proactively managed open-source components. The company's offerings include assurances related to security, licensing, and ongoing maintenance, which help businesses improve the overall quality of their software. This approach not only supports the sustainability of open-source projects but also accelerates the development of innovative software solutions.
Corelight
Series B in 2018
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions tailored for information security professionals, focusing on network traffic analysis to combat cyber threats. The company offers a suite of products, including Corelight sensors and a fleet manager, built upon the open-source Bro framework, which delivers actionable, real-time data to enhance cybersecurity efforts. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Corelight serves enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions, enabling them to gain deep insights into network traffic and effectively detect and respond to cyberattacks. The company also maintains additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.
Tidelift
Series A in 2018
Tidelift specializes in enhancing the management and security of open-source software for professional developers. By offering a subscription service that partners directly with project maintainers, Tidelift provides a reliable source of proactively managed open-source components. The company's offerings include assurances related to security, licensing, and ongoing maintenance, which help businesses improve the overall quality of their software. This approach not only supports the sustainability of open-source projects but also accelerates the development of innovative software solutions.
Anaconda
Series A in 2017
Anaconda, Inc. is a developer of a Python-based data science platform that facilitates the adoption of open data science analytics for various industries. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers key products such as Anaconda Distribution, which provides data science packages, and Anaconda Enterprise, an open data science platform designed for corporate and research institutions. With over 45 million users worldwide, including 90% of Fortune 500 companies, Anaconda is recognized for its extensive support of open-source Python packages essential for AI, data science, and machine learning. The company also offers training programs to help professionals transition into data science careers, along with services focused on technical computing challenges, data management, optimization, and visualization. Anaconda’s mission is to empower organizations to leverage open-source technologies for innovative solutions and competitive advantages.
Anaconda
Series A in 2016
Anaconda, Inc. is a developer of a Python-based data science platform that facilitates the adoption of open data science analytics for various industries. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers key products such as Anaconda Distribution, which provides data science packages, and Anaconda Enterprise, an open data science platform designed for corporate and research institutions. With over 45 million users worldwide, including 90% of Fortune 500 companies, Anaconda is recognized for its extensive support of open-source Python packages essential for AI, data science, and machine learning. The company also offers training programs to help professionals transition into data science careers, along with services focused on technical computing challenges, data management, optimization, and visualization. Anaconda’s mission is to empower organizations to leverage open-source technologies for innovative solutions and competitive advantages.
Anaconda
Series A in 2015
Anaconda, Inc. is a developer of a Python-based data science platform that facilitates the adoption of open data science analytics for various industries. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers key products such as Anaconda Distribution, which provides data science packages, and Anaconda Enterprise, an open data science platform designed for corporate and research institutions. With over 45 million users worldwide, including 90% of Fortune 500 companies, Anaconda is recognized for its extensive support of open-source Python packages essential for AI, data science, and machine learning. The company also offers training programs to help professionals transition into data science careers, along with services focused on technical computing challenges, data management, optimization, and visualization. Anaconda’s mission is to empower organizations to leverage open-source technologies for innovative solutions and competitive advantages.
MinIO
Seed Round in 2015
MinIO, Inc. is a developer of a high-performance, open-source object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. Founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in providing a Kubernetes-native object store optimized for cloud-native workloads. MinIO's platform is designed to support the growing demands of unstructured data, allowing enterprises to manage various workloads such as machine learning, analytics, and data backup from a single solution. It enables application developers to create their own cloud storage systems for diverse data types, including images, videos, and log files, while ensuring portability across both public and private cloud environments. Additionally, MinIO offers a public play server that allows developers and system administrators to familiarize themselves with S3-compatible object storage.
BlackDuck
Series F in 2014
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
ownCloud
Series A in 2014
ownCloud is the company behind the ownCloud project – the most downloaded open source project for data and file sync, share and view. ownCloud enables businesses to host their own, on premises or remote, cloud storage while maintaining regulatory and compliance needs. Located in Boston, Massachusetts with an international office in Germany we offer your cloud with your data – your way!
Neverware
Seed Round in 2013
Neverware specializes in developing desktop operating systems aimed at enhancing security and manageability. Its primary product, the CloudReady operating system, allows educational institutions and enterprises to convert their existing computers into efficient, secure, and user-friendly devices. Built on an open-source architecture derived from Google's Chromium OS, CloudReady is lightweight and compatible with a wide range of hardware, making it an ideal solution for organizations seeking to modernize their technology infrastructure without significant investment in new equipment.
Tesora
Series A in 2013
Formerly Known as ParElastic. Tesora was founded with the vision of radically simplifying how databases are provisioned and managed. We are partnering with the OpenStack Trove community to create an open database as service platform to deliver on this vision. With Tesora, OpenStack administrators can go beyond compute and storage to offer their users a self-service, managed database service for MySQL and other leading databases. The new open DBaaS platform on OpenStack will offer security, availability, performance and disaster-recovery capabilities that lets you deliver database as a service in the cloud or in a data center. The Tesora team has more than 200 years of experience building database technology for companies such as Progress Software, Netezza, Object Design and Dataupia. They are taking that background to the OpenStack Trove project. The team has already brought to market technology to scale out traditional relational databases on demand without having to change a single line of code. And it’s the only scale-out solution that supports multitenancy. These innovations were recognized with four patent grants and several more pending. The company sought out partnerships to deliver a complete DBaaS platform. Wanting an open, pluggable platform, the widely adopted OpenStack cloud platform was a natural choice. Tesora joined the OpenStack community as a corporate sponsor and made a commitment to collaborate with and contribute to the Trove project to deliver an enterprise-class DBaaS platform. We named our company Tesora (meaning treasure in Italian) because of our strong commitment to the OpenStack Trove project and to delivering the industry’s first enterprise-class open platform for DBaaS.
ownCloud
Venture Round in 2012
ownCloud is the company behind the ownCloud project – the most downloaded open source project for data and file sync, share and view. ownCloud enables businesses to host their own, on premises or remote, cloud storage while maintaining regulatory and compliance needs. Located in Boston, Massachusetts with an international office in Germany we offer your cloud with your data – your way!
Tesora
Seed Round in 2012
Formerly Known as ParElastic. Tesora was founded with the vision of radically simplifying how databases are provisioned and managed. We are partnering with the OpenStack Trove community to create an open database as service platform to deliver on this vision. With Tesora, OpenStack administrators can go beyond compute and storage to offer their users a self-service, managed database service for MySQL and other leading databases. The new open DBaaS platform on OpenStack will offer security, availability, performance and disaster-recovery capabilities that lets you deliver database as a service in the cloud or in a data center. The Tesora team has more than 200 years of experience building database technology for companies such as Progress Software, Netezza, Object Design and Dataupia. They are taking that background to the OpenStack Trove project. The team has already brought to market technology to scale out traditional relational databases on demand without having to change a single line of code. And it’s the only scale-out solution that supports multitenancy. These innovations were recognized with four patent grants and several more pending. The company sought out partnerships to deliver a complete DBaaS platform. Wanting an open, pluggable platform, the widely adopted OpenStack cloud platform was a natural choice. Tesora joined the OpenStack community as a corporate sponsor and made a commitment to collaborate with and contribute to the Trove project to deliver an enterprise-class DBaaS platform. We named our company Tesora (meaning treasure in Italian) because of our strong commitment to the OpenStack Trove project and to delivering the industry’s first enterprise-class open platform for DBaaS.
BlackDuck
Series E in 2011
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
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.
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.
BlackDuck
Series D in 2009
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
BlackDuck
Series C in 2007
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
Optaros
Series B in 2006
Optaros is a consulting and systems integration firm specializing in eCommerce solutions. Founded by Bob Gett, the company assists enterprises in addressing IT business challenges by leveraging open source software. Optaros focuses on designing, assembling, and supporting Internet applications, delivering tailored online solutions to its clients. Through its expertise, the firm aims to enhance the operational efficiency and effectiveness of businesses in the digital landscape.
BlackDuck
Series B in 2005
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
RStudio
Seed Round in 2005
RStudio develops open source and enterprise-ready professional software for the R statistical computing environment. Its portfolio of products includes RStudio IDE: a free and open source user interface for R that works across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms; Shiny: a web framework for building interactive reports and visualizations using R; ggplot2: a data visualization package for R that creates multi-layered graphics; knitr: a report generation tool that combines R with TeX, Markdown, and HTML; R Markdown: a tool that enables users to insert R code into a markdown document and generate final documents by replacing the R code with its results; packrat: a dependency management tool for R; devtools: developer tools for building R packages; and more. RStudio was founded in 2009 by J.J. Allaire and is based in Massachusetts, United States.
BlackDuck
Series A in 2004
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.
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