General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm established in 2000, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North America and Europe. The company specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments, focusing on technology-driven businesses. It invests across various sectors, including consumer internet, enterprise software, fintech, health assurance, and crypto. General Catalyst provides not only capital but also mentorship and resources to accelerate the growth of its portfolio companies. To date, it has managed eight venture capital funds, totaling approximately $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

Adrian Abeijon

Investor

Mark Allen

CFO

Neeraj Arora

Managing Director, Investment Team

Juliet Bailin

Partner

Marc Bhargava

Managing Director

Chris Bischoff

Managing Director

Larry Bohn

Managing Director

Teresa Carlson

President, General Catalyst Institute

Kenneth Chenault

Managing Director and Chairman

Quentin Clark

Managing Director

Mark Crane

Partner, Investment Team

Christopher Davis

Partner, Investments

Kyle Doherty

Managing Director, Investments

Molly Blaauw Gillis

Partner and Chief of Staff

Mina Hsiang

Associate

Nmachi Jidenma

Partner

Christopher Kauffman

Principal and Member of the Investment Team

Genevieve Kinney

Principal

Zak Kukoff

Principal

Paul Kwan

Managing Director

Roy Mabrey

Partner, Investment Team

Holly Maloney McConnell

Managing Director

Karanveer Mohan

Managing Director, Investment Team

Deep Nishar

Managing Director

Dipchand Nishar

Managing Director

Reva Nohria

Principal

Trevor Oelschig

Managing Director

Tyler Olkowski

Investor

Pranay Orugunta

Healthcare Investor

Mo Punjwani

Associate, Investments

Candace Richardson

Principal

Brian Ru

Principal

Pranav Singhvi

Managing Director

Bill Skarinka

Associate

Hemant Taneja

CEO and Managing Director

Alex Tran

Managing Director, Investments

Catherine Tu

Partner, Investment Team

Elena Viboch

Partner

Andrea Wang

Principal, Early Stage Investment

Nathaniel Levy-Westhead

Partner, Investment Team

Past deals in Search Engine

Glean

Series E in 2024
Glean is a company that specializes in AI-based search engine software aimed at enhancing data accessibility within enterprises. Its primary offering, the Workplace Search platform, integrates with various internal data sources and applications to facilitate efficient information retrieval. By leveraging advanced search technologies, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models, Glean's software delivers personalized answers to employees' queries, enabling them to quickly locate relevant data points based on specific keywords. This innovative approach helps organizations streamline their operations by ensuring that employees can easily access the information they need to make informed decisions.

Glean

Series D in 2024
Glean is a company that specializes in AI-based search engine software aimed at enhancing data accessibility within enterprises. Its primary offering, the Workplace Search platform, integrates with various internal data sources and applications to facilitate efficient information retrieval. By leveraging advanced search technologies, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models, Glean's software delivers personalized answers to employees' queries, enabling them to quickly locate relevant data points based on specific keywords. This innovative approach helps organizations streamline their operations by ensuring that employees can easily access the information they need to make informed decisions.

Glean

Series C in 2022
Glean is a company that specializes in AI-based search engine software aimed at enhancing data accessibility within enterprises. Its primary offering, the Workplace Search platform, integrates with various internal data sources and applications to facilitate efficient information retrieval. By leveraging advanced search technologies, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models, Glean's software delivers personalized answers to employees' queries, enabling them to quickly locate relevant data points based on specific keywords. This innovative approach helps organizations streamline their operations by ensuring that employees can easily access the information they need to make informed decisions.

Glean

Series B in 2021
Glean is a company that specializes in AI-based search engine software aimed at enhancing data accessibility within enterprises. Its primary offering, the Workplace Search platform, integrates with various internal data sources and applications to facilitate efficient information retrieval. By leveraging advanced search technologies, retrieval augmented generation, and large language models, Glean's software delivers personalized answers to employees' queries, enabling them to quickly locate relevant data points based on specific keywords. This innovative approach helps organizations streamline their operations by ensuring that employees can easily access the information they need to make informed decisions.

Butter.ai

Seed Round in 2016
Butter.ai is a developer of an online contextual searching platform that simplifies document retrieval in the workplace. The platform leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the search experience, allowing employees to access company-related information efficiently. By utilizing a personal assistant interface, Butter.ai enables users to find relevant web content and documents quickly, ensuring that essential information is readily available anytime and anywhere. This innovation aims to improve productivity and streamline workflows within organizations.

Giphy

Series C in 2016
Giphy, Inc. is an online platform that specializes in the search, sharing, and discovery of animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers a comprehensive database of GIFs across various categories including emotions, food, animals, and pop culture. It enables users to easily browse and share these animated graphics through social media channels. Giphy also supports creative input by allowing users to upload their own GIFs and collaborates with brands to produce original content. The platform aims to evolve beyond its search engine roots into a vibrant community for GIF artists and enthusiasts, focusing on fostering creativity and engagement within the digital visual communication space. As of mid-2020, Giphy operates as a subsidiary of Instagram, which enhances its integration within social media ecosystems.

Giphy

Series B in 2015
Giphy, Inc. is an online platform that specializes in the search, sharing, and discovery of animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs). Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers a comprehensive database of GIFs across various categories including emotions, food, animals, and pop culture. It enables users to easily browse and share these animated graphics through social media channels. Giphy also supports creative input by allowing users to upload their own GIFs and collaborates with brands to produce original content. The platform aims to evolve beyond its search engine roots into a vibrant community for GIF artists and enthusiasts, focusing on fostering creativity and engagement within the digital visual communication space. As of mid-2020, Giphy operates as a subsidiary of Instagram, which enhances its integration within social media ecosystems.

Hey

Series A in 2014
Hey Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 that develops Heyday, an automatic journaling application designed for mobile devices. The application allows users to effortlessly document their experiences, including the places they visit and the activities they engage in. Heyday organizes photos into attractive collages, which can be customized with various layouts and filters, enabling users to easily share their memories. The platform aims to help individuals remember and reflect on their life stories by providing a private and beautiful way to track moments—both significant and mundane. With its focus on enhancing personal memory through technology, Heyday seeks to transform how people capture and rediscover their meaningful experiences.

Coopkanics

Series A in 2013
Coopkanics offers Wildcard, a product- and service-related software suite for browsing the internet and other communications networks. The company was founded by Jordan Cooper, Eric Tang, and Doug Petkanics in 2013 and is headquartered in New York.

FanSnap

Series B in 2009
FanSnap is a leading online ticket comparison-shopping platform that allows fans to browse over 19 million tickets for more than 70,000 events, including sports, theater, and concerts. The platform aggregates ticket listings from over 50 reputable ticket marketplaces and brokers, enabling users to find the best prices available. FanSnap's advanced search capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships with various ticket providers, as well as proprietary technologies like FanSnap TicketData and dynamic FanSnap Maps. The company operates its main site, fansnap.com, and also provides co-branded ticket comparison services for prominent platforms such as Microsoft's Bing and Time Warner's RoadRunner.com. Recognized for its innovation, FanSnap has received multiple awards, including an Official Honoree designation at the Webby Awards and accolades from the Search Engine Watch Awards. FanSnap is owned by Nextag, a comprehensive online product catalog provider, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in several global cities.

FanSnap

Series A in 2009
FanSnap is a leading online ticket comparison-shopping platform that allows fans to browse over 19 million tickets for more than 70,000 events, including sports, theater, and concerts. The platform aggregates ticket listings from over 50 reputable ticket marketplaces and brokers, enabling users to find the best prices available. FanSnap's advanced search capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships with various ticket providers, as well as proprietary technologies like FanSnap TicketData and dynamic FanSnap Maps. The company operates its main site, fansnap.com, and also provides co-branded ticket comparison services for prominent platforms such as Microsoft's Bing and Time Warner's RoadRunner.com. Recognized for its innovation, FanSnap has received multiple awards, including an Official Honoree designation at the Webby Awards and accolades from the Search Engine Watch Awards. FanSnap is owned by Nextag, a comprehensive online product catalog provider, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in several global cities.

FanSnap

Series A in 2008
FanSnap is a leading online ticket comparison-shopping platform that allows fans to browse over 19 million tickets for more than 70,000 events, including sports, theater, and concerts. The platform aggregates ticket listings from over 50 reputable ticket marketplaces and brokers, enabling users to find the best prices available. FanSnap's advanced search capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships with various ticket providers, as well as proprietary technologies like FanSnap TicketData and dynamic FanSnap Maps. The company operates its main site, fansnap.com, and also provides co-branded ticket comparison services for prominent platforms such as Microsoft's Bing and Time Warner's RoadRunner.com. Recognized for its innovation, FanSnap has received multiple awards, including an Official Honoree designation at the Webby Awards and accolades from the Search Engine Watch Awards. FanSnap is owned by Nextag, a comprehensive online product catalog provider, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in several global cities.

WonderHowTo

Series A in 2008
WonderHowTo, Inc., founded in 2007 and based in Santa Monica, California, specializes in providing a comprehensive search engine and directory solutions for how-to videos across a wide range of categories. These categories include beauty, arts and crafts, fitness, cooking, education, and technology, among others. Initially launched in January 2008, the platform began by curating and indexing video tutorials from various sources on the internet, leveraging the backgrounds of its founders in television programming and software development. Over time, WonderHowTo evolved to enable users to contribute original articles, catering to topics better suited for written content. The company's innovative approach includes the creation of a community platform that allows energetic creators to showcase their work and engage with other members, further enriching the user experience and expanding the diversity of content available.

EveryZing

Series B in 2007
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value. Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.
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