General Catalyst

We’re proud to announce that we have raised approximately $8B of new capital, across our core VC funds and separately managed accounts, to fuel the next generation of groundbreaking technologies and businesses. As we venture beyond with entrepreneurs globally to expand what’s possible, the future has never been brighter.    For 25 years, we've been committed to partnering with founders from their beginnings, investing early in companies like Stripe and Airbnb, and creating companies like Livongo, Commure, and Homeward. By scaling our global seed capacity in Europe and India, we’re staying true to our core, while playing the long game to unlock outliers. We’re also doubling down on the founder experience through GC Famiglia — our community of founders, business leaders and policymakers who we support with world-class programming and services. Creating transformative impact through applied AI and global resilience mandates moving beyond the traditional scope of venture capital. So our GC Transformation Flywheel connects innovators with adopters to scale impact through uncommon collaboration. This is reflected in our Health Assurance Transformation Company and GC Institute, and in our new products like the Customer Value Strategy to give founders more non-dilutive opportunities to grow their business. We’re grateful to our LPs for believing in our expansive vision, and invite you to learn more from our CEO Hemant Taneja here: https://bit.ly/gc-xii #VentureBeyond #GlobalResilience #AppliedAI #Startups #VentureCapital 

February may be a short month - but that didn’t stop us at General Catalyst from shipping some exciting updates! CC Dave Breslin, Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, Marc Bhargava, Reva Nohria 

Claros is expanding possibilities for the applied AI era by reimagining how energy is delivered from the grid to the chip. Its innovative hardware and software increase compute density, enhance power distribution, boost performance, and maximize the overall efficiency of data centers and AI applications. We’re excited to invest in Claros’ $9.75M funding round and welcome Daniel and the entire team to the GC Famiglia. Explore more in the comments. #AppliedAI #EnergyResilience

My biggest fear isn’t failure—it’s working on the wrong problems and success being meaningless.  In a world full of urgent challenges, bold thinking and risk-taking aren’t optional. The best founders embrace risk by going after the biggest, most meaningful problems.  I'm curious (and want to pressure test my own thinking), what's a challenge you believe more people should be working on?

We’re proud to be ranked among the top 10 on Endpoints News’ 100 leading venture investors in biotech. At the heart of health assurance is the goal of building a proactive, accessible, and affordable healthcare system. Our healthcare investments span innovative areas, including platforms that accelerate the global development of biopharmaceuticals like ArriVent Biopharma, companies tackling the workforce shortage like Hippocratic AI, and care enablement platforms such as Fabric. This achievement is a direct result of the remarkable vision and leadership of Chris, Holly, Elena, Reva, Caitlin, and our entire healthcare team. Full list in comments. #HealthAssurance

We back leaders with the audacity to create enduring impact. Congratulations to GC Famiglia's Toyin (Cityblock Health CEO) and Bijal (Guild CEO) for being recognized on CNBC Changemakers for their exceptional leadership that catalyzes industry transformation. Full list in the comments. #CNBCChangemakers #Transformation

Mercor’s recruiting platform connects top talent with global opportunities in the AI economy, harnessing the power of applied AI to unleash human potential. We believed in Mercor in its earliest days and we’re excited to expand our partnership with Brendan, Adarsh, Surya, and the entire team by investing in Mercor’s $100M Series B. More from Niko and Max → https://lnkd.in/gsijZVzQ Explore more in the comments. #AppliedAI

Together AI’s AI Acceleration Cloud infrastructure enables developers and enterprises to train and deploy generative AI models with speed, control, and cost-efficiency. It offers flexible deployment and security and supports both open-source and custom models to accelerate AI adoption. We’re proud to lead Together’s $305M Series B and welcome Vipul and the entire team to the GC Famiglia. “Vipul and team have built an incredible tech platform and business, emerging as a dominant player in AI infrastructure in less than two years. I was introduced to them when I invested in their first angel round and have witnessed firsthand the evolution of a product that, today, many Fortune 100 clients use to train, finetune, and run inference on models at scale. Together AI’s mission to be the full stack AI cloud is truly inspiring, and General Catalyst brings the go-to-market expertise and ambition to supercharge this goal.” -GC’s Marc Bhargava More from Marc, Quentin, and Christopher → https://lnkd.in/gjDhVYZU Explore more in the comments. #AppliedAI

Finance teams are seeking faster, more efficient ways to close the month’s books. Stacks empowers finance teams with applied AI, reducing closing time by 50% and ultimately streamlining it into a one-click process. We’re thrilled to co-lead Stacks’ $10M seed round and welcome Albert and the entire team to the GC Famiglia. "Within just six months of its launch, Stacks has delivered meaningful results for its customers. Albert’s relentless dedication to building a best-in-class product and rapidly shipping new features has driven deep customer obsession. In an industry where CFOs are cautious about adopting new tools for essential tasks like financial reporting, the positive feedback speaks volumes about the impact Stacks is making." -GC’s Zeynep Yavuz Explore more in the comments. #AppliedAI

Verkada transforms safety management by leveraging applied AI. Its cloud-based software platform delivers a security solution with easy management, smart control, and scalable deployments to customers like Equinox. We’re excited to lead Verkada’s $200M Series E and welcome Filip and the entire team to the GC Famiglia. “Verkada’s ability to integrate AI into real-world applications like video security, predictive maintenance, and environmental monitoring has allowed their customers to interact with their security systems in intuitive, transformative ways. The business potential is enormous—whether it's protecting schools, hospitals, retailers, or manufacturing facilities, Verkada’s combination of cloud-native software and integrated hardware positions the company well to scale and reshape how we think about safety and security on a global scale.” -GC’s Deep Nishar Explore more in the comments. #AppliedAI