| Hemant Taneja | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 Delhi, India |
| Residence | Los Altos Hills, California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Occupation | Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners |
| Spouse | Jessica Schantz Taneja |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| http://www.generalcatalyst.com/team/hemant-taneja | |
Hemant Taneja (b. 1975) is an Indian-born American venture capitalist. Born in Delhi, India, he moved to the USA in 1990. He is currently a managing director at General Catalyst Partners, a Cambridge MA based Venture Capital and Private Equity firm.
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Taneja was born in Delhi, India in 1975 and moved to the USA in 1990. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 with an M.S. in Operations Research, an M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and a B.S. in Biology & Biomedical Engineering.
Upon graduating from MIT, he became founder and CEO of Isovia, a Boston-based mobile software and applications company that was acquired.
He joined General Catalyst Partners in 2003, where he played a key role in co-founding JumpTap in 2004. He went on to start the firm's cleantech practice and founded Sunborne Energy.
Taneja's invests in clean energy, information technology and healthcare. His clean energy venture investments and board memberships include ARC Energy, C12 Energy (Observer), CLEAResult, Mascoma, Modular Wind, Stion (Observer), and SunBorne Energy. His other investments are Jumptap (Observer), Humedica, Hunch, Sand9 and SynapDx. He was formerly a board member of m-Qube (acquired by VeriSign in May 2006, Observer) and SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee in April 2006).[1]
Taneja co-founded the New England Clean Energy Council which is the leading clean energy policy and advocacy group in New England. He was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's Climate Protection & Green Economy Advisory Committee.[2]
He has been a frequent speaker in many energy conferences and recently co-authored an article on the Politico titled on 'Advancing the economy' using advanced energy. [3]
He was named by the Boston Business Journal to the 40 under 40 list.[4]
Taneja lives with his wife Jessica Schantz Taneja and their two children in Los Altos Hills, California.