General Catalyst Partners
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| Private | |
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Palo Alto, California, New York, New York, United States |
Key people | Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Larry Bohn, Adam Valkin, David Orfao, Neil Sequeira, Hemant Taneja, Steve Herrod |
| Products | Venture capital |
Number of employees | 40+ |
| Website | www.generalcatalyst.com |
General Catalyst Partners is an American venture capital firm focused on Early Stage and XIR/Growth investments.[1] The firm was founded in 2000[2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also has offices in Palo Alto, California, and New York City.[3]
It has invested in companies such as Snapchat, Stripe, Airbnb, HubSpot, Datalogix and Warby Parker. General Catalyst also helps to incubate companies,[4] examples including KAYAK, Naturebox, Altiscale and Highfive.
Management
General Catalyst has ten managing directors:[5]
- Larry Bohn
- Joel Cutler
- David Fialkow
- Bill Fitzgerald
- Steve Herrod[6]
- David Orfao
- Neil Sequeira
- Brian Shortsleeve
- Hemant Taneja[7]
- Adam Valkin
General Catalyst's entrepreneurs-in-residence have included Chris Hughes[8] (co-founder of Facebook), Jeremy Allaire (co-founder of Allaire Corporation and Brightcove), and Naimish Patel (co-founder of Sycamore Networks).
Investments
Among the firm's notable investments are:[9]
- Airbnb
- AltiScale
- Axium
- Black Duck Software
- Boxee[10]
- Brainly[11]
- CCP Games
- ClassPass[12]
- CoachUp
- Datalogix
- Datto
- Demandware
- Elemental Technologies, Inc.
- Eons.com
- Everyzing
- FanSnap
- GoodData
- GroupMe
- Hands-On Mobile
- Highwinds Network Group
- HubSpot
- KAYAK
- Imprivata
- Listia
- NatureBox
- One Month
- Plum District
- SignalDemand
- Snapchat
- Stripe
- Tudou
- TuneIn
- Virtual Instruments
- ViTrue, Inc.[13]
- Visible Measures
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References
- ↑ "Strategy". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ "About". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Contact Us". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ "General Catalyst Raises $675M Seventh Fund". All Things D. December 23, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Our Team". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Steve Herrod Joins General Catalyst", TechCrunch, January 16, 2013
- ↑ Hemant Taneja: It’s About Building Relationships, The Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2013
- ↑ Facebook founder to join local venture capital firm The Boston Globe, March 18, 2009
- ↑ "General Catalyst Partners CrunchBase Profile". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ Boxee Adds $6 Million Second Round; Aims To Take On Microsoft, Apple In Living Room. Reuters, Aug 12, 2009 cached
- ↑ Steve O'Hear (15 October 2015). "Schoolwork Q&A Site Brainly Scores $9M Series A To Answer The U.S. Expansion Question". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Jordan Crook (15 January 2015). "Classpass Is In Session With $40 Million In Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ Former President of Tandberg Television, Reggie Bradford, Together with General Catalyst Partners, Launches ViTrue, Inc.: World’s First User Created Advertising Platform May 8, 2006
- ↑ WonderHowTo.com Soars Past 100,000 How-To Video Mark. Reuters
External links
- General Catalyst Partners (company website)
- General Catalyst Partners on Twitter
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