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General Catalyst portfolio

General Catalyst has 224 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 61 investments in the last 12 months.

Type: Venture capital.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 224.
Deals, last 12 months: 61.
Rounds led: 123 of 233.
Capital in their rounds: $26.73B.
Latest deal: Clara.com Clara.com Clara.com · Nov 10, 2026.
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It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2000. It led 123 of the 233 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Clara.com Clara.com Clara.com's $105M Series B+ round in November 2026, alongside Notable Capital, MONASHEES, Gaingels and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Developer tools and cloud (47) and Health and bio (45). It has co-invested with Lightspeed, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures, most often Lightspeed (21 rounds).

About General Catalyst

Firm type: Venture capital.
Headquarters: San Francisco, US.
Founded: 2000.
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage.
Sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Defense Tech, Digital Health, E-commerce, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech, Travel & Hospitality.
Check size: $30M.
Leads rounds: Yes.
Portfolio companies: 627.
Exits: 47.
Rounds led: 287.

Fund returns

FundVintageSizeNet IRRTVPIDPIAs of
General Catalyst Excelsior Fund, L.P.2024——1.00x0.00xMar 31, 2025
General Catalyst Group XII - Creation2024——1.54x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XII - Endurance2024——1.20x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XII Health Assurance, L.P.2024——0.95x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XII, L.P.2024—34.0%1.30x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XII - Creation2024——1.54x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XII - Endurance2024——1.20x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XII - Health Assurance2024——0.95x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XII - Ignition2024——1.18x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XI - Health Assurance, L.P.2023——1.18x0.00xJun 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XII - Ignition2023——1.18x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XI - Creation LP2021——1.65x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XI - Endurance LP2021——1.29x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group XI - Ignition LP2021——1.57x0.00xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XI - Creation2021—25.4%1.65x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XI - Endurance2021—9.1%1.29x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst XI - Ignition2021—17.2%1.57x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst ‐ Early Venture2020——1.09x—Mar 31, 2021
General Catalyst ‐ Early Venture PE2020——1.77x—Jun 30, 2021
General Catalyst ‐ Endurance2020——1.67x—Mar 31, 2021
General Catalyst ‐ Endurance PE2020——1.45x—Jun 30, 2021
General Catalyst ‐ Growth Venture2020——1.85x—Mar 31, 2021
General Catalyst ‐ Growth Venture PE2020——1.80x—Jun 30, 2021
General Catalyst Group ‐ Growth Venture2020——1.37x—Dec 31, 2020
General Catalyst Group X - Early Venture2020—10.0%1.50x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group X - Endurance2020—6.1%1.30x0.07xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst Group X - Growth Venture2020—9.2%1.50x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst X - Early Venture2020—10.0%1.54x—Sep 30, 2025
General Catalyst X - Endurance2020—6.1%1.31x0.06xSep 30, 2025
General Catalyst X - Growth Venture2020—9.2%1.49x—Sep 30, 2025
GENERAL CATALYST XII———1.06x0.00xSep 30, 2025

What General Catalyst invests in

How General Catalyst invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Series B+ 119 51%$20.8B
Series A 54 23%$4.45B
Seed 52 22%$713.75M
round 5 2%$747.16M
Pre-seed 3 1%$17.1M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2013 1 <1%$2M
2014 1 <1%$5M
2015 3 1%$23.3M
2016 3 1%$17.1M
2017 6 3%$332M
2018 6 3%$395.43M
2019 7 3%$472.32M
2020 11 5%$418.92M
2021 22 9%$3.72B
2022 18 8%$1.66B
2023 16 7%$1.43B
2024 29 12%$2.56B
2025 56 24%$4.24B
2026 54 23%$11.46B

General Catalyst portfolio companies 224 companies, page 2 of 2

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CompanyRound with General CatalystTotal raisedLatest raise
CChainguard
AI agents
backer$612MApr 23, 2025
Series B+
LLingokids
Education
backer$174MSep 17, 2025
round
MMirage
Foundation models and research
backer$175MMar 24, 2026
Seed
OOutdoor Voices
Commerce and retail
backer$42MJun 11, 2025
Series A
CChamber Cardio
Health and bio
backer$8MFeb 4, 2026
Series A
AArphie
AI agents
backer$2.9MNov 15, 2024
Seed
PPowder
AI agents
backer$500KJul 22, 2024
Seed
KKernel
Health and bio
backerundisclosed—
EExamedi
Health and bio
backerundisclosed—
SSwoop
Sales and marketing
backer$7.3MOct 10, 2026
Seed
GGame Closure
Developer tools and cloud
backerundisclosed—
PPelico
AI agents
backer$58.5MJun 19, 2025
round
BBlack Ore Technologies
Fintech
backerundisclosedNov 7, 2023
Seed
BBaba Care
Health and bio
backerundisclosedFeb 27, 2026
Seed
LLatent
AI agents
backer$80.5MApr 10, 2026
round
JJuliaHub
Developer tools and cloud
backer$65MMay 1, 2026
Series B+
AAatmunn
Robotics and hardware
backer$8MOct 13, 2026
Series B+
CCiridae backer$20MMay 11, 2026
Seed
VVercel's
AI coding and devtools
backerundisclosedSep 30, 2025
Series B+
PParadeDB
Data and analytics
backer$12.5MJul 14, 2025
Series A
NNaroIQ
Fintech
backer$6.5MJun 18, 2025
Seed
VVolley
Voice and audio AI
backerundisclosed—
MMusely
Health and bio
backer$360MMay 2, 2026
round
BBuildkite
Developer tools and cloud
backer$21MMay 4, 2025
Series B+

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Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Developer tools and cloud).

How this is counted

Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.

Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 233 rounds on Recent Funding that name General Catalyst. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists General Catalyst, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/general-catalyst (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.