
General Catalyst
Multi-stageGrowth
Investment focus
General Catalyst invests across seed, venture, and growth stages with a focus on applying AI and technology to transform core societal systems — including healthcare, enterprise software, defense, and financial services — at global scale. The firm emphasizes "unscaling" industries through data and AI to deliver personalized, resilient solutions rather than simply making legacy systems larger.
Founded2000
HQCambridge, Massachusetts
RegionGlobal
StagesSeed · Series A · Series B · Growth
Check size$500K–$100M
Sectors
AIHealthcareFintechEnterprise
Notable portfolio
AirbnbStripeAnthropicHubSpotCanvaAndurilMistralRamp
Recent activity (2025–26)
- Anthropic (March 2025, at $61.5B valuation)
- NHS medical technology venture fund with Speedinvest (May 2025, £30M)
- Zarminali Pediatrics Series A (January 2026)


