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General Catalyst

Venture capital firm · Cambridge MA, USA · Founded 2000 · Active in 2026

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162 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #26 · 162 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↑ 30% 5y
$1.0T
Unicorns ↑ 58% 5y
158
Decacorns ↑ 67% 5y
25
Thoroughbreds ↑ 59% 5y
165
Featured in #26Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm based in Cambridge MA, USA, founded in 2000. The page below shows 162 Power Law outcomes from General Catalyst's portfolio — 158 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 7 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Other B2B Software · AI; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Germany. General Catalyst ranks #26 globally in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Ranking by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies.

Portfolio analysis

The 162 General Catalyst Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA130
  2. UK7
  3. Germany4
  4. India3
  5. Mexico3
  6. Spain2
  7. Switzerland2
  8. France2
  9. Sweden2
  10. Decentralised1
  11. Australia1
  12. Lithuania1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech28
  2. Other B2B Software23
  3. AI21
  4. Cybersecurity19
  5. Health Tech & Medtech17
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces15
  7. Transportation10
  8. Marketing7
  9. Biotech & Life Sciences7
  10. Edtech5
  11. Other4
  12. Space3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+94
  2. Series A37
  3. Seed23
01 · Portfolio market map

General Catalyst's 162 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
162 of 162 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round General Catalyst first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where General Catalyst's founders come from — and where they study.

445 founders across the 162 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States209
India60
Portugal15
Canada15
Israel13
Germany13
United Kingdom13
Sweden6
France6
China6
+17 more →
UniversityCount
Massachusetts Institute of Technology28
Stanford University27
Harvard University24
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania9
Harvard Business School9
MIT Sloan School of Management8
University of Wisconsin-Madison7
University of California, San Diego7
University of Aveiro6
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi6
+159 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google46
Microsoft26
Meta13
Amazon10
Apple8
OpenAI8
Palantir7
Uber7
Stripe6
Stability AI4
+215 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at General Catalyst.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does General Catalyst stack up?

General Catalyst in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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