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General Catalyst
Venture Capital · Founded 2000 · San Francisco, United States
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General Catalyst’s biggest current holdings.
General Catalyst is a named shareholder in 61 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $31.9B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 12 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.
Stripe
$8.0B
5% of $159B
Helsing
$2.5B
14% of $18.0B
Ramp
$2.2B
5% of $44.0B
Polymarket
$1.7B
11.5% of $15.0B
Applied Intuition
$1.5B
10% of $15.0B
Canva
$1.3B
3% of $42.0B
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Stripe
5%
$159B
$8.0B
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Helsing
14%
$18.0B
$2.5B
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Ramp
5%
$44.0B
$2.2B
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Polymarket
11.5%
$15.0B
$1.7B
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Applied Intuition
10%
$15.0B
$1.5B
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Canva
3%
$42.0B
$1.3B
- 7 9.5% $13.0B $1.2B
- 8 15% $7.0B $1.1B
- 9 9.5% $10.8B $1.0B
- 10 12% $7.2B $864M
- 11 14.5% $4.6B $667M
- 12 3.5% $17.3B $606M
Showing the 12 largest of 61 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = General Catalyst’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. General Catalyst also appears inside investor groups in Anduril, Discord, Kalshi, Kavak, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →
General Catalyst’s biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from General Catalyst’s transaction record.
Where General Catalyst’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 927 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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USA793
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India42
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UK40
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Germany21
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Canada9
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Netherlands8
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France6
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Israel5
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Mexico5
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Switzerland5
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Australia4
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Brazil4
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Enterprise Software275
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Health169
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Fintech143
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Media81
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Security70
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Marketing66
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Education37
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Energy35
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Transportation31
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Gaming29
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Jobs Recruitment29
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Food28
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Seed374
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Series A318
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Series B+231
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Breakout Stage365
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Late Growth313
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Early Growth282
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Mature14
Inside General Catalyst’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 927 tracked.
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FiWhere General Catalyst’s portfolio founders come from.
200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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United States148
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United Kingdom10
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Germany7
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Sweden5
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France4
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India4
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Mexico4
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Australia3
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Israel3
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Finland2
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Stanford University26
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Harvard University24
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology19
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Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania9
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Cornell University6
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University of California, Berkeley5
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Harvard Business School4
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi4
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Technion Israel Institute of Technology4
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Brown University3
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Alphabet | Google16
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McKinsey & Company8
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Microsoft8
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
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Meta5
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OpenAI5
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Stanford University5
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Boxer4
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Palantir4
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Apple3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
