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General Catalyst

Venture capital firm · Founded 2000 · Active in 2026

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm based in Cambridge MA, USA, founded in 2000. The page below shows 164 Power Law outcomes from General Catalyst's portfolio — 150 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 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 #13 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

164 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #13 · Global · 164 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 69% 5y
150
Decacorns ↑ 69% 5y
22
Thoroughbreds ↑ 158% 5y
106
01 · Exits

General Catalyst’s biggest exits.

General Catalyst portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

$95.0B IPO · 2020
Now $69.1B
$17.6B IPO · 2025
Now $10.4B
$11.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $17.4B
$16.0B IPO · 2017
Entered Series B+Now $10.9B
$2.5B IPO · 2019
Entered Series ANow $14.0B
$11.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.3B
$10.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $2.7B
$9.9B IPO · 2023
Entered Series B+Now $9.0B
IPO · 2014
Entered Series ANow $8.9B
$8.3B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series B+
$7.8B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
$6.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.0B
$4.2B buyout · 2025
Entered Series B+
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $4.2B
$3.7B acquisition · 2017
Entered Series B+
$3.2B acquisition · 2020
Entered Seed
$3.0B acquisition · 2016
Entered Series B+
$643M IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $2.8B
$2.7B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $2.7B
$600M acquisition · 2016
Entered Series ANow $2.6B
$2.5B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $822M
$1.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $2.5B
$2.4B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
$2.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
02 · Estimated holdings

General Catalyst’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of General Catalyst’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 61 companies where General Catalyst is a named shareholder, worth about $30.7B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 StripeFintech · Centicorn 5% $159B $8.0B
  2. 2 HelsingSecurity · Decacorn 14% $18.0B $2.5B
  3. 3 RampFintech · Decacorn 5% $32.0B $1.6B
  4. 4 Applied IntuitionTransportation · Decacorn 10% $15.0B $1.5B
  5. 5 CanvaMedia · Decacorn 3% $42.0B $1.3B
  6. 6 GrammarlyEnterprise Software · Decacorn 9.5% $13.0B $1.2B
  7. 7 15% $7.0B $1.1B
  8. 8 11.5% $9.0B $1.0B
  9. 9 9.5% $10.8B $1.0B
  10. 10 12% $7.2B $864M
  11. 11 14.5% $4.6B $667M
  12. 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 cap tables on Dealroom →

+13 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 164 General Catalyst Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA131
  2. UK8
  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 Software24
  3. AI21
  4. Cybersecurity19
  5. Health Tech & Medtech17
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces15
  7. Transportation10
  8. Marketing7
  9. Biotech & Life Sciences7
  10. Edtech5
  11. Other5
  12. Space3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+93
  2. Series A40
  3. Seed22
04 · Portfolio market map

General Catalyst's 164 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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05 · Power Law comparison

How does General Catalyst stack up?

General Catalyst in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 34 peer investors — scope by startup location 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 unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
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.
06 · Portfolio founders

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

448 founders across the 164 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 States212
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.
07 · Key people

Key people at General Catalyst.

Sources: Dealroom desktop research, official firm profiles and public investor lists.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about General Catalyst

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about General Catalyst on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about General Catalyst

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