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General Catalyst

Venture Capital · Founded 2000 · San Francisco, United States

A global investment and transformation company that partners with the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI

924 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $175B invested · 1,668 investments · Investor rank #16 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 924 ↑ 73% 5y
Decacorns 24 ↑ 85% 5y
Thoroughbreds 110 ↑ 36% 5y
Estimated holdings

General Catalyst’s biggest current 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 →

Exits

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.

$33B IPO · 2017
Entered Series B+Now $9.3BMedia
IPO · 2013
Entered Series B+Now $21BSecurity
$12B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $20BEnterprise Software
$9.0B IPO · 2022
Entered Series ANow $14BFintech
$2.5B IPO · 2019
Entered Series ANow $14BHealth
$8.6B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $14BSecurity
$11B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $4.4BSecurity
$759M IPO · 2014
Entered Series ANow $10BMarketing
$10B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $2.7BFood
$9.9B IPO · 2023
Entered Series B+Now $9.9BFood
$7.9B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $5.0BHealth
$7.8B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+Security
Portfolio analysis

Where General Catalyst’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 924 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA750
  2. India41
  3. UK39
  4. Germany21
  5. Canada9
  6. Netherlands8
  7. France6
  8. Switzerland5
  9. Brazil4
  10. Israel4
  11. Mexico4
  12. Spain4
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software261
  2. Health161
  3. Fintech139
  4. Media76
  5. Security68
  6. Marketing64
  7. Education34
  8. Energy34
  9. Transportation30
  10. Gaming28
  11. Telecom27
  12. Food26
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed372
  2. Series A317
  3. Series B+229
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage357
  2. Late Growth302
  3. Early Growth259
  4. Mature6
Portfolio market map

Inside General Catalyst’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 924 tracked.

Anthropic
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$965B
Anduril
Security · Decacorn
$61B
Stripe
Fintech · Centicorn
$159B
Helsing
Security · Decacorn
$18B
Mistral AI
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$14B
Instacart
Food · Unicorn
$9.9B
Ramp
Fintech · Decacorn
$44B
Polymarket
Fintech · Unicorn
$9.0B
Wonder
Food · Unicorn
$9.0B
Snap
Media · Unicorn
$9.3B
Saronic Technologies
Robotics · Unicorn
$9.3B
Kalshi
Fintech · Decacorn
$22B
Zepto
Food
$400M
Devoted Health
Health · Decacorn
$13B
Relativity
Space · Unicorn
$4.2B
Kavak
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.2B
Monzo Bank
Fintech · Unicorn
$5.9B
Lacework
Security · Unicorn
$8.3B
Cred
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Skild
Robotics · Decacorn
$14B
Cognition | Devin AI
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$26B
Deliveroo
Food · Unicorn
$2.7B
Oscar
Health · Unicorn
$5.0B
Cazoo
Transportation
$101K
Slate Auto
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
Together
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$8.3B
Long Lake Management
Fintech · Unicorn
$5.8B
Rapyd
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Neko Health
Health · Unicorn
$7.0B
Applied Intuition
Transportation · Decacorn
$15B
Armis
Security · Unicorn
$7.8B
ICEYE
Space · Decacorn
$11B
Eikon Therapeutics
Health
$265M
Circle
Fintech · Decacorn
$14B
Commure
Health · Unicorn
$7.0B
Ro Health
Health · Unicorn
$7.0B
Hopin
Event Tech
$38M
Kraken
Energy · Unicorn
$8.7B
Luma AI
Media · Unicorn
$4.0B
Discord
Gaming · Decacorn
$15B
Deel
Fintech · Decacorn
$17B
Canva
Media · Decacorn
$42B
Samsara
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$20B
Cityblock Health
Health · Unicorn
$5.7B
Pacific Fusion
Energy · Unicorn
$4.0B
Rakuten Medical
Health
$595M
Chainguard
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.5B
Legora
Legal · Unicorn
$5.6B
Olive
Health
Spinny
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.8B
Parabilis Medicines
Health · Unicorn
$4.5B
Warby Parker
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$3.1B
Bilt Rewards
Fintech · Decacorn
$11B
Glean
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$7.2B
Function Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.5B
Heyday
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Odyssey Therapeutics
Health
$732M
Vroom
Transportation
$797M
Fivetran
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.6B
Mainspring
Energy · Unicorn
$1.0B
Portfolio founders

Where 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.

LocationCount
  1. United States146
  2. United Kingdom10
  3. Germany7
  4. Israel5
  5. Sweden5
  6. France4
  7. India4
  8. Mexico4
  9. Australia3
  10. Finland2
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University26
  2. Harvard University24
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology19
  4. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania9
  5. Cornell University6
  6. Technion Israel Institute of Technology5
  7. University of California, Berkeley5
  8. Harvard Business School4
  9. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi4
  10. Tel Aviv University4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google16
  2. McKinsey & Company8
  3. Microsoft7
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  5. Meta5
  6. OpenAI5
  7. Stanford University5
  8. Boxer4
  9. Palantir4
  10. Apple3
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.