General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm established in 2000 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments across various sectors, including consumer, enterprise, fintech, cryptocurrency, and health assurance. By fostering an environment conducive to growth, General Catalyst aims to accelerate the development of innovative ideas and companies. The firm provides mentorship and connects clients with experienced professionals to enhance their potential for success. As a Registered Investment Adviser, General Catalyst has managed a total of eight venture capital funds, accumulating approximately $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

Adrian Abeijon

Investor

Allen CPA, Mark J.

CFO

Juliet Bailin

Principal

Jim Baum

General Catalyst

Bhargava, Marc

Managing Director

Larry Bohn

Managing Director

Kenneth Chenault

Chairman and Managing Director

Clark, Quentin J.

Managing Director

Mark Crane

Partner

Joel Cutler JD

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Chris Davis

Partner

Kyle Doherty

Managing Director

Molly Blaauw Gillis

Partner and Chief Communications Officer

Julia Goodman

Investment Team Member

Drew Gordon

Vice President, Client Solutions and Services

Diana Hong

Investor

Mina Hsiang

Associate

Nmachi Jidenma

Partner

Christopher Kauffman

Principal

Zak Kukoff

Principal

Paul Kwan

Managing Director

Deep Nishar

Managing Director

Dipchand Nishar

Managing Director

Reva Nohria

Investor

Trevor Oelschig

Managing Director

Tyler Olkowski

Investor

Pranay Orugunta

Healthcare Investor

Mo Punjwani

Associate, Investments

Candace Richardson

Principal

Rimpel, Max

Partner

Sam Rosen

Growth Investor

Pranav Singhvi

Partner

Alexander Tran

Managing Director

Catherine Tu

Partner, Investment Team

Elena Viboch

Partner

Andrea Wang

Principal, Early Stage Investment

Past deals in Life Insurance

Nirvana Insurance

Series A in 2022
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

Trellis Technologies

Series A in 2021
Trellis makes insurance easy by meeting consumers where they are–and helping them find the right personal insurance to meet their needs. Powered by consumer-permissioned data, Trellis Connect is a property and casualty pre-fill solution that delivers a simplified user experience, unlocks the full value of data in personal insurance accounts, and protects users’ security and privacy. Trellis Technologies was established in 2019 by Daniel Demetri in San Francisco, California.

Ethos Life

Series D in 2021
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Zego

Series C in 2021
Zego is a motor insurance provider with a vision to provide the lowest price insurance for good drivers.

Circulo

Series A in 2021
Circulo Health is a Medicaid insurance company of the future, providing tech-enabled care to the sickest and poorest populations. Circulo is based in Columbus, Ohio, the emerging insurtech capital of the U.S.

Nirvana Insurance

Seed Round in 2021
Nirvana Insurance is an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer that utilizes telematics data to enhance safety and reduce fleet costs. The company leverages artificial intelligence and telematics data to offer personalized insurance solutions that reward safe driving practices. Nirvana provides tailored policies for both fleet and non-fleet operators, including options such as auto liability, auto physical damage, general liability, and motor truck cargo coverage. By analyzing telematics data, Nirvana offers upfront discounts of up to 20% for safe driving behaviors. Their Safety Intelligence Platform delivers AI-powered insights to help fleets enhance safety and efficiency. Utilizing real-time data, Nirvana streamlines the claims process, enabling faster resolutions and reducing downtime for drivers.

Signal Advisors

Series A in 2020
Signal Advisors is a new tech-enabled distributor of annuities and life insurance. Their end-to-end platform for financial advisors and insurance producers simplifies licensing & contracting, new business submission, case design, marketing analytics, compliance and more. Additionally, the platform pays agent commissions within one day of application submission, at no cost.

Signal Advisors

Seed Round in 2020
Signal Advisors is a new tech-enabled distributor of annuities and life insurance. Their end-to-end platform for financial advisors and insurance producers simplifies licensing & contracting, new business submission, case design, marketing analytics, compliance and more. Additionally, the platform pays agent commissions within one day of application submission, at no cost.

Oscar Health

Venture Round in 2020
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

TowerIQ

Series A in 2020
TowerIQ is a broker first platform that brings transparency to insurance markets. The company seamlessly brings clients from application to binding by augmenting broker expertise with a low touch technology platform that distributes ingestible data directly to any carrier. This frees brokers and agents to focus their efforts on solving the business challenges facing the clients that allow them to win more business and improve client retention. TowerIQ was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Trellis Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Trellis makes insurance easy by meeting consumers where they are–and helping them find the right personal insurance to meet their needs. Powered by consumer-permissioned data, Trellis Connect is a property and casualty pre-fill solution that delivers a simplified user experience, unlocks the full value of data in personal insurance accounts, and protects users’ security and privacy. Trellis Technologies was established in 2019 by Daniel Demetri in San Francisco, California.

Lemonade

Series D in 2019
Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. It is a licensed insurance carrier, offering homeowners and renters insurance. Lemonade replaces brokers and bureaucracy with bots and machine learning, delivering zero paperwork and instant everything. The company uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to set rates for the homes and renters it insures. Lemonade was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.

Oscar Health

Venture Round in 2018
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

Lemonade

Series C in 2017
Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. It is a licensed insurance carrier, offering homeowners and renters insurance. Lemonade replaces brokers and bureaucracy with bots and machine learning, delivering zero paperwork and instant everything. The company uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to set rates for the homes and renters it insures. Lemonade was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.

Lemonade

Series B in 2016
Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. It is a licensed insurance carrier, offering homeowners and renters insurance. Lemonade replaces brokers and bureaucracy with bots and machine learning, delivering zero paperwork and instant everything. The company uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to set rates for the homes and renters it insures. Lemonade was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.

Oscar Health

Private Equity Round in 2016
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

Oscar Health

Series C in 2015
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

Oscar Health

Series B in 2014
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

Oscar Health

Series A in 2014
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.

Oscar Health

Series A in 2013
Oscar Health is a health insurance company that offers a range of plans for individuals, families, and small groups, as well as Medicare Advantage options for adults aged 65 and older. Founded in 2012 by Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser, the company is headquartered in New York City. Oscar Health employs technology and data-driven solutions to enhance the healthcare experience, providing virtual care, doctor support, and appointment scheduling services. Its plans are available in select regions of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, catering to those who do not receive employer-sponsored health insurance.
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