General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm established in 2000, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North America and Europe. The company specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments, focusing on technology-driven businesses. It invests across various sectors, including consumer internet, enterprise software, fintech, health assurance, and crypto. General Catalyst provides not only capital but also mentorship and resources to accelerate the growth of its portfolio companies. To date, it has managed eight venture capital funds, totaling approximately $3.75 billion in capital commitments.

Adrian Abeijon

Investor

Mark Allen

CFO

Juliet Bailin

Partner

Jim Baum

General Catalyst

Marc Bhargava

Managing Director

Chris Bischoff

Managing Director

Larry Bohn

Managing Director

Kristen Camarota

Investor

Teresa Carlson

President, General Catalyst Institute

Kenneth Chenault

Managing Director

Quentin Clark

Managing Director

Mark Crane

Partner

Joel Cutler

Managing Director

Judith Dada

Partner

Christopher Davis

Partner

Kyle Doherty

Managing Director

David Fialkow

Managing Director

Molly Blaauw Gillis

Partner

Julia Goodman

Investor

Drew Gordon

Investor

Philipp Handel

Partner

Steve Herrod

Managing Director

Tony Ho

Investor

Diana Hong

Investor

Scott Howell

Advisor

Mina Hsiang

Associate

Nmachi Jidenma

Partner

Christopher Kauffman

Principal and Member of the Investment Team

Genevieve Kinney

Investor

Zak Kukoff

Principal

Paul Kwan

Managing Director

Roy Mabrey

Partner, Investment Team

Holly Maloney McConnell

Managing Director

Karanveer Mohan

Managing Director

Alexandre Momeni

Partner

Dipchand Nishar

Managing Director

Deep Nishar

Managing Director

Reva Nohria

Principal

Trevor Oelschig

Managing Director

Tyler Olkowski

Investor

Pranay Orugunta

Healthcare Investor

Mo Punjwani

Associate, Investments

Candace Richardson

Principal

Max Rimpel

Partner

Brian Ru

Principal

Paul Sagan

Investor

Pranav Singhvi

Partner

Bill Skarinka

Associate

Vedant Suri

Investor

Hemant Taneja

Managing Director

Alexander Tran

Managing Director, Investments

Catherine Tu

Partner

Adam Valkin

Managing Director

Elena Viboch

Partner

Andrea Wang

Partner

Zeynep Yavuz

Partner

Vincent Zhu

Investor

Jeannette zu Fürstenberg

Managing Director

Nathaniel Levy-Westhead

Partner, Investment Team

Samuel Beyer

Investor

Past deals in SME

Factorial

Debt Financing in 2025
Factorial is a human resources company founded in 2016 by Bernat Farrero and Jordi Romero in Barcelona, Catalonia. It specializes in providing an HR management platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The company's software streamlines various HR processes, including holiday management, payroll, document management, and employee benefits. By automating these tasks, Factorial helps organizations minimize errors and enhance visibility into their HR data, allowing managers to efficiently oversee employee leave and compensation plans.

Integral

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Redefining how SMEs manage accounting, taxation, and payroll

Melio

Series E in 2024
Melio is a fintech company that specializes in providing small businesses with digital tools to manage their business-to-business payments and receivables. Its platform offers a streamlined accounts payable and receivable dashboard, allowing businesses to transfer and receive payments efficiently. By simplifying the payment workflow, Melio enables small businesses to improve their cash flow and reduce or eliminate late payment costs. This approach enhances oversight and control over finances, allowing businesses to focus more on customer engagement rather than back-office operations. Overall, Melio aims to empower small businesses by minimizing time and costs associated with payment processes.

Smalt

Seed Round in 2024
Smalt is a company focused on addressing the talent supply shortage in the trades by recruiting and training young tradespeople through innovative hybrid academies. It offers comprehensive training programs that equip future climate workers with essential skills and access to advanced technology and tools. Smalt's services are tailored for B2B customers, providing high-quality, digitized installation solutions delivered by highly skilled staff. By emphasizing the importance of upskilling and tech enablement, Smalt aims to support the green energy transition while ensuring that its partners receive top-notch installation services.

Factorial

Venture Round in 2024
Factorial is a human resources company founded in 2016 by Bernat Farrero and Jordi Romero in Barcelona, Catalonia. It specializes in providing an HR management platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The company's software streamlines various HR processes, including holiday management, payroll, document management, and employee benefits. By automating these tasks, Factorial helps organizations minimize errors and enhance visibility into their HR data, allowing managers to efficiently oversee employee leave and compensation plans.

Packfleet

Series A in 2024
Packfleet empowers independent businesses in the UK to offer superior deliveries by providing a carbon-neutral, tech-driven parcel service. Its platform offers real-time tracking, flexible scheduling, and customer access instructions, enhancing delivery experiences and potentially boosting client retention.

Finom

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2019, Finom is a Dutch company that offers an integrated mobile-first platform for early-stage businesses and SMEs. It combines accounting, financial management, and banking functions to provide comprehensive financial solutions tailored for entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and freelancers.

Collective

Convertible Note in 2023
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform.

Finom

Series A in 2023
Founded in 2019, Finom is a Dutch company that offers an integrated mobile-first platform for early-stage businesses and SMEs. It combines accounting, financial management, and banking functions to provide comprehensive financial solutions tailored for entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and freelancers.

R2

Series A in 2022
R2 is a fintech company that provides an embedded lending platform enabling other platforms to offer financing to their small and medium business buyers and sellers, with a focus on Latin America. The platform integrates with a client’s existing system via an API and delivers revenue-based financing services to help increase capital retention and create new revenue streams. By partnering with notable platforms such as Rappi and Clip to power their capital arms, R2 helps merchants grow gross merchandise value and strengthens customer loyalty by serving as a trusted financing supplier. The solution is designed to streamline access to capital for SMBs within existing ecosystems, supporting lenders and platforms to extend credit more efficiently while aiming to reduce credit risk and scale financing across networks.

Microverse

Series A in 2022
Microverse is an online school dedicated to training remote software developers through a collaborative learning platform. Its mission is to educate and connect one million individuals with remote job opportunities by 2030. The school offers full-stack web development programs that utilize income share agreements, allowing students to pay for their education based on future earnings. Students engage in small, distributed teams, participating in remote pair programming and working on open source and freelance projects. This approach fosters accountability and collective learning while equipping students with the necessary coding skills and career guidance. By enabling individuals to become professional remote developers, Microverse facilitates global employment opportunities for both students and companies seeking to hire talent without geographic limitations.

Mercantile

Venture Round in 2022
Mercantile is a financial services provider that specializes in offering premium credit card products tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Its services are designed to empower these businesses, enabling them to compete with larger corporations by monetizing client payables. By providing high-margin revenue opportunities through program dividends, Mercantile helps small businesses enhance their resilience and financial capabilities in a competitive market. The company focuses on delivering innovative credit solutions that support the growth and sustainability of its clients.

Guild Education

Series F in 2022
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Packfleet

Seed Round in 2022
Packfleet empowers independent businesses in the UK to offer superior deliveries by providing a carbon-neutral, tech-driven parcel service. Its platform offers real-time tracking, flexible scheduling, and customer access instructions, enhancing delivery experiences and potentially boosting client retention.

R2

Seed Round in 2022
R2 is a fintech company that provides an embedded lending platform enabling other platforms to offer financing to their small and medium business buyers and sellers, with a focus on Latin America. The platform integrates with a client’s existing system via an API and delivers revenue-based financing services to help increase capital retention and create new revenue streams. By partnering with notable platforms such as Rappi and Clip to power their capital arms, R2 helps merchants grow gross merchandise value and strengthens customer loyalty by serving as a trusted financing supplier. The solution is designed to streamline access to capital for SMBs within existing ecosystems, supporting lenders and platforms to extend credit more efficiently while aiming to reduce credit risk and scale financing across networks.

Melio

Series D in 2021
Melio is a fintech company that specializes in providing small businesses with digital tools to manage their business-to-business payments and receivables. Its platform offers a streamlined accounts payable and receivable dashboard, allowing businesses to transfer and receive payments efficiently. By simplifying the payment workflow, Melio enables small businesses to improve their cash flow and reduce or eliminate late payment costs. This approach enhances oversight and control over finances, allowing businesses to focus more on customer engagement rather than back-office operations. Overall, Melio aims to empower small businesses by minimizing time and costs associated with payment processes.

Packfleet

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Packfleet empowers independent businesses in the UK to offer superior deliveries by providing a carbon-neutral, tech-driven parcel service. Its platform offers real-time tracking, flexible scheduling, and customer access instructions, enhancing delivery experiences and potentially boosting client retention.

Microverse

Series A in 2021
Microverse is an online school dedicated to training remote software developers through a collaborative learning platform. Its mission is to educate and connect one million individuals with remote job opportunities by 2030. The school offers full-stack web development programs that utilize income share agreements, allowing students to pay for their education based on future earnings. Students engage in small, distributed teams, participating in remote pair programming and working on open source and freelance projects. This approach fosters accountability and collective learning while equipping students with the necessary coding skills and career guidance. By enabling individuals to become professional remote developers, Microverse facilitates global employment opportunities for both students and companies seeking to hire talent without geographic limitations.

Skillhood

Series B in 2021
Skillhood is a company dedicated to improving the working conditions of frontline employees by providing them with a skill progression platform. This platform enables workers to log, verify, and showcase their skills, facilitating career advancement and increased earning potential. By offering a verified skill passport, Skillhood recognizes the capabilities of frontline workers and provides them with a portable record of their work experiences. The platform also includes job alert features that enhance visibility for businesses regarding potential hiring needs. Through its innovative approach, Skillhood aims to create a safe, dignified, and prosperous environment for frontline work, ultimately helping recruiters to hire, retain, and train their workforce more effectively.

Guild Education

Series E in 2021
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Skillhood

Series A in 2021
Skillhood is a company dedicated to improving the working conditions of frontline employees by providing them with a skill progression platform. This platform enables workers to log, verify, and showcase their skills, facilitating career advancement and increased earning potential. By offering a verified skill passport, Skillhood recognizes the capabilities of frontline workers and provides them with a portable record of their work experiences. The platform also includes job alert features that enhance visibility for businesses regarding potential hiring needs. Through its innovative approach, Skillhood aims to create a safe, dignified, and prosperous environment for frontline work, ultimately helping recruiters to hire, retain, and train their workforce more effectively.

Shelf Engine

Series B in 2021
Shelf Engine is a Seattle-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in an automated prediction platform aimed at minimizing food waste in the grocery sector. By employing machine learning and analyzing historical data, the platform accurately forecasts demand for perishable goods, allowing grocery stores to optimize their ordering processes. This innovative approach not only helps retailers avoid out-of-stock situations but also significantly reduces food and beverage waste. Shelf Engine manages the entire ordering process, including vendor management and shelf optimization, which enhances profit margins for grocery stores. The company operates with a unique buy-back model for unsold items, thereby mitigating financial risk for retailers. With a workforce of over 145 employees, Shelf Engine serves leading grocers across thousands of locations in the United States.

Mentorcam

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mentorcam, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that develops a video messaging app designed to facilitate personal mentorship and advice. The platform connects users with renowned experts and public figures, allowing them to receive tailored guidance through short video messages. Mentorcam aims to empower small business owners and professionals by providing access to expert insights on topics such as fundraising, user acquisition, and sales strategies. This approach enables users to overcome challenges and make informed decisions, ultimately accelerating their business growth.

Melio

Series C in 2021
Melio is a fintech company that specializes in providing small businesses with digital tools to manage their business-to-business payments and receivables. Its platform offers a streamlined accounts payable and receivable dashboard, allowing businesses to transfer and receive payments efficiently. By simplifying the payment workflow, Melio enables small businesses to improve their cash flow and reduce or eliminate late payment costs. This approach enhances oversight and control over finances, allowing businesses to focus more on customer engagement rather than back-office operations. Overall, Melio aims to empower small businesses by minimizing time and costs associated with payment processes.

Elephant Healthcare

Series A in 2021
Founded by doctors in 2018, Elephant Healthcare is a London-based technology company dedicated to addressing global healthcare challenges. It designs and develops a digital health system that aims to connect all aspects of the healthcare ecosystem, transforming primary care, saving lives, and reducing costs.

Collective

Seed Round in 2020
Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform.

Melio

Series C in 2020
Melio is a fintech company that specializes in providing small businesses with digital tools to manage their business-to-business payments and receivables. Its platform offers a streamlined accounts payable and receivable dashboard, allowing businesses to transfer and receive payments efficiently. By simplifying the payment workflow, Melio enables small businesses to improve their cash flow and reduce or eliminate late payment costs. This approach enhances oversight and control over finances, allowing businesses to focus more on customer engagement rather than back-office operations. Overall, Melio aims to empower small businesses by minimizing time and costs associated with payment processes.

Finom

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, Finom is a Dutch company that offers an integrated mobile-first platform for early-stage businesses and SMEs. It combines accounting, financial management, and banking functions to provide comprehensive financial solutions tailored for entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and freelancers.

Microverse

Seed Round in 2020
Microverse is an online school dedicated to training remote software developers through a collaborative learning platform. Its mission is to educate and connect one million individuals with remote job opportunities by 2030. The school offers full-stack web development programs that utilize income share agreements, allowing students to pay for their education based on future earnings. Students engage in small, distributed teams, participating in remote pair programming and working on open source and freelance projects. This approach fosters accountability and collective learning while equipping students with the necessary coding skills and career guidance. By enabling individuals to become professional remote developers, Microverse facilitates global employment opportunities for both students and companies seeking to hire talent without geographic limitations.

Guild Education

Series D in 2019
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.

Fundbox

Series C in 2019
Fundbox is an AI-driven financial platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013 by Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav. The company focuses on providing small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) with fast and intuitive access to business credit and cash flow management solutions. By utilizing advanced machine learning and deep data analytics, Fundbox facilitates invoice financing and offers lines of credit, enabling businesses to improve their cash flow by quickly converting outstanding invoices into accessible funds. The platform aims to empower small businesses, fostering customer growth and enhancing their ability to manage payments effectively.

MySun

Funding Round in 2016
MYSUN is a prominent provider of technology-driven rooftop solar solutions in India, catering to both commercial and residential sectors. The company specializes in customized solar energy systems that include advanced engineering, technology, and comprehensive services. MYSUN employs an artificial intelligence-based mobile application for on-site surveying and shadow analysis, ensuring precise energy forecasting for its clients. In addition to solar panel installation, the company offers in-house financing solutions to facilitate easy purchasing options for consumers, including small and medium enterprises. MYSUN is committed to delivering a reliable 25-year solar journey, marked by personalized engineering and localized sales and service support.

Fundbox

Series B in 2015
Fundbox is an AI-driven financial platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013 by Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav. The company focuses on providing small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) with fast and intuitive access to business credit and cash flow management solutions. By utilizing advanced machine learning and deep data analytics, Fundbox facilitates invoice financing and offers lines of credit, enabling businesses to improve their cash flow by quickly converting outstanding invoices into accessible funds. The platform aims to empower small businesses, fostering customer growth and enhancing their ability to manage payments effectively.

Fundbox

Series B in 2015
Fundbox is an AI-driven financial platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2013 by Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav. The company focuses on providing small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) with fast and intuitive access to business credit and cash flow management solutions. By utilizing advanced machine learning and deep data analytics, Fundbox facilitates invoice financing and offers lines of credit, enabling businesses to improve their cash flow by quickly converting outstanding invoices into accessible funds. The platform aims to empower small businesses, fostering customer growth and enhancing their ability to manage payments effectively.

Sphere

Seed Round in 2012
Sphere is pioneering how 360º content gets recorded, distributed, and viewed. The company has 20 pending patents that range from smartphone–based mapping and tracking techniques to bandwidth–sensitive streaming technology for 360º video. Sphere has licensed its software development kit to 60+ brands in 2012, including Samsung, Sony, HomeAway, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Viator. The company is on track for its Sphere app to be pre-loaded on 67 million devices in 1Q14. Sphere is a team of 10, with most of their team comprised of engineers. Their offices are located in San Francisco, California.

Impress Software

Series C in 2005
Impress Software Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing packaged integration applications that facilitate the integration of project management and geographical information systems with SAP. Its notable products include Impress for EPM, which enables synchronization of project-related data between SAP PM/PS and Microsoft Project or Primavera, and Impress for GIS, which links SAP assets with GIS features to maintain consistent asset information across systems. The company addresses critical needs in plant turnarounds, routine maintenance, information technology, capital projects, and spatial asset management. Serving a diverse range of industries including energy and utilities, oil and gas, aerospace and defense, chemicals, and engineering and construction, Impress Software has established strategic partnerships with recognized entities such as Accenture, ESRI, Microsoft, Primavera, and SAP. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company also has offices in Hannover, Germany, and Huizerstraatweg, the Netherlands, and operates as a subsidiary of Impress Software GmbH.

Impress Software

Series B in 2004
Impress Software Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing packaged integration applications that facilitate the integration of project management and geographical information systems with SAP. Its notable products include Impress for EPM, which enables synchronization of project-related data between SAP PM/PS and Microsoft Project or Primavera, and Impress for GIS, which links SAP assets with GIS features to maintain consistent asset information across systems. The company addresses critical needs in plant turnarounds, routine maintenance, information technology, capital projects, and spatial asset management. Serving a diverse range of industries including energy and utilities, oil and gas, aerospace and defense, chemicals, and engineering and construction, Impress Software has established strategic partnerships with recognized entities such as Accenture, ESRI, Microsoft, Primavera, and SAP. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company also has offices in Hannover, Germany, and Huizerstraatweg, the Netherlands, and operates as a subsidiary of Impress Software GmbH.

Taleo

Seed Round in 2001
Taleo is a provider of on-demand unified talent management solutions, aimed at helping organizations worldwide manage their workforce effectively. The company offers a comprehensive suite of software services that includes recruiting, performance management, compensation management, internal mobility, onboarding, and analytics. Tailored for smaller and less complex organizations, as well as divisions within larger companies and staffing firms, Taleo's solutions facilitate the assessment, acquisition, development, and alignment of talent within organizations.

Edu.com

Series B in 2000
Edu.com is a web-based platform designed to assist students in discovering colleges and universities. The platform serves as a comprehensive resource for prospective students, facilitating their search for higher education institutions that align with their academic and career goals. Additionally, Edu.com offers marketing services aimed at the higher education sector, enabling corporations, particularly Fortune 500 companies, to cultivate lasting connections with college students. By integrating these services, Edu.com not only enhances the educational decision-making process for students but also creates a bridge between educational institutions and businesses seeking to engage with the student demographic.

Finom

Founded in 2019, Finom is a Dutch company that offers an integrated mobile-first platform for early-stage businesses and SMEs. It combines accounting, financial management, and banking functions to provide comprehensive financial solutions tailored for entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and freelancers.
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