General Catalyst

General Catalyst Group Management, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North America and Europe. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments, focusing on a wide range of technology sectors, including advanced materials, clean energy, disruptive technology, healthcare IT, and consumer services, among others. General Catalyst typically invests between $0.05 million and $0.25 million in seed-stage companies and between $10 million and $50 million in growth equity, seeking profitable firms with substantial revenue and EBITDA. Their approach emphasizes mentorship and collaboration, fostering strong relationships with entrepreneurs who share their vision and values. They have managed eight venture capital funds, accumulating around $3.75 billion in capital commitments, reflecting their commitment to supporting innovative companies throughout their growth journey.

Adrian Abeijon

Investor

Mark Allen

CFO

Juliet Bailin

Principal

Brian Bedol

Managing Director

Marc Bhargava

Managing Director

Chris Bischoff

Managing Director

Larry Bohn

Managing Director

Kristen Camarota

Investor

Kenneth Chenault

Chairman and Managing Director

Quentin Clark

Managing Director

Mark Crane

Partner, Investment Team

Joel Cutler

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Christopher Davis

Partner, Investments

Kyle Doherty

Managing Director, Investments

Bill Fitzgerald

Co-Founder and Special Advisors

Molly Blaauw Gillis

Partner and Chief of Staff

Jeremy Goldstein

Partner

Julia Goodman

Investor

Drew Gordon

Investor

Steve Herrod

Managing Director

Tony Ho

Investor

Diana Hong

Investor

Mina Hsiang

Associate

Paula Hübner

Partner

Nmachi Jidenma

Partner

Christopher Kauffman

Principal and Member of the Investment Team

Zak Kukoff

Principal

Bill Kung

Principal

Paul Kwan

Managing Director

Alexandre Momeni

Executive, Investments and Partner

Deep Nishar

Managing Director

Dipchand ("Deep") Nishar

Managing Director

Reva Nohria

Principal

Trevor Oelschig

Managing Director

Pranay Orugunta

Healthcare Investor

Mo Punjwani

Associate, Investments

Candace Richardson

Principal

Max Rimpel

Partner

Paul Sagan

Investor

Pranav Singhvi

Managing Director

Vedant Suri

Investor

Alex Tran

Managing Director

Catherine Tu

Partner

Elena Viboch

Partner

Andrea Wang

Principal, Early Stage Investment

Vincent Zhu

Investor

Past deals in iOS

The Breakaway

Seed Round in 2022
The Breakaway is a motivational coaching app tailored for fitness enthusiasts, specifically cyclists. The platform offers features such as smart goals and personalized insights to facilitate user progress. It provides motivational feedback and tips from professional cyclists, which helps users stay focused and enhance their learning experience. By combining expert guidance with personalized coaching, The Breakaway aims to support cyclists in achieving their fitness objectives effectively.

JADU

Seed Round in 2021
Jadu AR Inc., operating under the name Jadu, is a company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in augmented reality technology. Founded in 2019, Jadu has developed a mobile application that enables users to engage with holograms of their favorite musicians and performers, allowing fans to perform alongside these virtual representations. The application is available on the App Store, enhancing the interactive entertainment experience for users by blending real and digital performances.

Empathy

Series A in 2021
Empathy is a platform for families to deal with the loss of their people. Empathy combines technology and human support to provide a digital companion application built to empower bereaved families.

Fig

Seed Round in 2021
Fig is a platform for developers that adds visual apps and shortcuts to the terminal. It makes it easy to build tools that make the team more productive. Fig's API allows to run shell commands from simple javascript. Build wrappers around CLIs, custom workflows, or configurations. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Empathy

Seed Round in 2021
Empathy is a platform for families to deal with the loss of their people. Empathy combines technology and human support to provide a digital companion application built to empower bereaved families.

ixLayer

Series A in 2021
ixlayer enables leading health systems, clinical labs, biopharma, and consumer companies to offer precision health testing, by remove all the technical, security, and regulatory complexity involved in launching a clinical health test.

inDrive

Series C in 2021
inDriver is an international ride-hailing service based in Mountain View, California, recognized as one of the top ride-sharing apps globally by download statistics. Founded in Yakutsk, Russia, in response to exorbitant taxi fares during harsh winter conditions, inDriver introduced a unique pricing model that allows passengers to set their own fare for trips. This bid-style approach gives users the autonomy to determine what they are willing to pay, while drivers can choose to accept the offered price, fostering a fair and competitive environment. The app has grown significantly, boasting over 70 million users across more than 450 cities in 32 countries. In addition to its core services, inDriver is committed to social responsibility through initiatives like the BeginIT project, which provides technology education and career guidance to children in orphanages and rural schools, helping to equip them with valuable skills for the future.

JigSpace

Seed Round in 2020
JigSpace Inc. is a technology company that has developed a platform for creating and sharing interactive three-dimensional instructions. Founded in 2015 and based in San Mateo, California, the platform allows users to view and interact with 3D models in augmented reality, providing a more engaging alternative to traditional 2D instructions. Users can browse a library of interactive learning experiences, which includes step-by-step breakdowns of complex ideas, products, and phenomena. The platform also enables individuals to create their own "jigs" using an intuitive workshop interface and share them with others. JigSpace aims to democratize the creation of interactive instructions, making it accessible to anyone with a desire to educate or demonstrate how things work, without the need for advanced technical skills.

Ionic

Venture Round in 2020
Ionic is an open-source UI toolkit and developer platform that facilitates the creation, testing, and deployment of high-performance applications across various platforms using a single codebase. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Ionic enables developers to target platforms such as iOS, Android, Desktop (via Electron), and the web as Progressive Web Apps, all utilizing open web standards. The platform offers a comprehensive library of mobile-optimized user interface components, gestures, and tools, allowing professional developers and teams to efficiently build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade applications.

Ionic

Venture Round in 2019
Ionic is an open-source UI toolkit and developer platform that facilitates the creation, testing, and deployment of high-performance applications across various platforms using a single codebase. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Ionic enables developers to target platforms such as iOS, Android, Desktop (via Electron), and the web as Progressive Web Apps, all utilizing open web standards. The platform offers a comprehensive library of mobile-optimized user interface components, gestures, and tools, allowing professional developers and teams to efficiently build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade applications.

Joy

Series A in 2018
Joy Life, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a comprehensive wedding planning portal and application designed to assist users from engagement through to their honeymoon. Founded in 2014, Joy's platform provides tools for organizing wedding details, including customizable checklists, wedding websites, and mobile applications. Users can manage guest lists, send digital or printed invitations, track RSVPs, and link gift registries. The application also fosters interaction among wedding guests by allowing photo sharing and comments on a private timeline. Additionally, Joy offers features for sending custom notifications and messages, enabling a seamless planning experience for couples and their wedding parties.

Universe

Series A in 2018
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

6D.ai

Seed Round in 2018
6D.ai is a company that specializes in developing application programming interfaces (APIs) for the augmented reality (AR) industry. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, 6D.ai focuses on creating a real-time, three-dimensional semantic map of the world utilizing standard smartphone cameras and mobile sensors. Its platform constructs dense meshes from crowdsourced data, enabling 3D mapping and multi-user AR experiences. The technology operates in the background, capturing environmental data to facilitate the development of applications that interact meaningfully with the physical world. As of March 2020, 6D.ai operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

Universe

Venture Round in 2017
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

Ionic

Series A in 2016
Ionic is an open-source UI toolkit and developer platform that facilitates the creation, testing, and deployment of high-performance applications across various platforms using a single codebase. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Ionic enables developers to target platforms such as iOS, Android, Desktop (via Electron), and the web as Progressive Web Apps, all utilizing open web standards. The platform offers a comprehensive library of mobile-optimized user interface components, gestures, and tools, allowing professional developers and teams to efficiently build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade applications.

Ourglass

Seed Round in 2015
Ourglass ensures privacy by only sharing a users’ posts with their approved inner-circle. By limiting users to 12 trusted friends, the app provides a uniquely intimate space that quells patterns of social land-grab prevalent on other social platforms. The app also saves stories so users can go back in time and relive memories. “Ephemeral content is great if you want to send funny pictures that you want to disappear, but there are a lot of memories that we want to save and relive with friends,” explains Krueger.

MapSense

Seed Round in 2015
MapSense, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in mapping engines and developer tools for applications that utilize streaming datasets. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a high-speed mapping platform that allows users to upload location-tagged data, enabling them to segment, visualize, and share information for improved location-driven decision-making. Its services cater to a diverse clientele, including media companies, mobile app developers, advertisers, financial institutions, and wildlife research departments. MapSense addresses the growing need to manage vast amounts of geospatial data by providing efficient tools for filtering, searching, and visualizing location information, thereby facilitating critical insights into spatial phenomena. As of September 2015, MapSense operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

YPlan

Series B in 2014
YPlan is a mobile application that simplifies the process of discovering and booking events. Founded in London in February 2012, it offers users a curated list of local events, allowing them to select, pay, and attend activities on the same day. The platform collaborates with over 3,500 event partners globally, providing a diverse range of options for users to explore and enjoy their city. YPlan has garnered more than 1.5 million users and received extensive positive feedback, including over 1,000 five-star reviews on the App Store. The application also integrates with Apple's PassBook for seamless mobile ticketing, enhancing the user experience.

Talkray

Series B in 2014
Talkray is a developer of a mobile communication application that transforms smartphones into walkie-talkies, allowing users to make free calls and engage in chat. The application is available for download on both Android and iPhone platforms. In addition to voice communication, Talkray enables users to share photos, videos, and locations, facilitating a more connected experience with friends and family. The app prioritizes ease of use and accessibility, making it a versatile tool for maintaining personal connections.

JuiceBox Games

Seed Round in 2014
JuiceBox Games, Inc., founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in the development and marketing of mobile games. The company was established by Michael Martinez, Jason McGuirk, and Zak Pytlak with the aim of creating immersive gaming experiences that are both engaging and user-friendly. JuiceBox Games draws inspiration from Asian card-based games and popular culture, notably HBO's "Game of Thrones." Their flagship game, HonorBound, allows players to assemble a team of heroes to explore a fantasy world, conquer territories, and compete against other players in asynchronous multiplayer challenges. The company emphasizes the importance of passionate teams in creating exceptional games that resonate with players.

PumpUp

Seed Round in 2014
PumpUp is a fitness application that fosters a positive community for individuals seeking to achieve their health goals. It offers users tools to track their fitness progress, receive coaching, and access fitness tips and reminders, all aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle. The platform creates a supportive environment where users can share their challenges and triumphs, connecting with a global network of like-minded individuals. Headquartered in Toronto, with additional offices in San Francisco, PumpUp provides an engaging space for users to motivate one another and work towards becoming their best selves.

Dubsmash

Seed Round in 2014
Dubsmash, Inc. operates a web-based platform and mobile application focused on content creation and sharing, primarily through micro-videos. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company allows users to create and share dubbed videos by lip-syncing to audio clips from movies, speeches, and music. This innovative application has gained significant popularity, securing the number one spot in the App Store across 29 countries in Europe. Dubsmash serves as a vital tool for content creators and artists, providing an effective means for promoting music and engaging audiences through entertaining video content.

Magin

Seed Round in 2014
Magin is an iPhone email app that tries to improve where other similar apps fall short by providing unique user interface, combined with cool features. The app tries to focus on most of the key things in email and makes them better by providing user experience that will make your actions seem fast and fluid. The app also tries to incorporate gestures and hand movements to excel the user experience, and combine these with unique animations that makes the interface to look lively and attractive. Being in such a crowded space Magin tries to differentiate from it's competitors by combining unique user interface with great features and aims to boost your productivity, whereas other similar apps are trying to "just work", Magin make it all seem like magic.

Hey Inc.

Series A in 2014
Hey Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012. It develops Heyday, an automatic journal application designed for mobile devices that helps users document their life experiences. The app allows individuals to effortlessly track the places they visit, the activities they engage in, and the people they interact with. Heyday automatically organizes photos into aesthetically pleasing collages, which can be customized with various layouts and filters. This functionality enables users to rediscover significant moments from their past by searching through their memories by time, place, and people. The primary mission of Heyday is to assist people in preserving the narrative of their lives in a private and visually appealing manner.

Binary Thumb

Seed Round in 2013
Binary Thumb is the maker of Grid, a reinvented spreadsheet application for iPad and iPhone.

YPlan

Series A in 2013
YPlan is a mobile application that simplifies the process of discovering and booking events. Founded in London in February 2012, it offers users a curated list of local events, allowing them to select, pay, and attend activities on the same day. The platform collaborates with over 3,500 event partners globally, providing a diverse range of options for users to explore and enjoy their city. YPlan has garnered more than 1.5 million users and received extensive positive feedback, including over 1,000 five-star reviews on the App Store. The application also integrates with Apple's PassBook for seamless mobile ticketing, enhancing the user experience.

flok

Series A in 2013
flok LTD is a customer engagement and loyalty platform that offers a mobile application for iOS and Android, allowing users to access loyalty programs and rewards from various vendors across multiple industries, including food and drink, beauty, retail, health and fitness, entertainment, and services. Originally launched in 2011 as a digital punch card app, flok has since expanded its services to include customer relationship management features, chatbots, automated messaging, and proximity marketing campaigns. The platform serves a diverse range of clients, from major retailers to small businesses, enabling them to foster meaningful customer relationships through a rewards-based system. Based in New York City with an additional office in Tel Aviv, flok is supported by notable investors and operates as a subsidiary of Wix.com Ltd.

Talkray

Series A in 2013
Talkray is a developer of a mobile communication application that transforms smartphones into walkie-talkies, allowing users to make free calls and engage in chat. The application is available for download on both Android and iPhone platforms. In addition to voice communication, Talkray enables users to share photos, videos, and locations, facilitating a more connected experience with friends and family. The app prioritizes ease of use and accessibility, making it a versatile tool for maintaining personal connections.

Workflow

Seed Round in 2013
Workflow connects your apps and services together to automate things you do every day. The company also builds DeskConnect: the missing link between your devices.

Avocado™

Seed Round in 2012
Avocado is an app for couples (available on iPhone, Android and the web) and is the best way to stay connected with your most important person. It’s a private space just for the two of you to collect and share a life.

Lose It!

Series A in 2012
FitNow, Inc., doing business as Lose It!, develops and delivers a mobile application that provides principles of weight loss tracking and peer support. The company’s application enables people to manage their weight and improve their health. Its solution supports iPhones. The company also serves customers through its Website. It serves corporate customers and health professionals. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

flok

Venture Round in 2012
flok LTD is a customer engagement and loyalty platform that offers a mobile application for iOS and Android, allowing users to access loyalty programs and rewards from various vendors across multiple industries, including food and drink, beauty, retail, health and fitness, entertainment, and services. Originally launched in 2011 as a digital punch card app, flok has since expanded its services to include customer relationship management features, chatbots, automated messaging, and proximity marketing campaigns. The platform serves a diverse range of clients, from major retailers to small businesses, enabling them to foster meaningful customer relationships through a rewards-based system. Based in New York City with an additional office in Tel Aviv, flok is supported by notable investors and operates as a subsidiary of Wix.com Ltd.

DrChrono

Seed Round in 2011
DrChrono Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2009 by Daniel Kivatinos and Michael Nusimow. The company provides an integrated electronic health record (EHR) platform designed for physicians and healthcare practices. Its offerings include cloud-based scheduling, clinical documentation, a patient portal, billing software, and revenue cycle management services. DrChrono aims to alleviate the administrative burdens faced by healthcare providers, allowing them to focus more on patient care. Additionally, the company has developed a telehealth platform to facilitate remote healthcare services, catering to the needs of both providers and consumers. By creating an all-in-one solution, DrChrono supports independent practices in navigating the complexities of today's healthcare environment.

One Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
One Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a mobile application designed to facilitate social networking by connecting users with shared interests. The app notifies individuals when others nearby, who have also downloaded the application, share similar interests. By leveraging information from users' social media profiles, the app enhances the interaction experience by helping users discover and engage with like-minded individuals in their vicinity.

DrChrono

Seed Round in 2011
DrChrono Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2009 by Daniel Kivatinos and Michael Nusimow. The company provides an integrated electronic health record (EHR) platform designed for physicians and healthcare practices. Its offerings include cloud-based scheduling, clinical documentation, a patient portal, billing software, and revenue cycle management services. DrChrono aims to alleviate the administrative burdens faced by healthcare providers, allowing them to focus more on patient care. Additionally, the company has developed a telehealth platform to facilitate remote healthcare services, catering to the needs of both providers and consumers. By creating an all-in-one solution, DrChrono supports independent practices in navigating the complexities of today's healthcare environment.

Sosh

Seed Round in 2011
Sosh is a members-only platform designed to help individuals discover activities, events, and locations within their local areas. The service integrates a social networking component, allowing users to connect and share experiences with others. Founded by former employees of Google and Slide, Sosh is developed by Offline Labs, a startup operating in stealth mode. The platform emphasizes a community-driven approach to exploring local entertainment and leisure opportunities.

Lose It!

Seed Round in 2010
FitNow, Inc., doing business as Lose It!, develops and delivers a mobile application that provides principles of weight loss tracking and peer support. The company’s application enables people to manage their weight and improve their health. Its solution supports iPhones. The company also serves customers through its Website. It serves corporate customers and health professionals. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

JNJ Mobile

Series B in 2008
JNJ Mobile, Inc. is a mobile social community that facilitates connections among users through a platform designed for web-enabled mobile phones. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Herzliya, Israel, the company enables members to play games, chat, and make new friends across various devices, including iPhone, Android, and tablets. By offering an engaging community experience, JNJ Mobile caters to a multicultural and dynamic user base, allowing individuals to connect and interact in a fun and entertaining environment.

Hands on Mobile

Series C in 2005
Hands-On Mobile is a global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products targeting all market segments of the mobile handset marketplace. Hands-On Mobile is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has further offices in San Diego, London and Manchester (UK), Krakow (Poland), Madrid (Spain), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), Beijing and Shangai (China), and Sao Paulo (Brazil).

Hands on Mobile

Series A in 2004
Hands-On Mobile is a global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products targeting all market segments of the mobile handset marketplace. Hands-On Mobile is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has further offices in San Diego, London and Manchester (UK), Krakow (Poland), Madrid (Spain), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), Beijing and Shangai (China), and Sao Paulo (Brazil).
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