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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 178 Power Law outcomes from General Catalyst's portfolio — 150 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · AI · Other B2B Software; 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.
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.
+13 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
The 178 General Catalyst Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA142
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UK10
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Germany4
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India3
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Mexico3
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Spain2
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Sweden2
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France2
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Switzerland2
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Canada1
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Australia1
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Lithuania1
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Fintech32
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AI27
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Other B2B Software23
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Cybersecurity19
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Health Tech & Medtech17
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eCommerce & Marketplaces14
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Biotech & Life Sciences11
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Transportation10
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Marketing8
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Other7
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Edtech5
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Robotics2
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Series B+93
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Series A40
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Seed22
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.
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 →
General Catalyst's 178 Power Law outcomes.
How does General Catalyst stack up?
General Catalyst in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where General Catalyst's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
465 founders across the 178 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.
Key people at General Catalyst.
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
In the news
Latest news about General Catalyst
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning General Catalyst — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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