Overview
General Catalyst is a venture capital and growth equity firm that invests across early, growth, and transformation stages [1]. The firm maintains a multi-stage platform with an office in New York City [2]. In Q2 2026, General Catalyst ranked as the third most active investor in NYC startups, completing seven deals during that period [2]. The firm has identified artificial intelligence as a significant investment focus, stating that "we are early in an AI transformation that will touch every industry, institution, and life" [3]. General Catalyst's AI investments include Anthropic [3]. More information about the firm is available at its official website [4].
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Alumni
Prat M.Strategic Initiatives
Udi MokadyCatalyst Advisor
Laura SillmanInvestment Associate
Mo PunjwaniInvestor- PAddie Lerner KatzPrincipal
Nichatorn (Belle) TangkuptanonVenture Fellow- PJoanna PatalanoEA & Event Specialist
Michelle DaubarVP Investor Relations, Marketing & PR
Investments
Ramp
Corporate card and spend-management platform that uses AI agents to automate expense reporting, bill pay, procurement and accounting close.
Standard Bots
Standard Bots is a robotics company that manufactures AI-native industrial robot arms for factory automation. Standard Bots was founded by Evan Beard; David Golden in 2011.
Modal
New York company providing serverless GPU compute for AI and data workloads.
General Intuition
Frontier AI research lab focused on teaching machines to learn and adapt through play.
Rylo
An AI platform that provides real-time communication tools for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community
Tabs
AI revenue automation platform for B2B contracts, billing, collections and revenue recognition
Avoca
An AI front office platform that provides call handling, scheduling, and customer communications for home services businesses
Aaru
New York company building AI simulations that forecast human behavior and market outcomes.
Adonis
New York City-headquartered healthcare AI company whose revenue intelligence platform uses AI agents to detect revenue risk and automate denials, delays and payer workflows for providers.
Modal Labs
NYC company founded in 2021 by Erik Bernhardsson and Akshat Bubna, providing serverless infrastructure that runs machine learning and AI code in the cloud.
Forus
An AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to help patients access prescribed therapies
Greenboard
Modern OS for the financial back office.
Paradigm
NYC company founded in 2022 by Jonathan Hirsch and Kent Thoelke, running a technology platform that expands patient participation in clinical trials and improves trial efficiency.
Prepared
New York City-based company offering an AI-powered platform that transcribes, translates, and triages 911 calls to enhance emergency response operations.
Polimorphic
New York City-based company building AI-powered CRM, permitting, and constituent-service software for state and local government.
Clarium
New York company building an AI-driven digital supply chain planning platform for healthcare systems.
- CCadence
A clinical AI platform that automates chronic care management for older adults at health systems
B12
New York City-headquartered AI company offering an all-in-one platform that uses AI plus human experts to build websites, SEO and copywriting for professional services businesses.
Eight Sleep
New York City-headquartered sleep-fitness company whose Pod uses machine-learning autopilot to sense biometrics and adjust temperature through the night.
Nexus
Nexus is a Brussels-based Enterprise AI agent deployment platform founded in 2024, backed by General Catalyst and Y Combinator with EUR 3.7M in seed funding.
Cadence Solutions
New York City-based clinical AI platform that automates remote patient monitoring and chronic care management for health systems.
- MModa
An AI design platform that gives professionals a brand-aligned design agent for creating presentations, social posts, reports, and other visual assets
In the news
- WhatsApp Remittance Startup Félix Secures $200M Series C Led By A16z, General CatalystFélix, a Miami-based AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $200 million in Series C funding co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.
- AI rollup startup Dwelly raises $170m backed by EQT and General Catalyst
- General Catalyst Takes The Lead Over Y Combinator In Backing $5M+ Fintech DealsFor the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst in Q2 overtook Y Combinator when it came to participating in the most fintech deals of $5 million or more, per Crunchbase data. The quarter also marked the busiest one for General Catalyst since 2021 in terms of investing in rounds of $5 million or above.
NYC presence
- A multi-stage platform maintaining an NYC office; ranked third most active investor in NYC startups in Q2 2026 with 7 deals[3]
AI investing
- States 'We are early in an AI transformation that will touch every industry, institution, and life', with AI investments including Anthropic[1]
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