General Catalyst
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Venture capital |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, Palo Alto, California, New York, New York, San Francisco, California United States |
Key people | Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Larry Bohn, Phil Libin, Adam Valkin, David Orfao, Hemant Taneja, Steve Herrod, Niko Bonatsos |
Products | Investments |
Number of employees | 40+ |
Website | www.generalcatalyst.com |
General Catalyst, formerly General Catalyst Partners (GCP), is an American venture capital firm focused on early stage and growth investments.[1] The firm was founded in 2000[2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also has offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, London[3] and New York City.[4]
History[]
General Catalyst was founded by John Simon, Joel Cutler, David Fialkow and David Orfao in 2000.[5][6] In 2011, the firm opened an office in Palo Alto and shortly after raised a $500 million fund.[7] In 2013, it announced a $675 million fund followed by a $845 million fund in 2016.[8] In 2018, the company raised $1.4 billion for its ninth fund.[9] In August 2021, General Catalyst announced a deal with for-profit healthcare provider HCA Healthcare to develop digital solutions to streamline workflows and improve patient care; as part of the deal, General Catalyst's portfolio company Commure bought HCA's healthcare app development firm PatientKeeper.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Strategy". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ^ "About". Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ^ "General Catalyst pushes farther into Europe/Israel, hiring Chris Bischoff for London office". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "General Catalyst leads Series B round for Elysium Health - PE Hub". PE Hub. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ "Venture firm General Catalyst loses co-founder". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Xconomy: General Catalyst Bags $1.4B for Ninth Fund as Tech Investors Go Big". Xconomy. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "No fundraising woes for General Catalyst; VC firm gets new $500M fund". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Woodward, Curt (4 February 2016). "General Catalyst corrals $845m for fund". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "General Catalyst raises $1.4B for new fund". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ Brian, Gormley (August 18, 2021). "General Catalyst, HCA Healthcare Team Up on Digital Innovation". The Wall Street Journal.
External links[]
- General Catalyst (company website)
- Venture capital firms of the United States
- Companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Financial services companies established in 2000
- Private equity firms of the United States
- Companies based in Palo Alto, California
- Companies based in New York City
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