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General Catalyst

General Catalyst

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Last discussed Sep 28, 2026

Venture capital firm that provides funding and support to early-stage and growth-stage technology companies.

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Greg Isenberg
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Praised: Founder equity rollover structure (60-70% cash, 30% equity retained) keeps or... vs: Compared alongside Thrive Holdings as one of the two major funds executing th...

"General Catalyst, they set aside $1.5 billion for this strategy. And from what I heard, they put more than 750 million into at least 10 companies."

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Danny Yeung
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Used for: Growth financing via Customer Value Fund for marketing spend Praised: Underwrites predictable future revenue; provides capital at ~3.5% for payback... vs: Also did this with Lemonade and Grammarly

"We've gotten a $1 billion growth commitment from General Catalyst. It's from their CVF fund and they typically work only with multi-billion dollar companies."

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Scott Galloway
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Praised: Agreed to dilute their own stake to top up employee compensation at exit — be...

"I went back to my VCs, General Catalyst, and said, 'Can we top these people up?' And they did something I've never observed a venture capitalist do. They said yes, and they took the dilution to top up people they had never met before."

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John Coogan
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Praised: Testing ground for new healthcare technologies via Summa Health acquisition

"Can you talk about the General Catalyst partnership? They're an investor, but they also own a hospital network."

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TBPN
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"Eigor Babushkin is planning to raise up to 1 billion at an up to $5 billion valuation for a new AI research startup with General Catalyst possibly leading."

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Saagar Enjeti
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"We raised a $38 million series led by the Peak 15 team which is a Sequoia India group along with General Catalyst"

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"We raised 6 million led by General Catalyst for our seed round."

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All-In Podcast
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"Our aspirations in venture capital is to be the best seed firm in the world."

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