Perspectives

Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier on the Challenge of Polarization Today

Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier discussed how to find common ground in such politically polarized times, and why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is more than just a buzz phrase in the workplace.

Startup Nominal Raises $27 Million to Aid Defense Tech Boom

General Catalyst led Nominal's Series A round.

Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S.

Mistral, a French start-up considered a promising challenger to OpenAI and Google, is getting support from European leaders who want to protect the region’s culture and politics.

Hippocratic hits $500mn valuation as tech investors seek new bets in AI

General Catalyst co-lead Hippocratic's $53M Series A round.

Thanks to AI, Business Technology Is Finally Having Its Moment

Bugcrowd raises $102 million from General Catalyst, others

General Catalyst led Bugcrowd's $102M financing round.

Fractyl Goes Public

Bilt Nabs $3.1 Billion Valuation, Ken Chenault Joins as Chairman

General Catalyst led Bilt's $200M funding round and Kenneth Chenault was appointed chairman.

Here are 10 executives to watch in 2024

Marc Harrison, CEO of HATCo, is named by Modern Healthcare as a top executive to watch in 2024.

100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2023

Hemant Taneja is recognized for his Health Assurance vision and impact.

PhysicsX emerges from stealth with $32M for AI to power engineering simulations

General Catalyst leads PhysicsX's $32M Series A to revolutionize advanced industries with AI.

Top VC Firms Sign Voluntary Commitments for Startups to Build AI Responsibly

General Catalyst signs Responsible AI commitments that Responsible Innovation Labs (RIL) established.

Silicon Valley Is Betting on Carbon Capture. Meet the Company Leading The Race

Charm is spearheading carbon removal projects for a globally resilient future.

General Catalyst’s Daryl Tol lays out why he thinks he can help health systems transform themselves

General Catalyst's Daryl Tol speaks to Endpoints on an emerging Health Assurance Transformation playbook.

Nirvana nabs $57M to make AI inroads into commercial trucking insurance

General Catalyst furthers its partnership with the Nirvana team to build the future of modernized commercial insurance.

General Catalyst in German VC tie-up as part of European tech push

General Catalyst combines forces with La Famiglia to build intentionally for European resilience.

AI and The New Digital Cold War

Dr. Marc Harrison tapped as CEO of General Catalyst's latest company

General Catalyst announces HATCo - Health Assurance Transformation Corporation - with Dr. Marc Harrison at the helm.

1 big thing: Cartwheel circulates $20M Series A

General Catalyst continues its partnership with Cartwheel Care through its $20M Series A to end the youth mental health crisis.

German AI Company Helsing Raises 209 million for Defense AI

General Catalyst led Helsing's $209M Series B round to bolster European Resilience.

See the 10-slide presentation a startup used to land $8 million from General Catalyst to speed up medical research with AI

General Catalyst led Medeloop's $8M seed round to accelerate clinical research with AI.

How Silicon Valley’s hospital whisperer bridges the gap between startups and health systems

General Catalyst's Daryl Tol speaks with STAT on his ecosystem approach to transform healthcare.

Bandana is building a platform to help hourly wage workers find better jobs

General Catalyst co-led Bandana's $3.8 seed round to empower hourly workers with a reimagined job search platform.

Modular secures $100M to build tools to optimize and create AI models

General Catalyst led Modular's $100M Series B round to reimagine computing infrastructure that optimizes performance and scalability.

Tractian gets $45M to expand AI monitoring of industrial machinery

General Catalyst led Tractian's $45M Series B to empower maintenance workers with technology on a global scale.

Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack

General Catalyst led Pylon's $3.2M seed to help support real-time customer operations.

Spotify CEO’s Startup Neko Health Attracts Big-Name Backers

General Catalyst participated in Neko's €60M Series A to transform the healthcare system from reactive to proactive.

The Future Of Technology: Investors Share Reasons To Be Optimistic

General Catalyst's Deep Nishar shares his optimistic perspective on the future of technology.

General Catalyst adds Sheba Medical Center as a health system partner

General Catalyst adds Israeli Sheba Medical Center to its lineup of health system partners.

Charm Industrial closes $100M led by General Catalyst for carbon removal bio-oil

General Catalyst led Charm Industrial's $100M Series B to advance the development and deployment of its carbon removal technology.

Opinion | America’s strength is learning through history — not rewriting it

Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier speak out against censorship and issue a call to action for democratic citizenship.

Hippocratic AI Raises 50 Million To Power The Healthcare Bot Workforce

Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games

General Catalyst led Triumph's Series A to aim to increase player engagement and monetization in real money tournaments.

Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

General Catalyst's Deep Nishar weighs in on the imperative for Responsible AI and the details the firm's proactive approach.

Brian Chesky and Ken Chenault on AI's Impact and How To Keep Innovating

Brian Chesky and Ken Chenault discuss Responsible AI at the TIme100 Gala and Summit.

VC General Catalyst to boost India investments

India's entrepreneurial mindset is fueling General Catalyst's increasing investments in the region.

The U.S.–India Relationship Is Key to the Future of Tech

For the United States and India, building a bilateral system of positive technology transfer will be crucial to succeeding in this next stage.

AI 50

Annual feature of most promising privately-held AI companies.

Stripe now valued at $50B following $6.5B raise

General Catalyst participated in Stripe's $6.5 billion Series I raise, continuing its partnership since 2010.

The next 10-15 years for India are very exciting: Hemant Taneja, managing partner, General Catalyst

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/technology-and-startups/the-next-10-15-years-for-india-are-very-exciting-hemant-taneja-managing-partner-general-catalyst/primearticleshow/99192963.cms

Is the letter calling for a pause on AI an impossible ask?

General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja weighs in on the proposed moratorium on AI.

Jigso is building an AI assistant to surface the data employees need automatically

General Catalyst led Jigso's $7.5 million seed to build an AI assistant that transforms the workforce.

The Four Developments Propelling AI Forward: A Conversation With General Catalyst’s Deep Nishar

General Catalyst's Deep Nishar dives into the four developments advancing AI.

Blank Street Coffee raises $20 million from General Catalyst and Tiger Global

General Catalyst led Blank Street Coffee's latest $20 million raise to make affordable premium coffee and breakfast more accessible.

Adept Raises $350 Million To Build AI That Learns How To Use Software For You

General Catalyst led Adept's $350 million Series B funding round to empower knowledge workers.

Where the Venture Community Goes From Here

A call for radical collaboration and responsible innovation amid the SVB fallout.

More than 110 VC firms, led by General Catalyst, are banding together in support of Silicon Valley Bank

Venture capital firms are expressing their support for the fallen Silicon Valley Bank.

The NFL’s Top Talent Agency Bought by Venture Investors

General Catalyst announced its purchase of a majority stake to bring a VC mindset to Athletes First.

Finch lands $40M to connect disparate HR systems with a single API

General Catalyst co-led Finch's $40 million Series B funding round to accelerate an open employment data ecosystem

Puzzle is building a modern accounting package for today’s API-enabled startups

General Catalyst led Puzzle's $15 million Series A to empower startups with an API-enabled accounting software.

B2B manufacturing startup Magma raises $3.3 million in funding led by General Catalyst

General Catalyst led Magma's $3.3. million seed funding round to digitize India's manufacturing sector.

Disclo aims to inspire inclusive workplaces — starting with disability accommodations

General Catalyst led Disclo's $5 million seed funding round to create a more inclusive workforce.

Start-Up Raises $200 Million to Speed Up Drug Trials

General Catalyst co-led Paradigm's $200 million Series A funding round to transform clinical care and research.

Opinion: Technology can make clinical trials equitable and accessible

There is an opportunity to align important stakeholders around a reimagined, integrated and accessible clinical trial ecosystem.

AI changes everything. We need new guardrails to survive it. And soon.

The time has come for new rules and tools that provide greater transparency on both the data sets used to train AI systems and the values built into their decision-making calculus.

Building Globally Resilient Systems for a New World Order

‍The new world order requires building more dynamic, resilient systems across our most critical industries.

Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.

Re-globalization will require new models of financing and collaboration and increase VC's level of responsibility and depth of governance.

Focusing on Europe

GC purposely — and strategically — pulled together a team of investors in London to expand our European footprint.

Hemant's Year-End Letter to LPs

General Catalyst is calling for a change: for our industry to double down on the principles of Responsible Innovation and to commit to new behaviors as we build and scale companies in this brave new world.

General Catalyst Backs Clinical Trials Startup Vial

General Catalyst led Vial's $67 million Series B to help biotechnology companies run faster and more-efficient clinical trials.

Maven Clinic Raises $90M Series E at a $1.35B Valuation

General Catalyst led Maven Clinic's $90 million Series E funding round to advance women's and family healthcare.

Startups, Investors Bet on Remote Work Future

Even as more employers signal an end to remote work, tech startups and their investors, like General Catalyst, are betting that it is here to stay.

General Catalyst Named No. 1 Most Prominent Digital Health Investors

General Catalyst is recognized for driving innovation in healthcare.

Applications Security Startup Apiiro Pulls in $100M Series B from A-list Investors

Amid a tight funding environment, applications security startup has closed a $100 million Series B round of financing led by General Catalyst.

Sexy Payments Startup Stripe Swipes $20M Series B from General Catalyst

White-hot payments startup Stripe has closed a $20 million Series B round of financing led by General Catalyst.

Why Stripe is Fast Company's No. 1 Most Innovative Company of 2022

Stripe Climate is the internet payment company’s audacious bet to create a market for ambitious carbon-removal technologies and help save the planet.

Health-Care Startup Ro Raises $200 Million in New Funding

Ro, an online health-care startup, said Monday that it raised $200 million in a new funding round, bringing its total raised to $376 million.

A former SoftBank executive will join the Silicon Valley venture firm General Catalyst.

At General Catalyst, which was founded in Massachusetts and has been building its Silicon Valley presence, Mr. Nishar will both invest in start-ups and help the firm build its own companies. In addition to Airbnb, General Catalyst was an early investor in Warby Parker and helped build the travel search engine Kayak. The firm was also one of the earliest investors in Stripe, the financial technology firm that raised private funding earlier this year at a $95 billion valuation. Stripe’s I.P.O. is widely expected to be among the largest in history.

‘I don’t know anybody who wants their health disrupted’: Ken Frazier steps out in new venture capital role

Former Merck CEO Ken Frazier, famous for building the drugmaker into one of the world’s biggest cancer companies, shed his pharma garb in his first public appearance since starting a new role with the venture capital giant General Catalyst.

General Catalyst, HCA Healthcare Team Up on Digital Innovation

HCA sells its PatientKeeper business to General Catalyst-backed Commure in the partnership’s first deal

Education-Technology Startup Multiverse Raises $130 Million

Multiverse, an education technology company co-founded by the oldest son of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has raised $130 million on a bet that apprenticeships can help level the economic playing field.

Payments Startup Melio to Triple Valuation to $4 Billion

Melio Payments is tripling its valuation in a new funding round that will value the financial software company at $4 billion, according to three people with direct knowledge of the deal. Thrive Capital, the New York–based investment firm founded by Josh Kushner, and existing backer General Catalyst are co-leading the financing, one of the people said.

How two Black CEOs got corporate America to pay attention to voting rights

Ken Chenault, former head of American Express, and Ken Frazier, head of Merck, have helped lead the campaign to get companies involved

Ken Frazier’s next act

Ken Frazier stepped down as Merck’s C.E.O. last month, but he has kept busy since. He remains executive chairman of the pharmaceutical giant and is co-leading OneTen, a start-up that aims to create one million jobs for Black Americans. Now, DealBook is first to report, he’s adding another role: venture capitalist.

It’s Time for the Business Community to Step Up

How our corporate leaders act now is critical to beating the coronavirus.

Digital Health Startup Ro Raised $500 Million At $5 Billion Valuation

Putting the patient in charge and removing healthcare delivery from the byzantine health insurance structure means they have different expectations, says Hemant Taneja, managing partner at General Catalyst. “When consumers are spending out of their own pocket, they are sort of treating it just like any other e-commerce purchase,” he says. “They care about the consumer experience. They care about value.”

General Catalyst Doubles Down On Healthcare With $600 Million New Fund

General Catalyst managing partner Hemant Taneja has $600 million to invest in health startups.

A startup backed by Livongo veterans just got a nearly $500 million valuation, and it's coming for healthcare's middlemen

Healthcare startup Transcarent just raised $58 million from investors including General Catalyst.

Jefferson Health partners with venture capital firm on digital transformation

Jefferson Health on Monday announced an innovation partnership with General Catalyst, under which the not-for-profit health system will be able to tap into a set of technology companies to support its digital transformation efforts.

Venture Capital Firm General Catalyst Raises $2.3 Billion Amid Coronavirus Crisis.

The latest evidence: today venture firm General Catalyst announced that it has raised $2.3 billion to spread across three new funds. Managing Director Hemant Taneja told FORBES that GC is creating three new funds: a $600 million early-stage fund, a $1 billion growth fund for companies with $10 million-plus in annual revenue, and a $700 million "endurance fund" to back large companies doing more than $100 million in sales. General Catalyst already has a stake in such late-stage companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and Gusto.

Why General Catalyst, a16z, And Rock Health Are Backing Ribbon Health’s $43.5 Million Funding Round

General Catalyst Managing Director Holly Maloney, who led Ribbon’s series B investment, agrees. “Their [Ribbon Health’s] ambition and vision to create a better healthcare system for patients, providers, payers, and really the entire ecosystem is a thesis that we're excited to get behind. One of the most important trends that we’re investing in is enabling the shift toward value-based care. Platforms like Ribbon are becoming critical because they ensure that patients receive the best care from a provider that has the right combination of quality and cost, ” said Maloney.

Glean Emerges From Stealth With $55 Million To Bring Search To The Enterprise

Two and a half years ago, Jain stepped away from Rubrik to focus on that challenge—developing an enterprise search engine in secret. His new company, Glean, emerged from stealth Wednesday with an assistive search tool that pulls together information from dozens of disparate applications, cofounded by a group of Google veterans—its CEO, Jain, Piyush Prahladka and Tony Gentilcore—and T.R. Vishwanath, a veteran of Facebook’s News Feed ranking algorithm. Already, Glean has raised $55 million across two rounds of venture funding from firms that include Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Cityblock Health Gets $192 Million Funding Boost To Turbocharge Care For Low-Income Patients

It’s a strategy that has attracted top investors ever since the company was incubated out of Google-backed Sidewalk Labs in 2017, including General Catalyst, Maverick Ventures, Thrive Capital, Redpoint Ventures and Wellington Management. On Monday, Cityblock announced it raised a $192 million Series C extension led by Tiger Global Management on top of the $160 million it had already raised in December, which had valued the company at over $1 billion. The company declined to disclose its new valuation.

This Startup Just Raised $15 Million To Make Better Software For Psychiatrists

Osmind, a public benefit corporation that makes software for electronic mental health records for clinicians and researchers, announced Thursday that it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round. Investors in the round include Future Ventures, General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Offline Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures as well as others.

Gusto Secures A $10 Billion Valuation Tailwind As Its HR Software Sails Toward IPO

Now Gusto is aiming to leverage its growth to prepare for an initial public offering. Reeves tells Forbes that Gusto closed on a $175 million funding round in recent weeks, minting the company with a new $9.5 billion valuation and making it one of the most valuable private companies in the HR and payroll software space. Led by T. Rowe Price, Gusto’s existing investors also joined the round, including Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Generation and General Catalyst.

Fivetran Is The Cloud’s Newest Unicorn With $1.2 Billion Valuation

Fivetran announced on Tuesday that it raised $100 million in a Series C funding round from Silicon Valley investment heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst and previous investors CEAS Investments and Matrix Partners. The funding values Fivetran at $1.2 billion.

Social Calendar Platform Saturn Raises $44 Million From Benioff, Bezos And Von Tobel, Among Others

With Baron as COO and CSO and Diamond as CEO, in 2019 the two closed a $9 million seed round from TQ Ventures, General Catalyst and Ashton Kutcher, propelling their pre-revenue company to a $40 million valuation. After Diamond won a Thiel Fellowship in 2020, the two dropped out of college to build Saturn into what they say will be the next Facebook.

LatAm corporate spend-management startup Clara raises $3.5M, comes out of stealth

This morning Clara, a corporate spend-management startup focused on the Latin American market, announced its product launch and a $3.5 million pre-seed round led by General Catalyst.

Why We’re Entering a Significant Moment in the Fight for Equity in Tech

Reflecting on the first anniversary of 2020’s racial justice protests, venture capitalist and executive Ken Chenault says that the key “is going to be what happens in year two.”

See the 11-slide presentation that convinced General Catalyst to back a startup building a better system to help insurers track their doctors

A group of Oscar Health alums aims to create tech to tame the chaos of healthcare-provider data.

Meet the VC making massive bets on the future of health and wellness startups as the ongoing pandemic enhances opportunities for home-based technologies

General Catalyst managing director Holly Maloney invests in health and wellness startups for the Boston-based venture capital firm.

Digital health startup Commure just hit a $3.5 billion valuation as it raises fresh cash to unlock healthcare data

Commure is a data platform that health systems can use to build new things in a common technology language, which, among other things, can help patients move from provider to provider without issues. It was cofounded by investor Hemant Taneja, a managing partner at General Catalyst, which incubated the startup.

General Catalyst’s Chenault on Responsible Innovation, OneTen

Ken Chenault, Chairman & Managing Director, General Catalyst talks to Bloomberg’s David Westin at the Bloomberg Equality Summit about responsible business innovation and the OneTen initiative to provide one million jobs to Black Americans.

VCs Bet Remote Religion Will Persevere After Churches Reopen

Hallow, a Catholic-centric prayer and meditation app, raised $12 million in funding, a sign of confidence that interest in religious-based technology will continue even as churches begin to reopen.

Grammarly raises $200M at a $13B valuation to make you an even better writer using AI

The company’s latest funding round follows Grammarly’s previous one in October 2019, when it raised $90 million at a valuation of over $1 billion. This round was led by General Catalyst, which had also helped lead its only other round, for $110 million in May 2017, with participation from previous investor IVP and other unnamed backers.

VC Firm General Catalyst Hires Morgan Stanley’s Paul Kwan

Venture capital firm General Catalyst has hired Paul Kwan from Morgan Stanley, where he was head of West Coast technology investment banking.

The 100 Most Influential People of 2021

General Catalyst, Tiger Global lead $25M investment into Blank Street’s micro specialty coffee shops

Today, the company announced a $25 million Series A round, led by General Catalyst and Tiger Global, with additional strategic investors, including Warby Parker founders Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, Harry’s founder Jeff Raider and Allbirds founder Joey Zwillinger. This latest round adds to $7 million the company raised in seed funding earlier this year.

General Catalyst pushes farther into Europe/Israel, hiring Chris Bischoff for London office

Until now General Catalyst has been better known as a U.S. VC that makes occasional forays into European territory. But that changes with the news today that Chris Bischoff, an experienced London-based investor, joins as managing director of its new London office.

Menlo Security announces $100M Series E on $800M valuation

Menlo Security, a malware and phishing prevention startup, announced a $100 million Series E today on an $800 million valuation. The round was led by Vista Equity Partners with help from Neuberger Berman, General Catalyst, JP Morgan and other unnamed existing investors. The company has now raised approximately $250 million.