General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage and growth startups. Founded by Joel Cutler and David Fialkow in 2000, General Catalyst has made many notable investments, including: Airbnb, Gusto, Kayak, Snap, Stripe, and Warby Parker.

AI

Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems
Ram Iyer

8 hours ago
Fundraising

Mirage raises $75M to continue building models for its AI video-editing app Captions
Ivan Mehta

2 days ago

Fundraising

Consumer-focused privacy company Cloaked raises $375M as it expands to enterprise
Ivan Mehta

Mar 19, 2026
AI

Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say
Marina Temkin

Mar 12, 2026
In Brief

VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions
Julie Bort

Mar 11, 2026
AI

AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents
Ram Iyer

Mar 10, 2026

Startups

India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year
Jagmeet Singh

Mar 2, 2026
Venture

General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years
Jagmeet Singh

Feb 19, 2026
Venture

The hidden cost of early hires with Yuri Sagalov, General Catalyst
Maggie Nye

Isabelle Johannessen

Feb 19, 2026
Startups

Compensation, culture, and cap tables with Yuri Sagalov, General Catalyst
Maggie Nye

Isabelle Johannessen

Feb 19, 2026

Venture

This VC’s best advice for building a founding team
Maggie Nye

Feb 19, 2026
Startups

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say
Marina Temkin

Feb 11, 2026
Fundraising

Bolna nabs $6.3M from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform
Ivan Mehta

Jan 20, 2026
AI

From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development
Lucas Ropek

Jan 16, 2026

Startups

Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise
Marina Temkin

Jan 15, 2026
Venture

Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm
Marina Temkin

Jan 7, 2026
AI

McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over
Marina Temkin

Jan 6, 2026
In Brief

Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
Ram Iyer

Dec 1, 2025

AI

Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
Jagmeet Singh

Nov 13, 2025
AI

Bevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 30, 2025
AI

General Intuition lands $134M seed to teach agents spatial reasoning using video game clips
Rebecca Bellan

Oct 16, 2025
AI

These 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 3, 2025

Startups

Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access
Kate Park

Aug 26, 2025
Startups

Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell
Rebecca Szkutak

Aug 18, 2025
Startups

Pronto’s 10-minute house-help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days
Jagmeet Singh

Aug 11, 2025
AI

More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal
Marina Temkin

Aug 1, 2025

Transportation

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars
Jagmeet Singh

Jun 25, 2025
Biotech & Health

Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028
Marina Temkin

Jun 17, 2025
AI

Grammarly secures $1B in nondilutive funding from General Catalyst
Marina Temkin

May 29, 2025
Fundraising

Context gets $11M to build an AI-powered office suite
Ivan Mehta

May 28, 2025