General Catalyst, formerly General Catalyst Partners, is an American venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In March 2009, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes was named Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst.[1]
General Catalyst co-founder Joel Cutler encouraged Joshua Kushner to found Thrive Capital in 2009.[2] Cutler and General Catalyst led the initial $5 million funding round and introduced Kushner to other investors.[3]
In June 2012, General Catalyst joined the Y Combinator Start Fund, "the consortium of top investors who are backing every Y Combinator company."[4]
General Catalyst has been a client of LaunchSquad.[5]
Name | Position | Notes |
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Joel Cutler | Co-Founder[2:1] | - |
Chris Hughes | Entrepreneur in Residence[1:1] |
General Catalyst's portfolio includes:[6][7]
Schonfeld, E. (2009, March 17). After Facebook And The Obama Campaign, Chris Hughes Takes a Post At General Catalyst. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2013.02.03-113801/http://techcrunch.com/2009/03/17/after-facebook-and-the-obama-campaign-chris-hughes-takes-a-post-at-general-catalyst/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Simpson, L. (2022, May 9). How Joshua Kushner – not Jared – became his family’s first billionaire. South China Morning Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20230729025942/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3176770/joshua-kushner-his-familys-first-billionaire-not-jared ↩︎ ↩︎
Durot, M. (2022, April 5). Thrive’s Josh Kushner: The Other Brother Becomes Family’s First Billionaire. Forbes. http://archive.today/2023.07.29-164314/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/04/05/thrives-josh-kushner-the-other-brother-becomes-familys-first-billionaire/?sh=5308acb2c8db ↩︎ ↩︎
Eldon, E. (2012, June 12). General Catalyst Joins SV Angel, Andreessen And Yuri Milner To Invest In The Y Combinator Start Fund. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2013.02.03-191446/http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/12/general-catalyst-partners-up-with-sv-angel-andreesen-and-yuri-milner-to-invest-in-y-combinator-start-fund/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Our Work. LaunchSquad. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230131165939/https://launchsquad.com/work/#current-client-list ↩︎
All Companies. (2022, October 28). General Catalyst. http://archive.today/2022.12.03-033447/https://www.generalcatalyst.com/list ↩︎
General Catalyst - Investments. Crunchbase. Retrieved June 1, 2024, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/general-catalyst-partners/recent_investments ↩︎
Series A - Hive - 2016-12-15 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile. Crunchbase. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/hive-dc0c-series-a--e140953c ↩︎