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United States
Last Deal Oct 2026

General Catalyst

Check Size
€1M – €200M

Investment Focus

Geographic Focus

Global
United States
Europe

Investment Thesis

Allocates ~25% of their $8B fund to Europe with local team. Writes $1M-$100M from seed to growth across AI, healthtech, fintech, and defence.

How to Pitch General Catalyst

No Stated Policy
General Catalyst hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Alex Tran
Managing Director
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Consumer
Chris Bischoff
COO GC Capital & Managing Director
Healthcare
Source

Recent Deals

Auto-extracted from press releases.

Round-Size Sweet Spot

From 5 recent deals

P25

€11.2M

Median

€1.2B

P75

€1.9B

Stated range: €1M to €200M

Their actual median sits outside the stated range. Use the actual numbers for ask sizing.

Activity Trend

Light data

Last 90d

5

Prior 90d

0

Year ago

0

Portfolio Highlights

Mistral AI - French foundation models (co-investor)
TravelPerk - Spanish business travel management
Helsing - German defence AI

Team

Auto-detected from General Catalyst's website.

Alex Tran
Managing Director
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Consumer
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Chris Bischoff
COO GC Capital & Managing Director
Healthcare
Source
Checked Oct 2026
David Fialkow
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Consumer
Enterprise
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Elena Viboch
Managing Director
Healthcare
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Hemant Taneja
CEO
Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence
Defense & Government
Industrials & Manufacturing
Consumer
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Holly Maloney
Head of Health Assurance & Managing Director
Healthcare
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
President & Managing Director
Defense & Government
Energy & Infrastructure
Industrials & Manufacturing
Consumer
Enterprise
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Joel Cutler
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Consumer
Enterprise
Fintech
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Ken Chenault
Chairman & Managing Director
Consumer
Enterprise
Fintech
Source
Checked Oct 2026
Neeraj Arora
CEO India, MENA & Managing Director
Consumer
Fintech
Source
Checked Oct 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Aug 2026.

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Contact

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