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General Catalyst (GC)

Global investment and transformation firm

generalcatalyst.com

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded year: 2000
Company type: Partnership
Number of employees: 50–450

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Latest news about General Catalyst (GC)

In short: General Catalyst expanded its global footprint through major AI and defense investments, a $10B fundraise, and a $7.4B take-private of Janus Henderson.

Company announcements

June 9 GC

GC co-leads Beacon's $225M Series C

Beacon builds an AI-native operating system for the everyday economy, acquiring essential software businesses.

May 21 GC

GC announces investment in Modal, a serverless GPU execution platform

Erik Bernhardsson and Akshat Bubna founded Modal to simplify AI infrastructure, handling GPU workloads across multiple clouds.

May 6 GC

GC backs Ethos’ Series A

GC congratulates James Lo and Daniel J. Mankowitz on the funding round.

April 24 GC

GC congratulates 11 portfolio companies on Forbes AI 50

The companies include Anthropic, Applied Intuition, Black Forest Labs, and others shaping AI in research, infrastructure, and products.

Media coverage

June 18 Business Wire

Janus Henderson Announces Receipt of Required Regulatory Approvals and Client Consents Following Resounding Shareholder Approval of the Trian and General Catalyst Take-Private Transaction

Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE: JHG; “Janus Henderson”, or the “Company”) today announced that it has secured the regulatory approvals and client consents r...

May 15 Techmeme

Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading

Forbes: Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with...

May 4 Skift

Amex GBT to Be Acquired by General Catalyst-Backed Long Lake for $6.3 Billion

Long Lake Management agreed to acquire American Express Global Business Travel for $6.3 billion in cash with General Catalyst backing.

May 1 TechCrunch

Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity

The DTC skin, hair, and and menopause care brand will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition.

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