General Catalyst

Focus: AI, Legal & compliance, Developer tools, Fintech, Robotics & hardware, Defence & space, Healthtech & bio, HR & work, Commerce & marketing

General Catalyst took part in 20 of the startup funding rounds we tracked in 2026, leading or co-leading 7 worth $2.66bn. By money raised, its biggest sectors were AI and Fintech. The largest was Anthropic's $65bn Series D+ round. The most recent was Hypersonica's Series B round in November 2026.

Deployed as lead$2.66bn

Rounds led7

Rounds joined20

Largest round$65bn

Rounds led (7)

River AISeries A · AI · Palo Alto · 11 Aug$1.1bn CognitionSeries D+ · Developer tools · San Francisco · 27 May$1bn ParloaSeries D+ · AI · Berlin · 15 Jan$350m HypersonicaSeries B · Defence & space · Munich · 2 Nov$112m DifferentSeed · Commerce & marketing · San Francisco · 20 Oct$48m CollectiveSeries B · Fintech · San Francisco · 29 Oct$40m ComplirSeed · Legal & compliance · Copenhagen · 16 Sep$11m

Also invested (13)

TractianSeries D+ · AI · Atlanta · 22 Oct$130m RampGrowth · Fintech · New York · 15 Oct$1.85bn ModalSeries D+ · AI · New York · 14 Oct$750m IntegralSeries A · Fintech · Berlin · 16 Sep$20.8m ThatchSeries C · HR & work · United States · 15 Sep$108m Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris · 8 Sep$3.5bn CognitionSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco · 8 Sep$2bn Neko HealthSeries C · Healthtech & bio · Stockholm · 15 Jul$700m HelsingSeries D+ · Defence & space · Munich · 13 Jul$1.8bn OratomicSeries A · Robotics & hardware · Pasadena · 7 Jul$300m RampSeries D+ · Fintech · New York · 4 Jun$750m AnthropicSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco · 28 May$65bn LegoraSeries D+ · Legal & compliance · Stockholm · 10 Mar$550m

General Catalyst

Rounds led (7)

Also invested (13)

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