Investing Profile

Hemant Taneja(34)

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CEO & Managing Director at General Catalyst
generalcatalyst.com/team/hema...Palo Alto, California
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7 Investors

Connected to Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), and 4 other investors on Signal.

Networks Hemant is a member of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.3M
Investments On Record
222
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (98)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Janus Henderson Investors
Private EquityDec 2025
Nirvana Insurance
Series DDec 2025$100M
Series CMar 2025$80M
Series BOct 2023$57M
Series AFeb 2022$22M
SeedJan 2021$3M
$260M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Fidji Simo, Elad Gil
Chai Discovery
Series BDec 2025$130M
$230M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital)
Paradigm
Series BDec 2025$78M
Series AJan 2023$200M
$320M
Co-investors: Ramnik Arora (FTX Ventures), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Brett Cook (F-Prime Capital Partners), Stephen Knight (F-Prime Capital Partners), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Alaa Halawa (Mubadala), Jay Markowitz (ARCH Venture Partners), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Justin Kao (DFJ Growth), Balaji Srinivasan, Eoghan McCabe, Karim Atiyeh, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky
Ramp
Series UnknownNov 2025$310M
Series EJul 2025$500M
Series EJun 2025$200M
$2.3B
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Teddy Citrin, Chafic Kazoun, Bradley Horowitz, Scott Belsky
Beacon Biosignals
Series BNov 2025$86M
Series ANov 2021$27M
$120M
Co-investors: Anthony Philippakis (GV (Google Ventures)), Rob May
Hippocratic AI
Series CNov 2025$130M
Series BJan 2025$140M
Series AMar 2024$53M
SeedMay 2023$50M
$390M
Co-investors: Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Justin Larkin (Andreessen Horowitz), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins)
General Intuition
SeedOct 2025$130M
$130M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

most interested in

“Economies of unscale” -- exploring how 21st-century founders leverage AI-based mass personalization techniques to innovate and build platforms across all sectors of the economy.

Hemant Taneja's Experience

Co-Founder and Chairman Advanced Energy Economy2011 - Present
Managing Director General Catalyst2002 - Present
Founder & Co-Chairman New England Clean Energy Council2006 - 2012
SVP Operations JP Mobile2001 - 2002
Founder and CEO Isovia1999 - 2001

Hemant Taneja's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.Eng. EECS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management S.M. Operations Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. EECS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Minor Biomedical/Medical Engineering