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), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), 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
159
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (72)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Moonvalley
SeedNov 2024$70M
$70M
Co-investors: Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners)
Pacific Fusion
Series AOct 2024$900M
$900M
Co-investors: Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Lachy Groom (LGF), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Elad Gil, Patrick Collison, Kenneth Griffin
Crescendo
Series COct 2024$50M
$50M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta)
AtoB
Series CSep 2024$130M
Series BNov 2021$75M
$230M
Co-investors: Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Max Altman (Saga), Gokul Rajaram, Elad Gil, Marc Benioff, Dylan Field, Max Mullen, Emil Michael, Tony Xu, Manik Gupta, Scott Banister, Immad Akhund
Re:Build
Series UnknownAug 2024$120M
$120M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst)
MD Ally
Series AAug 2024$14M
SeedApr 2021$4M
$18M
Co-investors: Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Tuoyo Louis (Seae Ventures), Brett Topche
Applied Intuition
Secondary MarketJul 2024$300M
Series EMar 2024$250M
$900M
Co-investors: Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Lee Fixel (Addition), Semil Shah (Haystack), Mary Meeker (Bond), Bradley Horowitz, Elad Gil, Henry Kravis, Nico Rosberg
Better Health
Series AJun 2024$14M
Series AOct 2021$10M
$28M
Co-investors: Drew Oetting (8VC), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Fatima Husain (Comcast Ventures)

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