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
178 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS
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
2
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (2)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Common Networks
Series BAug 2018$25M
$34M
Co-investors: Kyle Doherty (General Catalyst), Justin Butler (Eclipse Ventures), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures)
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Series CJul 2018$140M
$550M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Dan Rose (Coatue), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Christian Jensen (Dragoneer Investment Group), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Matt Rogers (Incite Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Jeff Abbott (Blitzscaling Ventures), Ken Chenault Jr. (Benchstrength), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Laela Sturdy (CapitalG), Jay Simons (Bond), Hiten Shah, Tobias Lutke, Tien Tzuo, Justin Rosenstein, Marco Zappacosta, Larry Augustin, Jared Leto, Aaron Levie, Jeff Seibert, Doug Sleeter, Louis Beryl

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

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

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