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
177 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.3M
Investments On Record
172
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (76)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ramp
Series EJul 2025$500M
Series EJun 2025$200M
$2B
Co-investors: Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Teddy Citrin, Scott Belsky, Chafic Kazoun, Bradley Horowitz
Moonvalley
SeedJul 2025$84M
SeedNov 2024$70M
$150M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners)
Corvia Medical
Series UnknownJun 2025$55M
Series DJul 2014$34M
Series CMar 2013$11M
$100M
Co-investors: Mark Levin (Third Rock Ventures)
Meter
Series CJun 2025$170M
$260M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sam Altman, Vivek Patel, Scott Belsky, John Collison
Grammarly
Debt FinancingMay 2025$1B
Series UnknownOct 2019$90M
Series UnknownMay 2017$110M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Jules Maltz (IVP), Pranav Singhvi (General Catalyst)
Sprinter Health
Series BMay 2025$55M
Series AOct 2021$33M
SeedMar 2021$5M
$93M
Co-investors: Holly Maloney McConnell (General Catalyst), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Kevin Lin, Tony Xu
Transcarent
Series DApr 2025$480M
Series DMay 2024$130M
Series CJan 2022$200M
$810M
Co-investors: Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures), John Roos (Geodesic Capital), Christian Scherrer (Kinnevik), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures)
Fourier
Series AApr 2025$19M
$19M

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