Investing Profile

Steve Herrod

VCInvestor

Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners

generalcatalyst.comSan Francisco Bay Area

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Current Investing Position

General Catalyst Partners Managing Director

Investment Range

$500K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.0M

Investments On Record

Steve Herrod is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Steve Herrod's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Arrcus	Series DJul 2023$15M Series DFeb 2023$50M Series CMay 2021$28M Series BJul 2019$30M Series AJul 2018$15M	$170M
Co-investors: Rajeev Madhavan (Clear Ventures), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Raymond Liao (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Aysar Tayeb (Prosperity7 Ventures), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures)
Ona	Series ANov 2022$25M Series UnknownApr 2021$13M	$41M
Co-investors: Dominik Tobschall (backtrace capital), Sandeep Bhadra (Vertex Ventures), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Ameet Patel, Hanno Renner
Prosimo	Series BJun 2022$30M Series AApr 2021$25M	$55M
Co-investors: Lip-Bu Tan (Celesta Capital)
Render	Series ANov 2021$20M SeedOct 2020$5M SeedApr 2019$2M	$270M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), William Hu (Qiming Venture Partners), Todd Arfman (Addition), Lee Fixel (Addition), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Anu Hariharan (Rappi), Serj Bez (not specified)
Contrast Security	Series ENov 2021$150M Series DFeb 2019$65M Series COct 2017$30M Series BSep 2016$16M	$270M
Co-investors: Rashmi Gopinath (B Capital Group), Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Paul Sagan (General Catalyst), John Thompson (Moving Capital), Alex Scherbakovsky (AXA Strategic Ventures), Rami Elkhatib
Armorblox	Series BFeb 2021$30M Series AFeb 2019$17M Series AFeb 2019$17M	$64M
Co-investors: Dave Barrett (Polaris Partners), Gerhard Eschelbeck (SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments), John Thompson (Moving Capital), TJ Rylander (Next47), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Oliver Friedrichs (CrowdStrike), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Ramu Arunachalam (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Apoorva Ruparel (venturerock)
Menlo Security	Series ENov 2020$100M Series DJul 2019$75M Series CDec 2017$40M Series BJun 2015$25M Series ANov 2014$11M	$250M
Co-investors: Dana Lorch (Vesey Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital), Marc Singer (Osage University Partners)
Verta	SeedAug 2020$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Mark Rostick (Intel Capital)

Steve Herrod's Experience

Managing Director General Catalyst Partners2013 - Present

Sr. Director of Software Engineering SGI/MIPsPresent

Director of R&D VMwarePresent

Sr. Director of R&D VMwarePresent

VP of R&D VMwarePresent

CTO & Sr. VP of R&D VMwarePresent

Managing Director General CatalystPresent

Board Member IllumioPresent

Board Member Securiti.aiPresent

Co Host Equivalent to Magic podcastPresent

Board Member Tufts Gordon InstitutePresent

Board Member Derby Entrepreneurship Center at TuftsPresent

Founding Team LanaiPresent

Founding Team Euphony.aiPresent

Partner JuxtaposePresent

CTO & Sr. VP of R&D VMware, Inc2008 - 2013

VP of R&D VMware, Inc2005 - 2008

Sr. Director of R&D VMware, Inc2002 - 2005

Director of R&D VMware, Inc2001 - 2002

Sr. Director of Software Engineering Transmeta Corp1998 - 2001

Engineer SGI/MIPs1997 - 1998

Steve Herrod's Education

Stanford University Ph.D. Computer Science

Stanford University MS Computer Science

The University of Texas at Austin BA Computer Science

The University of Texas at Austin BA Dean's Scholar Program

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