Investing Profile

Zeynep Yavuz

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Partner at General Catalyst
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Networks Zeynep is a member of
University of Chicago Network
154 CONNECTIONS
BofA Securities Network
147 CONNECTIONS
General Catalyst Network
127 CONNECTIONS
Accel Network
111 CONNECTIONS
TA Associates Network
36 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
19
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Zeynep Yavuz is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Zeynep Yavuz's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
ICEYE
Series FJun 2026$520M
Series EDec 2025$180M
$1.1B
Co-investors: Rohit Sharma (True Ventures), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), James Bruegger (Seraphim Space), Will Whitehorn (Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC), Chad Anderson (Space Capital), Q Motiwala (DNX Ventures), Jyri Engestrom (Yes VC), Dylan Taylor (Morgan Brook Capital)
Legora
Series DMar 2026$550M
Series COct 2025$150M
Series BMay 2025$80M
$820M
Co-investors: Chetan Puttagunta (Benchmark), Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jacob Effron (Redpoint Ventures), Logan Bartlett (Redpoint Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Seth Pierrepont (ICONIQ Capital), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Arun Mathew (Accel Partners), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Ryan Morgan (Crossbeam Venture Partners)
Dwelly
Series AFeb 2026$43M
$140M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz)
Stacks
Series AFeb 2026$23M
SeedFeb 2025$7M
$120M
Co-investors: Alex Tran (General Catalyst), William Bao Bean (SOSV), Rodolfo Gonzalez (Foundation Capital), Charles Moldow (Foundation Capital), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Barry Silbert (Grayscale Investments), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Sophie Liao (Oyster Ventures), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Mo El-Bibany (Page One Ventures), Kaushik Subramanian (EQT Ventures), Omar Darwazah (Darwazah Capital), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Ben Davenport (Blockchain Capital LLC), George Burke
Strawberry
SeedOct 2025$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Sandra Malmberg (EQT Ventures), Yuri Sagalov (10100)
Afori
Pre SeedOct 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh (Andreessen Horowitz), Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Alexander Rinke (Celonis), Garrett Koehn (CRC Insurance Group)
TaleMonster Games
Series AOct 2025$30M
SeedMay 2025$7M
$37M
Co-investors: Akin Babayigit (Palabra.ai)
Finom
Series CJun 2025$130M
Series BFeb 2024$54M
Series AFeb 2023$35M
$240M
Co-investors: Mikhail Lobanov (Target Global), Aviad Eyal (Entrée Capital Ventures), Adam Valkin (Vine Ventures, L.P.), Sanjot Malhi (Northzone), Michael Stephan (Raisin), Frank Freund (Raisin), Ilya Kondrashov (QuantumLight), Mike Torro (freesearch ventures), Sylwester Janik

Zeynep Yavuz's Experience

Investment Banking BofA SecuritiesPresent
Growth Equity Investor TA AssociatesPresent
Board Observer ITRSPresent
Board Observer RLDatix North AmericaPresent
Board Observer LISTPresent
Investor AccelPresent
Product WorldRemitPresent
Angel Investor StitchPresent
Angel Investor YocoPresent
Angel Investor Ramp NetworkPresent
Investor PayrailsPresent
Board Advisor FinomPresent
Board Member autonePresent
Investor StacksPresent
Investor IntegralPresent
Investor TaleMonster GamesPresent
Investor AforiPresent
Investor Legora (formerly Leya)Present
Partner General CatalystPresent

Zeynep Yavuz's Education

The University of Chicago Bachelor's degree Economics
University of Chicago Bachelor's degree Economics
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Goethe-Zertifikat B2 Business German
Heidelberg University Goethe-Zertifikat B2 Business German

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