Investing Profile

Hemant Taneja(34)

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CEO & Managing Director at General Catalyst
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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
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
175
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (77)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Hippocratic AI
Series CNov 2025$130M
Series BJan 2025$140M
Series AMar 2024$53M
SeedMay 2023$50M
$390M
Co-investors: Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Justin Larkin (Andreessen Horowitz), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins)
Nova Credit
Series DOct 2025$35M
Series COct 2023$45M
Series BFeb 2020$50M
Series AMay 2018$16M
$150M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Jeffrey Reitman (Nyca Partners), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Mark Goldberg (Chemistry VC), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Constance Freedman (Moderne Ventures), Theo Osborne (9Yards Capital), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Louis Beryl
The Interaction Company of California
SeedSep 2025$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Anton Levy (General Atlantic), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Jake Paul (Anti fund), Neeraj Arora (Venture Highway), Ken Howery, Guillermo Rauch, John Collison, Patrick Collison, Cory Levy
Ramp
Series EJul 2025$500M
Series EJun 2025$200M
$2B
Co-investors: Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Chafic Kazoun, Teddy Citrin, Scott Belsky, 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: Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Lachy Groom (LGF), John Collison, Vivek Patel, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky
Superhuman (formerly Grammarly)
Debt FinancingMay 2025$1B
Series UnknownOct 2019$90M
Series UnknownMay 2017$110M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Jules Maltz (IVP), Pranav Singhvi (General Catalyst)

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