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
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
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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
164
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (74)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fourier
Series AApr 2025$19M
$19M
Nirvana Insurance
Series CMar 2025$80M
Series BOct 2023$57M
Series AFeb 2022$22M
SeedJan 2021$3M
$160M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Fidji Simo, Elad Gil
Bitwise
Series UnknownFeb 2025$70M
SeedDec 2017$4M
$140M
Co-investors: Craig Shapiro (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund)), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital), Adam Nash (Daffy), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Mary Cranston (Broadway Angels), C.J. Fitzgerald (Summit Partners), Alison Davis (Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate), Julie Zhuo, Stani Kulechov, Stanley Druckenmiller, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Goldman, Henry Kravis, Elad Gil
Eudia
Series AFeb 2025$110M
$110M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Mike Gamson (Next Play Ventures), Scott Belsky, Gokul Rajaram
Hippocratic AI
Series BJan 2025$140M
Series AMar 2024$53M
SeedMay 2023$50M
$260M
Co-investors: Justin Larkin (Andreessen Horowitz), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures)
Moonvalley
SeedNov 2024$70M
$70M
Co-investors: Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners)
Pacific Fusion
Series AOct 2024$900M
$900M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Lachy Groom (LGF), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Kenneth Griffin, Patrick Collison, Elad Gil
Crescendo
Series COct 2024$50M
$50M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta)

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“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