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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Hemant Taneja's investing connections

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

159

Current Fund Size

$1.1B

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (72)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Moonvalley	SeedNov 2024$70M	$70M
Co-investors: Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures)
Pacific Fusion	Series AOct 2024$900M	$900M
Co-investors: Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Lachy Groom (LGF), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Elad Gil, Patrick Collison, Kenneth Griffin
Crescendo	Series COct 2024$50M	$50M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta)
AtoB	Series CSep 2024$130M Series BNov 2021$75M	$230M
Co-investors: Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Max Altman (Saga), Gokul Rajaram, Elad Gil, Marc Benioff, Dylan Field, Max Mullen, Emil Michael, Tony Xu, Manik Gupta, Scott Banister, Immad Akhund
Re:Build	Series UnknownAug 2024$120M	$120M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst)
MD Ally	Series AAug 2024$14M SeedApr 2021$4M	$18M
Co-investors: Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Tuoyo Louis (Seae Ventures), Brett Topche
Applied Intuition	Secondary MarketJul 2024$300M Series EMar 2024$250M	$900M
Co-investors: Mustafa Suleyman (Greylock), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Lee Fixel (Addition), Semil Shah (Haystack), Mary Meeker (Bond), Elad Gil, Henry Kravis, Nico Rosberg, Bradley Horowitz
Better Health	Series AJun 2024$14M Series AOct 2021$10M	$28M
Co-investors: Drew Oetting (8VC), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Fatima Husain (Comcast Ventures)

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