Investing Profile

Hemant Taneja(23)

VCInvestor

Managing Partner at General Catalyst

generalcatalyst.com/team/Palo Alto, California

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Hemant Taneja's investing connections

5 Investors

Connected to Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), and 2 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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Current Investing Position

General Catalyst Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $100.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

120

Current Fund Size

$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

AI (Series B)Consumer Internet (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)San Francisco Bay Area

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (55)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Loop Health	Series BApr 2022$25M Series ASep 2021$12M	$39M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Zachary Sims (Codecademy), Kate Ryder (XFactor Ventures), Adam Dawkins (Sierra Ventures), Daniel Burka
Homeward	Series AMar 2022$20M	$180M
Co-investors: Jed Katz (Javelin Venture Partners), Jeff Crowe (Norwest Venture Partners)
Nirvana Insurance	Series AFeb 2022$22M	$22M
Co-investors: Joel Cutler (General Catalyst)
Ro	Venture RoundFeb 2022$150M Series DMar 2021$500M	$1B
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Marco DeMeireles (Ansa Capital), Philip Krim (Montauk Ventures), Jordan A.D. Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Karim Atiyeh
Transcarent	Series CJan 2022$200M	$200M
Co-investors: Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures), Christian Scherrer (Kinnevik)
Cadence Solutions	Series BDec 2021$100M Series AAug 2021$41M	$140M
Co-investors: Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital)
ThoughtSpot	Series FNov 2021$100M Series EAug 2019$250M Series DMay 2018$150M Series CMay 2016$50M	$640M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Jamie Montgomery (March Capital Partners), Seetharam Venkatesh (Capital One Ventures), Sudheesh Nair, Russell Cook
Color	Series ENov 2021$100M Series DJan 2021$170M Series CAug 2017$80M Series BSep 2016$45M	$410M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Steve Jang (Expa), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Ben Davenport (Blockchain Capital), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Bill Tai, Julia Hartz, Drew Houston

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