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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), 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
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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
162
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (73)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Bitwise
Series UnknownFeb 2025$70M
SeedDec 2017$4M
$140M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Craig Shapiro (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund)), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital Partners), 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), Charles Goldman, Henry Kravis, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Stanley Druckenmiller, Stani Kulechov, Fidji Simo, Julie Zhuo, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
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: Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Justin Larkin (Andreessen Horowitz), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures)
Moonvalley
SeedNov 2024$70M
$70M
Co-investors: Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Byron Deeter (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)
AtoB
Series CSep 2024$130M
Series BNov 2021$75M
$230M
Co-investors: Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Max Altman (Saga), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Manik Gupta, Gokul Rajaram, Elad Gil, Marc Benioff, Scott Banister, Dylan Field, Max Mullen, Immad Akhund, Emil Michael, Tony Xu
Re:Build
Series UnknownAug 2024$120M
$120M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst)

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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