Investing Profile

Hemant Taneja(34)

VCInvestorCEO
CEO & Managing Director at General Catalyst
generalcatalyst.com/team/hema...Palo Alto, California
Photo of Hemant Taneja, Managing Director at General Catalyst
Your Intro Paths to Hemant Taneja

Signal uses Gmail to reveal intro paths. Email content is never read.

Sign in with Google →

Hemant Taneja's investing connections

Picture
Picture
Picture

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
178 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
178 CONNECTIONS

Find Hemant Taneja on

cb
Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.3M
Investments On Record
222
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (98)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Janus Henderson Investors
Private EquityDec 2025
Nirvana Insurance
Series DDec 2025$100M
Series CMar 2025$80M
Series BOct 2023$57M
Series AFeb 2022$22M
SeedJan 2021$3M
$260M
Co-investors: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Sam Hodges (Vouch Insurance), Fidji Simo
Chai Discovery
Series BDec 2025$130M
$230M
Co-investors: Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Lachy Groom (LGF), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital)
Paradigm
Series BDec 2025$78M
Series AJan 2023$200M
$320M
Co-investors: Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Ramnik Arora (FTX Ventures), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Brett Cook (F-Prime Capital Partners), Stephen Knight (F-Prime Capital Partners), Jay Markowitz (ARCH Venture Partners), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners), Alaa Halawa (Mubadala), Justin Kao (DFJ Growth), Arash Ferdowsi, Karim Atiyeh, Eoghan McCabe, Balaji Srinivasan
Ramp
Series UnknownNov 2025$310M
Series EJul 2025$500M
Series EJun 2025$200M
$2.2B
Co-investors: Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Seth Rosenberg (Greylock), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Teddy Citrin, Chafic Kazoun, Bradley Horowitz
Beacon Biosignals
Series BNov 2025$86M
Series ANov 2021$27M
$120M
Co-investors: Anthony Philippakis (GV (Google Ventures)), Rob May
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)
General Intuition
SeedOct 2025$130M
$130M
Co-investors: Max Rimpel (General Catalyst), Quentin Clark (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