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
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
170
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (76)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Ramp
Series EJul 2025$500M
Series EJun 2025$200M
$2B
Co-investors: Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Koda Wang (Giant Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Daniel Scott (Susquehanna Capital), Teddy Citrin, Chafic Kazoun, Bradley Horowitz, Scott Belsky
Moonvalley
SeedJul 2025$84M
SeedNov 2024$70M
$150M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Byron Deeter (Bessemer Venture Partners), Janelle Teng (Bessemer Venture Partners)
Corvia Medical
Series UnknownJun 2025$55M
Series DJul 2014$34M
Series CMar 2013$11M
$100M
Co-investors: Mark Levin (Third Rock Ventures)
Meter
Series CJun 2025$170M
$260M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sam Altman, Vivek Patel, John Collison, Scott Belsky
Sprinter Health
Series BMay 2025$55M
Series AOct 2021$33M
SeedMar 2021$5M
$93M
Co-investors: Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Holly Maloney McConnell (General Catalyst), Tony Xu, Kevin Lin
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
Bitwise
Series UnknownFeb 2025$70M
SeedDec 2017$4M
$140M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Craig Shapiro (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund)), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Mary Cranston (Broadway Angels), C.J. Fitzgerald (Summit Partners), Alison Davis (Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate), Adam Nash (Daffy), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Eric Wu, Stani Kulechov, Fidji Simo, Stanley Druckenmiller, Julie Zhuo, Henry Kravis, Charles Goldman

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