Investing Profile

Hemant Taneja(22)

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Managing Partner at General Catalyst

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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
106 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
106 CONNECTIONS
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
69
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

Hemant Taneja is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Hemant Taneja's Investments On Record (32)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Grammarly
Venture RoundOct 2019$90M
$90M
Co-investors: Jules Maltz (IVP), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Nitesh Banta
Samsara
Series FSep 2019$300M
Series EDec 2018$100M
Series DMar 2018$50M
Series CJun 2017$40M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Elad Gil
ClassDojo
Series CFeb 2019$35M
Series BApr 2016$21M
Series AApr 2013$8.5M
Seed RoundJan 2012$1.6M
$66M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Tod Francis (Shasta Ventures), Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures), Wayee Chu (Reach Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Valentin Gui, Stephanie Palmeri, Joe Greenstein, Jason Citron, Roger Dickey
Mindstrong
Series BDec 2018$31M
$130M
Co-investors: Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Graham Smith (What If Ventures)
Spring Discovery
Series ADec 2018$18M
$22M
Co-investors: Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Sam Altman (Apollo Projects), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Elad Gil, Wesley Chan
Common Networks
Series BAug 2018$25M
$37M
Co-investors: Kyle Doherty (General Catalyst), Justin Butler (Eclipse Ventures), Renata Quintini (Renegade Partners), Lior Susan (Eclipse Ventures), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Inbal Shenfeld kolodziejska (Inba Shenfeld holdings), Matt Macinnis
Nova Credit
Series AMay 2018$16M
$69M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Theo Osborne (9Yards Capital), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Louis Beryl, Thomson Nguyen
Livongo
Series EApr 2018$110M
Series DMar 2017$53M
Series CApr 2016$45M
$240M
Co-investors: Chris Bischoff (General Catalyst), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Kevin Colleran (Slow Ventures), Lee Shapiro (7wire Ventures), Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures), David Hartwig (Sapphire Ventures), Rajeev Dham (Sapphire Ventures), Alyssa Jaffee (7wire 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Minor Biomedical/Medical Engineering