Investing Profile

Steve Herrod

VCInvestor
Managing Director at General Catalyst
generalcatalyst.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Steve is a member of
Stanford University Network
498 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
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The University of Texas at Austin Network
58 CONNECTIONS
General Catalyst Partners Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
42
Current Fund Size
$1.1B

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Steve Herrod's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Arrcus
Series DJul 2023$15M
Series DFeb 2023$50M
Series CMay 2021$28M
Series BJul 2019$30M
Series AJul 2018$15M
$140M
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Rajeev Madhavan (Clear Ventures)
Render
Series BJun 2023$50M
Series ANov 2021$20M
SeedOct 2020$5M
SeedApr 2019$2M
$82M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Lee Fixel (Addition), Todd Arfman (Addition), Serj Bez (B8), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Elad Gil
Gitpod
Series ANov 2022$25M
Series UnknownApr 2021$13M
$57M
Co-investors: Zak Kukoff (General Catalyst), Sandeep Bhadra (Vertex Ventures), Dominik Tobschall (Target Partners), Keith Adams (Pebblebed), Hanno Renner, Ameet Patel
Prosimo
Series BJun 2022$30M
Series AApr 2021$25M
$55M
Contrast Security
Series ENov 2021$150M
Series DFeb 2019$65M
Series COct 2017$30M
Series BSep 2016$16M
$270M
Co-investors: Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), Rashmi Gopinath (B Capital Group), Paul Sagan (General Catalyst), Alex Scherbakovsky (AXA Strategic Ventures), Rami Elkhatib
Armorblox
Series BFeb 2021$30M
Series AFeb 2019$17M
Series AFeb 2019$17M
$64M
Co-investors: Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Dave Barrett (Polaris Partners), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Ramu Arunachalam (A Capital), TJ Rylander (Next47), DJ Patil, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Oliver Friedrichs
Menlo Security
Series ENov 2020$100M
Series DJul 2019$75M
Series CDec 2017$40M
Series BJun 2015$25M
Series ANov 2014$11M
$300M
Co-investors: Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital), Dana Lorch (Company Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Marc Singer (Osage University Partners), John Lee (Jazz Venture Partners)
Verta
SeedAug 2020$970K
$970K
Co-investors: Mark Rostick (Intel Capital)

Steve Herrod's Experience

Managing Director General Catalyst Partners2013 - Present
CTO & Sr. VP of R&D VMware, Inc2008 - 2013
VP of R&D VMware, Inc2005 - 2008
Sr. Director of R&D VMware, Inc2002 - 2005
Director of R&D VMware, Inc2001 - 2002
Sr. Director of Software Engineering Transmeta Corp1998 - 2001
Engineer SGI/MIPs1997 - 1998

Steve Herrod's Education

Stanford University Ph.D. Computer Science
Stanford University MS Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin BA Computer Science