Investing Profile

Steve Herrod

VCInvestor
Managing Director at General Catalyst
generalcatalyst.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Stanford University Network
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Stanford University Network
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The University of Texas at Austin Network
58 CONNECTIONS
General Catalyst Partners Network
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Current Investing Position
General Catalyst Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
41
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), Aysar Tayeb (Prosperity7 Ventures), Raymond Liao (Samsung NEXT Ventures)
Gitpod
Series ANov 2022$25M
Series UnknownApr 2021$13M
$41M
Co-investors: Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Dominik Tobschall (Target Partners), Sandeep Bhadra (Vertex Ventures), Ameet Patel, Ron Pragides, Hanno Renner
Prosimo
Series BJun 2022$30M
Series AApr 2021$25M
$55M
Co-investors: Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International)
Render
Series ANov 2021$20M
SeedOct 2020$5M
SeedApr 2019$2M
$93M
Co-investors: Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Serj Bez (B8), Lee Fixel (Addition), William Hu (Qiming Venture Partners), Todd Arfman (Addition), Elad Gil
Contrast Security
Series ENov 2021$150M
Series DFeb 2019$65M
Series COct 2017$30M
Series BSep 2016$16M
$270M
Co-investors: Rashmi Gopinath (B Capital Group), Dharmesh Thakker (Battery Ventures), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), 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), Ron Conway (SV Angel), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dave Barrett (Polaris Partners), Ramu Arunachalam (A Capital), TJ Rylander (Next47), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Gerhard Eschelbeck, Oliver Friedrichs, DJ Patil
Menlo Security
Series ENov 2020$100M
Series DJul 2019$75M
Series CDec 2017$40M
Series BJun 2015$25M
Series ANov 2014$11M
$250M
Co-investors: Dana Lorch (Company Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Ashmeet Sidana (Engineering Capital), Marc Singer (Osage University 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