Tagged: general catalyst

October 26, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Open source startup Chainguard said it raised $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, adding to a rapid funding pace that includes an April Series D and brings its total secured in the past six months to $636 million, or $892… Read More

June 1, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Grammarly has secured $1 billion in funding from General Catalyst to support the expansion of its AI productivity platform, as the company seeks to broaden its enterprise footprint and accelerate product innovation following its acquisition of Coda earlier this year. The latest investment was made… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

VC firm General Catalyst has launched a new registered investment advisor, GC Wealth, according to a blog post. General Catalyst currently reports over $32 billion in assets under management and 800+ portfolio firms. A diversified investor, General Catalyst invests in Fintech, AI, and more. GC… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aven, a technology company offering consumer credit cards backed by home equity,  announced a $142 million series D round of funding led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors including Caffeinated Capital, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, and The General Partnership. Aven… Read More

January 24, 2024 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bilt Rewards has raised $200 million at a valuation of $3.1 billion in a new funding round, according to a statement by the company. FT Partners advised on the transaction. The funding round was led by General Catalyst, with the participation of new investor Eldridge,… Read More

January 13, 2024 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, today announced the extension and expansion of its financing relationship with General Catalyst (GC) – AKA ‘Synthetic Agents’ – whereby GC “finances up to 80% of Lemonade’s spending specifically related to customer… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 9:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) startup Chalk has raised $10 million in a Seed round, according to a note from the firm. The funding was led by General Catalyst, Unusual Ventures, and Xfund. In a blog post, Unusual Ventures explained the qualities that… Read More

August 23, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the finance automation platform designed to help businesses spend less, today announced a $300 million Series D on the back of strong revenue growth, “increasing market share among small and mid-sized businesses, and successful expansion into the enterprise segment over the past year.” Ramp… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Collective, which claims to be the first all-in-one online back-office platform for solopreneurs, announced it has raised $50M from a syndicate of investors including Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI fund, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, among others. Collective… Read More

July 1, 2023 @ 6:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, announced it has partnered with General Catalyst (GC), a venture firm and an early investor in Lemonade, in order “to create Synthetic Agents, a novel financial structure that unlocks growth without depleting… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Finch reveals they’ve raised $40M in their Series B round, “co-led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures, with additional investments from QED, PruVen, and Altman Capital.” As mentioned in the update, the workforce is “the backbone of the U.S. economy.” From retirement… Read More

January 9, 2023 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

C14, a “next-generation” payments and transfers service for digital assets, has raised $2.5 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst. According to an email from a representative, the funding will enable the company to continue to build out new payment rails as well… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Melio, a B2B payments platform for SMEs, reveals that it has acquired an additional $250 million in capital, which has now tripled the firm’s valuation to around $4 billion since January of this year. The funds acquired should help with supporting the firm’s business expansion… Read More

May 8, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France-based Shift Technology, an SaaS provider of AI-enhanced decision automation and optimization solutions for the insurance sector, recently revealed that it has finalized a $220 million Series D funding round. Shift Technology‘s latest investment round brings total investment in the company to $320 million along… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Step, a U.S.-based financial services company built for teens and families, announced on Tuesday it raised $100 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by General Catalyst, with participation from returning investors Coatue, Stripe, Charli D’Amelio, The Chainsmokers’ Mantis VC, Will… Read More

February 26, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Circulo, a U.S.-based insurtech, recently announced it secured $50 million through its Series A funding round, which was co-led by Drive Capital and General Catalyst.  Circulo reported it is building the Medicaid insurance company of the future to provide tech-enabled, world-class care to the nation’s… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares has announced that over $300 million in real estate finance has been raised on its crowdfunding platform. During the fall of 2016, RealtyShares announced they had topped $200 million indicating solid growth in the past several months.  Serving both institutional… Read More

December 5, 2016 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech company Lemonade has closed a $34 million Series B funding round. The investment was led by General Catalyst and included the participation of GV (aka Google Ventures), Tusk Ventures and Thrive Capital. Existing investors Aleph, Sequoia, and XL Innovate also participated in the round…. Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares, has stated that nearly $22 million was funded via its marketplace in the 2nd quarter of 2015. This represents a  5X jump versus year prior as the platform matched accredited and institutional investors to over 50 properties across the United… Read More