Companies funded by General Catalyst
Multi-stage firm with a thesis-driven approach across software and healthcare.
Ranked by current headcount across companies in General Catalyst's disclosed portfolio. Refreshed daily.
- 1Airbnb· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 69.2k employees
- Founded 2007
- 2Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
- Private equity
- 24.3k employees
- Founded 2012
- 3Zepto· Greater Kolkata Area
- Series H
- 16.9k employees
- Founded 2021
- 4Canva· Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
- Secondary
- 15.5k employees
- Founded 2012
- 5Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 14.7k employees
- Founded 2010
- 6Remote· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series C
- 14.2k employees
- Founded 2019
- 7inDrive· Mountain View, California, United States
- Debt
- 11k employees
- Founded 2012
- 8Deliveroo· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 10.4k employees
- Founded 2013
- 9Wonder· New York, New York, United States
- Series unknown
- 10.1k employees
- Founded 2018
- 10Deel· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series E
- 9.1k employees
- Founded 2019
- 11Chief· New York, New York, United States
- Series B
- 8k employees
- Founded 2019
- 12Anduril Industries· Orange, California, United States
- Grant
- 7.2k employees
- Founded 2017
- 13Samsara· San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 5.4k employees
- Founded 2015
- 14Anthropic
- Series G
- 5.3k employees
- Founded 2021
- 15Mercor· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series C
- 5.2k employees
- Founded 2023
- 16Monzo Bank· London, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 4.8k employees
- Founded 2015
- 17Spinny· Gurugram, Haryana, India
- Series G
- 4.6k employees
- Founded 2015
- 18Gusto· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series A
- 4.4k employees
- Founded 2011
- 19Discord· San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 4.3k employees
- Founded 2015
- 20Kavak.com· Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
- Series F
- 4k employees
- Founded 2016
- 21Bugcrowd· San Francisco, California, United States
- Debt
- 3.6k employees
- Founded 2012
- 22Janus Henderson Investors· Denver, Colorado, United States
- Private equity
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 2017
- 23Figma· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 2.9k employees
- Founded 2012
- 24Edu· Poland
- Series B
- 2.7k employees
- Founded 1998
- 25Warby Parker· New York, New York, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 2.7k employees
- Founded 2010
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