General Catalyst

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 24, 2026 · Industrial tech · Jan 1, 2026

General Catalyst backs companies from formation and seed through growth, and also creates businesses with founders through its Creation strategy.

Creation includes starting companies in complex or emerging industries, helping experienced founders launch again and combining existing service businesses with applied AI. That makes GC relevant both to founders raising for an established startup and to entrepreneurs developing a new company with an investment partner.

For businesses that have reached product-market fit, its Customer Value Fund provides a separate way to finance customer acquisition. This sits alongside seed and growth equity, giving the firm a financing model directed specifically at the cost of expanding a customer base.

Sources
Rounds participated in
10
Confirmed lead rounds
0
9 roles undisclosed
New companies
9
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.9B
10 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series C+4
Series B3
Seed2
Series A1

By primary sector

Defense tech4
Industrial tech3
AI2
Mobility1

By country

United States8
Netherlands1
United Kingdom1

Rounds

10 in this selection
Tractian

Industrial asset monitoring company combining sensors and AI to diagnose equipment problems and guide maintenance.

$130MSeries D
Participant
Castelion

Builds low-cost, mass-producible hypersonic strike missiles for defense

$1BSeries C
Role not disclosed
Senra Systems

Software-driven manufacturing company modernizing wire harness production

$65MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Standard Bots

Manufactures AI-native industrial robots for automation

$200MSeries C
Role not disclosed
PhysicsX

Builds AI-native engineering simulation software compressing months of design work into seconds for manufacturing and defence

$300MSeries C
Role not disclosed
Ciridae

Builds AI operating systems for mid-market businesses in logistics, restoration, and industrial services

$20MSeed
Role not disclosed
JuliaHub

Builds agentic AI platform for industrial digital twins and systems simulation in engineering

$65MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Nominal

Offers software for hardware engineers to test designs

$80MSeries B+
Role not disclosed
Chariot Defense

Chariot Defense develops power-distribution systems for military use.

$34MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Onodrim Industries

Develops defence industrial platform for Europe's security and resilience

€40MSeed
Role not disclosed