General Catalyst

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionDefense tech

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
9
Confirmed lead rounds
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9 roles undisclosed
New companies
9
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$3.3B
9 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A3
Series C+3
Series B2
Seed1

By primary sector

Defense tech8
Mobility1

By country

United States7
Germany1
Netherlands1

Rounds

9 in this selection
Castelion

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

$1BSeries C
Role not disclosed
Aurelius Systems

Develops AI-powered autonomous directed-energy systems to detect and neutralize drone threats

$40MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Senra Systems

Software-driven manufacturing company modernizing wire harness production

$65MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Helsing

Develops AI software and autonomous systems for military and national security applications

$1.8BSeries E
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
Onebrief

AI-powered platform for military command and operations

$200MSeries D
Role not disclosed
Valinor Enterprises

Builds and buys critical defense and government technology solutions

$54MSeries A
Role not disclosed