Hemant Taneja

Hemant Taneja is a managing partner at General Catalyst and the Founder of the firm’s Silicon Valley operations. Hemant partners with founders who are building platform companies that are fundamentally aligned with the long-term interests of society.

He is an early investor in market-leading companies like Stripe, Gusto, Livongo, Samsara, Grammarly, Fundbox, and Snap. His investment thesis, known as “economies of unscale,” explains how 21st-century founders are leveraging modern platforms and AI-based mass personalization techniques to innovate across all major parts of the economy.