Hemant Taneja’s Post

The Arsenal of Democracy—a foundational notion first coined by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1940—is as important as ever in ensuring our safety and security. We believe Helsing is beginning to lead this revitalization in Europe, and we're tripling down on this mission by leading their €450M Series C. The team at Helsing, led by Gundbert, Torsten, and Niklas, knows what it means to build with purpose and responsibility. Their work, bringing cutting-edge AI to defense and manufacturing, we think is critical to establishing global resilience and capitalizing on Europe's strengths while addressing its urgent needs. With battlefronts on Europe's soil for the first time in decades, it's critical we have leaders like Helsing innovating for defense, leading a new European Renaissance and radically collaborating with leading companies across the continent. We have critical security risks around the world, and we believe it’s companies like Helsing and Anduril Industries that will bring both innovation and affordability to Western countries and our allies. This work is only possible with early believers, like Daniel Ek (and the team at Prima Materia), and my colleagues Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, Paul Kwan1, Teresa Carlson, Scott Howell, and Alexa Liautaud. If you're building a strong, principled company in defense or other critical important sectors part of Global Resilience, General Catalyst wants to work with you. More here: https://lnkd.in/gFsytK92 #globalresilience #AI

Today, Teresa Carlson and Maryam Mujica are joining General Catalyst full time to lead our efforts to radically collaborate with governments around the world to build their resiliency.    For years, I’ve addressed the importance of industry working with governments in order to help educate and inform lawmakers to create the best public policies for the future—bringing innovation in. Global resilience is a term we use for the new power competition at play–where countries and companies deprioritize efficiency, openness, and highly interconnected systems in favor of safety, stability, and greater control for enterprise (or national) benefit, especially for the most critical sectors.    Teresa, who has worked with us for over a year as a Catalyst Advisor, will be joining us full time to lead these efforts. Her work taking Amazon Web Services' public sector business from 0 to more than $10Bn globally, including bringing cloud computing to the gov't, is a powerful testament to the transformative nature of government partnerships.   Maryam will be bringing her global public policy expertise, from Twitter, Google, Shopify, Booking, and the White House to further this commitment.    We're especially focused on the promising opportunities between the US, Europe, India, and their allies. More to come this Fall. Together, they will help transform policies that create a more globally resilient world that is not only good for innovation but also good for society. More here: https://lnkd.in/gSKqwzG2 #globalresilience #ai #publicpolicy

The Venture Highway team is joining forces with General Catalyst, which is an important milestone in our attempt to make our work in India a lot more intentional and strategic.  Neeraj Arora and I grew up one town over from each other in Delhi, and have had conversations for years about aligning our efforts in India. He, Priya Mohan, and the entire VH team, are very likeminded with the GC team on building enduring companies that will drive the digital transformation of India.  Combining our US seed team with VH in India and La Famiglia in Europe, we are committing deeply to becoming great at supporting the world’s best founders at the earliest stages. More on this later this year.  Further more, many of our partners, including Alex Tran and Deep Nishar, have collaborated with the VH team for years and the combined capabilities of the two firms will allow us to be much more hands on and effective going forward in India. I am especially excited about bringing our Creation capabilities to India.  Welcome to the team, Neeraj and Priya - we are all looking forward to your leadership in driving our efforts in India.  ❤️🙏 https://lnkd.in/gVcSxtSD #india #vc

Open-source AI has a critical role in our technological future, and we believe Mistral AI is quickly becoming a world leader. That's why General Catalyst has tripled down to co-lead their €600Mn Series B.  The AI Age is about transformation of existing industries across the entire economy. Mistral's approach, an open, portable platform that's setting the standard for performance x cost, is exactly what we believe enterprises need to reimagine every aspect of their business for this new era.  As my partner Jeannette zu Fürstenberg said last week with French President Macron and German Federal President Steinmeier, the new European Renaissance requires leadership in AI. Arthur, Guillaume, Timothee, and new US team members like Marjorie are building an important company that has the potential to be a global leader—showcasing European ambition that is world-class. More here:

Our work in Europe is becoming a lot more INTENTIONAL. Please see thoughts from General Catalyst partner, Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, on her vision and priorities for European Resilience over the coming years. Excited about the future …

Congratulations, Stephen Klasko!! Well deserved recognition of your leadership. We appreciate all the help and guidance in the health assurance journey!! Cc: General Catalyst Chris Bischoff Holly Maloney Marc Harrison Daryl Tol

Investment in growth and cash burn don't need to be an either/or. The collaboration between our General Catalyst Customer Value Fund team and and Fivetran is worth a look. “The impact of General Catalyst’s Customer Value strategy is hard to overstate. In hindsight, it seems so obvious that this is the appropriate way to invest in and scale your GTM.”- George Fraser, CEO Fivetran.

Transcarent's Series D is a testament to the audacious idea of reimagining how employers deliver care for their employees, and how far the team has come in pursuit of that. Since General Catalyst created Transcarent with Glen Tullman, it has come a long way in creating a health assurance future, driven by the perseverance of this team. Cc: Holly Maloney Chris Bischoff 7wireVentures Still early days in a very long journey, looking forward to how much further we can change healthcare for the better. https://lnkd.in/gwTycugc