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General Catalyst

6 tracked neobanks backed · North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, MENA, Oceania · generalcatalyst.com ↗

Founded 2000 in Cambridge, MA and reshaped by Hemant Taneja into a global 'resilience' investment company; backer of Stripe, Ramp and Monzo.

General Catalyst appears in the publicly disclosed early funding rounds of 6 of the 358 neobanks tracked in the open dataset — a portfolio spanning traditional and hybrid crypto players. Sources are linked on each profile; this is notable-backer data from disclosed rounds, not a complete cap table.

Key people

Hemant Taneja — CEO & managing director ↗

Portfolio

Step Palo Alto, US · est. 2018 traditional

Ramp New York, US · est. 2019 traditional

Monzo London, UK · est. 2015 traditional · 12M customers

Stori Mexico City, MX · est. 2018 traditional

FamPay Bengaluru, IN · est. 2019 traditional

Deel San Francisco, US · est. 2019 hybrid crypto

Frequent co-investors

Firms appearing alongside General Catalyst in the same neobanks' disclosed rounds.

Y Combinator · 3 shared Coatue · 2 shared Stripe · 2 shared Tencent · 1 shared Andreessen Horowitz · 1 shared Peak XV Partners · 1 shared Lightspeed · 1 shared Accel · 1 shared Founders Fund · 1 shared Crosslink Capital · 1 shared

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Figures compiled from public sources, for comparison only — not financial advice. "Up to" rates change constantly; always confirm with the issuer. Spotted an error? Suggest a fix.