Do General Catalyst and Index Ventures invest together?

Yes — General Catalyst and Index Ventures appear together in 11 tracked portfolio companies, including Anthropic, Arca, Beauty Pie, Bloom & Wild, Cartesia coming soon.

How do General Catalyst and Index Ventures compare on check size?

General Catalyst typically writes checks of $30M, while Index Ventures writes $540K – $10.8M.

General Catalyst vs Index Ventures

Two firms that co-invest: side by side on stage, sector, check size, and track record, from public filings and the firms' own sites.

	General Catalyst	Index Ventures
Type	Venture capital	Venture capital
HQ	San Francisco	San Francisco
Founded	2000	1996
Check size	$30M	$540K – $10.8M
Stages	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage	Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage
Sectors	Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Defense Tech, Digital Health, E-commerce, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic, Travel & Hospitality	AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Construction Tech, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Fintech, PropTech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic
AUM	$45.5B	$16.2B
Tracked investments	211	371
Exits (acquired/public)	7	21
Led rounds on record	17	44
Dated deals, last 24 mo	21	27

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Frequently asked questions

Do General Catalyst and Index Ventures invest together?: Yes — General Catalyst and Index Ventures appear together in 11 tracked portfolio companies, including Anthropic, Arca, Beauty Pie, Bloom & Wild, Cartesia coming soon.
How do General Catalyst and Index Ventures compare on check size?: General Catalyst typically writes checks of $30M, while Index Ventures writes $540K – $10.8M.