Do General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners invest together?

Yes — General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners appear together in 16 tracked portfolio companies, including Alpha-9 Oncology, Altana, Anthropic, Arrcus, Beacon Software.

How do General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners compare on check size?

General Catalyst typically writes checks of $30M, while Lightspeed Venture Partners writes $1.7M – $87M.

General Catalyst vs Lightspeed Venture Partners

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	Lightspeed Venture Partners
Type	Venture capital	Venture capital
HQ	San Francisco	Menlo Park
Founded	2000	2000
Check size	$30M	$1.7M – $87M
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, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic
AUM	$45.5B	$50B
Tracked investments	211	491
Exits (acquired/public)	7	16
Led rounds on record	17	20
Dated deals, last 24 mo	21	13

Shared portfolio · 16

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Frequently asked questions

Do General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners invest together?: Yes — General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners appear together in 16 tracked portfolio companies, including Alpha-9 Oncology, Altana, Anthropic, Arrcus, Beacon Software.
How do General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners compare on check size?: General Catalyst typically writes checks of $30M, while Lightspeed Venture Partners writes $1.7M – $87M.