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General Catalyst — 2016 Investments

15 investments dated 2016 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Lemonadelemonade.comin𝕏NYSE: LMNDSeries B · Dec 2016 · $34M

Lemonade is a digital insurance provider offering homeowners, renters, car, pet, and term life insurance policies.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerInsurTechNew York, US

Daniel Schreiber(Founder)inShai Wininger(Founder)inMaya Prosor(Vice President, Distribution)inAdina Eckstein(Chief Operating Officer)inTim Bixby(Chief Financial Officer)inJohn Peters(Chief Insurance Officer)in

Co-investorsAlephAllianz XCanvas VenturesChampel CapitalDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VC+16 more

Vroomvroom.comNASDAQ: VRMSep 2016 · $50M

Vroom operates two primary businesses following the 2024 wind-down of its used vehicle ecommerce platform: UACC, an indirect automotive lender offering financing to consumers through a network of independent and franchised motor vehicle dealers with a focus on non-prime credit markets; and CarStory, an AI-powered analytics and digital services platform for automotive retail.

Fort Worth, US

Allon Bloch(Executive Officer, Director)Marshall Chesrown(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas H. Shortt(Executive Officer, Director)Anna-Lisa Corrales(Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary)inJon Sandison(Chief Financial Officer)inKevin Westfall(Director)

Co-investorsFJ LabsFraser McCombs CapitalStartup BangladeshAllen & CompanyAltimeter CapitalDurable Capital Partners+4 more

Betterment Holdings, Inc.betterment.comin𝕏Mar 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

Betterment provides automated investment management and portfolio advisory services for individual investors, including retirement accounts and taxable accounts.

FintechNew York, US

Jonathan Stein(Executive Officer, Director)inEli Broverman(Founder)inJohn MilehaminJon Stein(Founder)

BoardPeter Christodoulo(Director)inRyan O'Sullivan(Director)

Board seatChris Bischoff· per SEC Form D · $100M raise · filed Apr 2016

Co-investorsAnthemis VentureBessemer Venture PartnersFJ LabsFrancisco PartnersFuture Perfect VenturesGlobespan Capital Partners+15 more

LANDRlandr.comin𝕏Sep 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

LANDR is a music production platform offering AI-powered audio mastering, distribution to 150+ streaming platforms, royalty-free samples, plugins, collaboration tools, and online music courses.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSPalo Alto, US

Pascal Pilon Justin Evans(Founder)

BoardMICHAEL FERTIK(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatPhil Libin· per SEC Form D · $3.2M raise · filed Oct 2016

Co-investorsPlaza VenturesSony Ventures CorporationTandemLaunchTechNexus Venture CollaborativeWarner Music Group

Accendwithaccend.comin𝕏Seed · Mar 2016

Accend is an AI platform for financial institutions to automate business underwriting, onboarding, and risk assessment.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSilicon Valley, US

Pranjal Daga(Founder)inYutong Pei(Founder)inJoseph Zhou(Founder)inMario F. Spinella(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Scott Szorik(Executive Officer)

Co-investors645 VenturesAdverb VenturesY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzFormulate VenturesOrange Collective+2 more

Airmapairmap.comApr 2016Acquired

AirMap builds airspace information and traffic management software for low-altitude drone operations; acquired by DroneUp in 2021.

Santa Monica, US

Gregory McNeal(Founder)Ben Marcus(Founder)in

BoardBilal Zuberi(Director)in

Co-investorsBullpen CapitalComet LabsLux CapitalOne Planet GroupR/GA VenturesSony Ventures Corporation+6 more

B12b12.ioin𝕏Series A · Jul 2016 · $12M

B12 offers an AI-powered website builder that generates a complete first draft of a website, online store, portfolio, blog, or web app from a text prompt, which users can then refine via an AI agent or visual editor.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Nitesh Banta(Founder)inAdam Marcus(Founder)in

Co-investorsFrancisco PartnersLightbankLux CapitalSuffolk Equity PartnersBrand Capital InternationalFounder Collective+6 more

Benchlingbenchling.comin𝕏Seed · Apr 2016

Benchling provides a cloud-based R&D platform for life sciences, combining a collaborative electronic lab notebook, structured scientific data modeling, automated workflows, and AI tools.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sajith Wickramasekara(CEO)inAshutosh Singhal(Founder)Ashu Singhal(Founder)inCheng Kang(Founder)Cornelius Chen(Founder)Cory Liin

Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzArtisanal VenturesBalaji SrinivasanDraper AssociatesEnsemble Labs+31 more

Brightercigna.comApr 2016 · $21M

Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group, offers medical and dental health insurance and coverage to employers, employees, and individual consumers, working with brokers, consultants, and health care providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTechBloomfield, US

David Cordaniin

Co-investorsMayfield FundShea Ventures, LLCBenchmarkDag VenturesElokon VenturesTenaya Capital

Color Genomicsgetcolor.cominAug 2016 · $45M

Color operates a nationwide, oncologist-led Virtual Cancer Clinic that delivers cancer screening, early detection, diagnosis, treatment management, and survivorship care at population scale.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechBurlingame, US

Othman Laraki(CEO)inElad Gil(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardTaneja Hemant(Director)

PartnerHemant Taneja· led

Co-investorsNat TurnerVenture Capital Investment Management8VCKhosla Ventures

OmniVirtomnivirt.comAug 2016Acquired

OmniVirt operates an advertising platform that delivers immersive 360-degree video content to brands and publishers, accessible on smartphones, tablets, and websites without requiring app downloads or headset hardware.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

Brad Phaisan(CEO)inSimon Tisminezky(CEO)Dogan Berktas(Founding Engineer)

Co-investorsWonder VenturesY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzSV Angel

PatientBankpatientbank.usinSeed · Dec 2016Defunct

PatientBank provides a platform for patients to collect and distribute their medical records from multiple healthcare providers in one place.

HealthtechNew York City, US

Feridun Mert Celebi(CTO)inPaul Fletcher-Hill(CEO)Graham Kaemmer(Engineer)Kevin Grassi(Chief Medical Officer)Eric Yu(Software Engineer)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorDCVC (Data Collective)Four CitiesKhosla VenturesS28 CapitalSV Angel

Refuelrefuel.aiin𝕏Oct 2016

Refuel builds tools to produce clean, labeled data for enterprises, aiming to support AI and machine learning workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHouston, US

Rishabh Bhargava(Founder)inNihit Desai(Founder)inJosh Lieberman(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Jordan(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsXYZ Venture Capital

Upload VRuploadvr.com𝕏Sep 2016

UploadVR is an online media outlet publishing news, reviews, and coverage of virtual reality and augmented reality products, games, and industry developments.

GamingMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

William Mason(Director)Taylor Freeman(Executive Officer, Director)Nick Ochoa(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsColopl NextOutpost CapitalPresence CapitalSparkland CapitalThe Venture Reality FundCRCM Ventures+5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Envoy Global

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.