Where does Ashley Paston work?

Ashley Paston is Partner at General Catalyst.

What check size does Ashley Paston write?

Ashley Paston typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.

Where did Ashley Paston go to school?

Ashley Paston studied at The Wharton School (Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Concentration in Finance); Jericho High School (High School Diploma).

Ashley Paston

Investor

Partner at General Catalyst · Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

New York, New York

Writes $5M – $25M checks · typically $12M

30 Under 30 2023 · Venture Capital

Find your path to Ashley

1,168 people in our graph share verified history with Ashley — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex TranunlockedAshley: together at General Catalyst (2025–2026)

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Experience

General CatalystPartnercurrent2025 — present
ClayInvestor2024 — 2025
Meritech CapitalPartner2022 — 2025
PigmentInvestor2022 — 2025
Bain Capital VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2022
McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2016 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking - M&A Group2015
The Blackstone GroupInvestment Banking2014New York City Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Microsoft Excel10Microsoft Office8PowerPoint6Microsoft Word4Microsoft PowerPointData Analysis6Research9Financial Analysis9Event Planning4Economics3Financial Modeling7Social Media2

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LeadershipPublic Speaking

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Colleagues at General Catalyst

Adam Valkin

Investment Team at General Catalyst

Alex Mackenzie

Partner at Tapestry VC

Alex Tran

Investment Team at General Catalyst

Chris Bischoff

Investment Team at General Catalyst

Chris McCain

Legal & Compliance at General Catalyst

David Fialkow

Venture capitalist and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who co-founded General Catalyst

Deep Nishar

Investment Team at General Catalyst

Elena Viboch

Managing Director at General Catalyst

Network4

Alex Clayton

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Alex Kurland

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Craig Sherman

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

George Bischof

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Investors connected to Ashley in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashley Paston?: Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Where does Ashley Paston work?: Ashley Paston is Partner at General Catalyst.
What check size does Ashley Paston write?: Ashley Paston typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
Where did Ashley Paston go to school?: Ashley Paston studied at The Wharton School (Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Concentration in Finance); Jericho High School (High School Diploma).

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Shared employers

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Also worked at Pigment14

Ajay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)ChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc Antoine NussenbaumInvestor at FELIX CAPITAL Rob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital Partners Bruno RaillardCo-Founder and Partner at Frst Pierre EntremontCo-Founder and Partner at Frst

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Also worked at Bain Capital Ventures77

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