Hemant Taneja

Investment Partner

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner
Investor Stage
Seed

Hemant Taneja is the Co-Founder of Technology Underwriting the Greater Good (TUGG) and a managing director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm with approximately $3.75 billion under management. He launched the Palo Alto office of the firm in 2011. Hemant focuses on founders with an authentic mission to change entire industries. His investment thesis, known as “economies of unscale,” describes how small, tightly focused companies leverage data and services to successfully take on much larger competitors. Taneja’s current investment portfolio ranges across the fields of energy, education, media, medicine, and finance, and includes companies such as Stripe, Snapchat, Gusto, Livongo Health, TuneIn, ClassDojo, Fundbox, Digit, Fractyl, Gridco Systems, and Highfive. Taneja is also deeply interested in the intersection of technology and policy. He serves on the board of directors of Khan Academy and co-founded Advanced Energy Economy, a public policy advocacy group. He holds five degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
5
Hemant Taneja has 5 current jobs including Board Member at Anduril Industries , Member of the Board of Directors at TuneIn and Managing Director at General Catalyst .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Anduril Industries Board Member Jan 1, 2019 Detail
TuneIn Member of the Board of Directors Feb 1, 2012 Detail
General Catalyst Managing Director Sep 1, 2002 Detail
Applied Intuition Board Member Detail
Commure Co-founer Detail