Title
Managing Director
Company
General Catalyst Partners

Hemant has spent the last 12 years partnering with great entrepreneurs to build technology companies with aspirations to transform industries. His portfolio includes Stripe (payments platform), TuneIn (world's radio), GridCo Systems (utility infrastructure), SynapDx (Autism diagnostics), Virtual Instruments (infrastructure monitoring), Arc Energy (LED manufacturing), Sand9 (wireless MEMS), Sunborne (solar projects in India), Parlay Labs (video collaboration), and Class Dojo (behavioral education). Before joining General Catalyst in 2002, Hemant was the founder and CEO of Isovia, an acquired mobile software tools company. Hemant is co-founder and Chairman of Advanced Energy Economy, a national non-profit platform focused on influencing public policy to enhance the adoption of affordable, secure and clean energy. He also serves on the board of the Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley.