Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner and CEO of General Catalyst

In this View From The Top interview, Shantam Jain, MBA ’24, speaks with Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner and CEO of General Catalyst.
Hemant immigrated to the U.S. from India at a young age and attended college at MIT. In his 23 years at General Catalyst, he became an early investor in companies like Stripe, Snap, Grammarly, Applied Intuition, and many other successful startups. He has been a part of Livongo's founding and scaling story, which ultimately led to the largest digital health acquisition in history when it was acquired by Teledoc for $17.5B.
In this session, Hemant talks about the role of venture capital in the 21st century, and shares his perspectives on responsible innovation, building a new healthcare infrastructure in the U.S., and other topics related to innovations in AI and its adoption more broadly. His opinions are relevant to founders, investors, and operators across industries that are looking to create a lasting impact in the world.

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How do i get into healthcare investing? I am a doctor who is sort of self educated in finance and have worked for a few health tech startups. I have a knack at seeing patterns and taking large macroeconomic views while not letting go of unit economics. I am based in india and have absolutely no idea how to start any help?

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What are LPs?

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Limited Partners, the people who invest the money in a VC fund !

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LPs are limited partners - they are the folks who invest money in venture capital firms.

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limited partners, they invest in vc funds