General Catalyst
Founded in 2000 by Joel Cutler and David Fialkow, General Catalyst is a global venture capital firm investing from seed to growth stage. Named the most active VC investor between 2020 and 2023 by PitchBook, the firm has backed 871 companies producing 90 unicorns, 29 IPOs, and 203 acquisitions. In 2024 GC closed $8B in new capital including $6B for Fund XII, with 25% allocated to Europe. The firm has expanded globally through mergers with La Famiglia (Europe) and Venture Highway (India), and uniquely acquired Summa Health for $485M as a proving ground for its healthtech portfolio. Notable investments include Stripe, Airbnb, HubSpot, Snap, Anduril, Helsing, Mistral, and Canva.
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Helsing
HiringHelsing is a Munich-based defence technology company focused on building AI-powered software and autonomous systems for military applications across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company has rapidly scaled from its 2021 founding to become one of Europe's most valuable defence tech startups, valued at €12B following a €600M Series D led by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's Prima Materia. Helsing has delivered thousands of strike drones to Ukraine, acquired aircraft manufacturer Grob Aircraft, and unveiled the CA-1 Europa autonomous combat aerial vehicle. It is a key player in European technological sovereignty and defence AI.
Anduril
HiringAnduril Industries is a defence technology company that builds autonomous systems and AI-powered platforms for national security applications. Founded in Irvine, California by Palmer Luckey (co-founder of Oculus VR) and former Palantir executives, Anduril takes a Silicon Valley approach to defence contracting, investing its own capital in R&D rather than relying on traditional cost-plus government contracts. Its core product, Lattice OS, is an open operating system that uses sensor fusion, computer vision, and machine learning to connect autonomous hardware across air, land, sea, and space domains. The company's portfolio includes autonomous drones (Ghost, Fury, Roadrunner), counter-UAS systems, and the Ghost Shark autonomous submarine. Anduril doubled its revenue to roughly $1 billion in 2024 and is building Arsenal-1, a major autonomous weapons manufacturing facility in Ohio.