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Funds / General Catalyst Group Viii, LP

General Catalyst Group Viii, LP

HarvestClosed to new capitalFundADV: Venture Capital FundGeneral CatalystDelaware
Amounts, each with its basis
Vintage
2016basis: form d first sale
Target
unknownnot announced
First close
unknownnever inferred from a Form D
Final close
unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
Announced size
unknown
Form D offering
$660Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-256797, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
Form D sold
$660Mas of the filing of Feb 5, 2016, 69 investors
First sale
Jan 27, 2016
Reported GAV
$2.0Bon the Form ADV filed May 16, 2024; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
Owners (ADV)
70
Reported on ADV
Mar 29, 2016 to May 16, 2024
Fundraising evidence
Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2016-02-05: the stated $660.0M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Feb 5, 2016. A Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.
Lifecycle
Harvest
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 10first sale: 2016-01-27vintage year: $2,016adv gav as of: 2024-05-16vintage basis: form_d_first_saleform d sold usd: $660Mform d offering usd: $660Mform d latest filed at: 2016-02-05
The fund's own reporting through time
18 Form ADV filings
FiledTypeGross asset value OwnersMin. investmentAdviser-ownedAudit
Mar 29, 2016Venture Capital Fund$677M
70$80,0003%yes
Aug 4, 2016Venture Capital Fund$677M
70$80,0003%yes
Dec 23, 2016Venture Capital Fund$677M
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 30, 2017Venture Capital Fund$658M
70$80,0003%yes
May 16, 2017Venture Capital Fund$658M
70$80,0003%yes
Sep 25, 2017Venture Capital Fund$658M
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 14, 2018Venture Capital Fund$658M
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 29, 2018Venture Capital Fund$680M
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 29, 2019Venture Capital Fund$897M
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 30, 2020Venture Capital Fund$1.2B
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 31, 2021Venture Capital Fund$1.9B
70$80,0003%yes
Oct 27, 2021Venture Capital Fund$1.9B
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 31, 2022Venture Capital Fund$3.7B
70$80,0003%yes
Nov 3, 2022Venture Capital Fund$3.7B
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 30, 2023Venture Capital Fund$2.2B
70$80,0003%yes
May 22, 2023Venture Capital Fund$2.2B
70$80,0003%yes
Mar 29, 2024Venture Capital Fund$2.0B
70$80,0003%yes
May 16, 2024Venture Capital Fund$2.0B
70$80,0003%yes
Principals and agents
13 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
Limited partners and their reported performance
0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
2 events
  1. Mar 29, 2016
    General Catalyst Group Viii, LP first reported on Form ADV by General Catalyst Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $676,923,077
    Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
  2. Feb 5, 2016
    General Catalyst Group VIII, L.P. filed Form D: $660,000,000 sold of $660,000,000, Venture Capital Fund
    Form D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle