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General Catalyst Group Viii, LP
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
10 additional principals, 1 additional placement agent
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 5 Feb 2016, Latest Form D filed on 5 Feb 2016: $660M sold of $660M offered, 69 investors. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
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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
- $1.8Bon the Form ADV filed Jul 21, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 70
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 29, 2016 to Jul 21, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA 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.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.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 10first sale: Jan 27, 2016vintage year: 2016adv gav as of: Jul 21, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $660Mform d offering: $660Mform d latest filed at: Feb 5, 2016
The fund's own reporting through time
19 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $677M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Aug 4, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $677M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Dec 23, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $677M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $658M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| May 16, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $658M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Sep 25, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $658M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 14, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $658M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $680M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $897M | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.2B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $3.7B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $3.7B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.2B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| May 22, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.2B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.0B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| May 16, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.0B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.8B | 70 | $80,000 | 3% |
Principals and agents
13 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Mark a. Allen Executive Officer
- Christopher a. Mccain Executive Officer
- General Catalyst Group Management, LLC Executive Officer
Service providers
4 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorPwC · BOSTON, Massachusetts, United StatesForm ADV filed Jul 21, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianComerica · SAN JOSE, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Jul 21, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianANCHORAGE DIGITAL BANK N.A. · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Jul 21, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).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.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.1 relationship, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
| Allocator | Type | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surdna Foundation Inc | FOUNDATION | $5.6M fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Jun 30, 2025 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
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
- Mar 29, 2016General Catalyst Group Viii, LP first reported on Form ADV by General Catalyst Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $676,923,077Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Feb 5, 2016General Catalyst Group VIII, L.P. filed Form D: $660,000,000 sold of $660,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $660M Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $660M Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2016-01-27 Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 69 Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Office address: Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2016 Feb 5, 2016 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
on 3 other DFX graphs
Across the graphs
General Catalyst Group Viii, LP is the same institution as 3 records in Allocators, RIA and Wealth and Family Offices.
Allocators1RIA and Wealth1Family Offices1
DFX found 3 relationships across 3 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Record history
2 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2016-03-29source on record
- Form D filed2016-02-05source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.