Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
General Catalyst (GC)
EU Transparency Register
007338250495-75 First registered on 15 Jun 2023
Goals / Remit
We work with companies through their entire lifecycle—from the earliest stages through growth and beyond. Our team has expertise in all phases of company building and can add real value at every inflection point. No matter where they are in their journey, we always aspire to be a founder’s first call—connecting them to the relationships that matter most. We are investing out of our 11th family of funds at $4.8 billion USD.
Main EU files targeted
AI Regulation, specifically the AI Act, and regulation as it relates to start-ups and the innovation economy. Ensuring that the regulation that is passed allows start-ups using artificial intelligence to compete with larger technology incumbents and that the access of information and talent is competitive across democratic nations. This relates to all of the subcomponents of the AI Act, including transparency, and regulation, from companies that use artificial intelligence to leaders like foundation model providers.
Address
Head Office
20 University Rd4th Floor
Cambridge 02138
UNITED STATESEU Office
434 Broadway6th Floor
New York 10013
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
There are three people involved in general government communications, but this includes US and British and Indian government as well in addition to European governments.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
National Venture Capital Association (USA)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
No active participation on the EU level in previous financial year (2023).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1:1 meetings with EU MEPs to share how Silicon Valley-based investors view the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence startups. While not directed at the EU AI Act in particular, the following documentary was released on artificial intelligence and the challenges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRm40K7KsDw
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 22 Jan 2025 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject WEF roundtable with several EU tech startups and investors: iGenius, AprioriBio, Technogym, Hubert Burda Media, Einride, Poolside, Algorithmiq Inc, evolution, D-CRBN, you.com, Hugging Face, GovTech Campus Deutschland, General Catalyst Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen Attending - Xavier Coget (Cabinet member)
- Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 10 Dec 2024 Location Brussels Subject Introduction the company and their work Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné Attending - Hanna Anttilainen-Mochnacz (Cabinet member)
- Ioan-Dragos Tudorache (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2023 Location videoconference Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2023 Location online Subject Artificial Intelligence Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)