Chris Bischoff
COO GC Capital & Managing Director
General Catalyst
Chris Bischoff is COO GC Capital and Managing Director at General Catalyst, focused on healthcare transformation.
Bio
Professional summary
Joel Cutler is Co-Founder and Managing Director at General Catalyst. His official profile states that he supports young entrepreneurs across the full startup journey and is especially interested in big ideas that define new fields rather than incremental improvements in crowded markets. Before co-founding General Catalyst, he built businesses in travel, specialty and targeted consumer-direct commerce, and consumer fintech. His profile says he partnered with Paul English and Steve Hafner in General Catalyst's early days to start KAYAK. It lists current or sample involvement with companies including Multiverse, Empathy, Warby Parker, Sesame Health, TravelPerk, Zego, Beauty Pie, and Blank Street Coffee, and past companies including Airbnb, Lemonade, Oscar Health, KAYAK, ITA Software, Handy, OLX, and Venmo.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Founder journey / early-stage through growth
Sector
ConsumerEnterpriseFintechTravel
Thesis
Consumer products and servicesNew category creation and disruptive consumer experiencesConsumer fintech and travel
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
KAYAKAirbnbLemonadeOscar HealthITA SoftwareHandyOLXVenmoWarby ParkerTravelPerkBlank Street CoffeeMultiverse
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize a non-incremental consumer or marketplace idea that can define a new category or create a major inflection point in customer experience.
Personalization hooks
- 1KAYAK creation story inside General Catalyst's offices
- 2Preference for companies that are meaningfully better or chart new territory
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- General CatalystCo-Founder & Managing DirectorPresent
Education
- Colby CollegeBA
- Boston College Law SchoolJD
Skills
Venture CapitalConsumer TechCompany CreationTravel TechFintech
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