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Marc Bhargava
Managing Director at General Catalyst
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Marc Bhargava
Managing Director at General Catalyst
San Francisco, California
Overview
Marc Bhargava is the Managing Director at General Catalyst and leads the Creation Fund focused on Hatches and Venture Backed Buyouts, with a strong background in private equity and entrepreneurship. He has invested in notable companies like Coinbase, Airbnb, and Tagomi, demonstrating expertise in strategic investing and business operations.
Bhargava's career highlights include co-founding Tagomi, which was acquired by Coinbase and is now CB Prime, and making strategic investments in a range of successful startups, showcasing his ability to identify and nurture promising ventures in the Web3/Crypto and FinTech sectors.
Work Experience
Managing Director
2023 - Current
Managing Director leading early stage crypto and fintech investing, as well as the Creation Fund for incubation and purchasing software companies. General Catalyst is a venture capital firm ($30B AUM) that has had the privilege to support great founders and teams behind companies like Anduril, Applied Intuition, AirBnb, Canva, Circle, Datto, Deliveroo, DemandWare, Grammarly, Gitlab, Guild Education, Gusto, Hubspot, Instacart, Kayak, Livongo, Ramp, Samsara, Snap, Stripe, Thoughtspot, Vroom, and others.
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
Business Operations and Strategy
2020 - 2023
Focus on Tagomi integration as well as strategy + standup for new products/offerings
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
Angel Investor in Fintech, Crypto, AI, and Startup Tooling
2020 - 2023
Seed/ Early Stage Investments: Fintech: Ramp, Balance, AtoB, Mosaic, Power (acquired by Marqeta), Unit, Lula, Clara, Zip, Atomic Invest, Stark Bank, Seel, Relay Finance, Highnote, Boom & Bucket, Savvy, Array, Ascend, Footprint, Pawp, Arch, Fragment.dev, Maza, Payrails, Trucksmarter, Mercantile, Adaptive, Nomba, Stitch Money, Pine, Modern Life, Authentic, DollarApp, Sanlo, Frec, Comity, Yuno, Amplify Insurance, Column Tax, Argyle, Comun Crypto: Taxbit, Crossmint, Sardine, TRM Labs, Eigen Labs, Turnkey, Dynamic, Neeva (Acquired by Snowflake), Moonpay, Hang, Monad, Tenderly, Flowdesk, Exponential, Spectral, Artemis, Axiom/Intrinsic, Fortunafi, Bridge, Courtyard, Visible.xyz, Layer 3, Deform, Llama, Olympix, Kiln, Polymarket, Definitive, Layer2 Financial, Superform, Allium AI: Harvey AI, Recraft, Grit, Cohere, Portrait Analytics, Kick, Raylu, Visual Electric, Together AI, SellScale, Codeium, Exa, Gladia, Coris AI, Doppel, Morph Labs Startup Tooling & Other: Stytch, Neon, Avenue, Causal, Sutro, Makelog, Eraser Labs, Zip Security, Bluesky, Vantage, Standard Meterics, SecureFrame, Knock, Default, Comprehensive, Pequity, Traba, Zbiotics, Claim, Passes, Notch
Co-Founder, President
2018 - 2020
Tagomi was acquired by Coinbase in 2020 and is the first prime brokerage for digital assets. It is now a foundational piece of Coinbase Prime Brokerage, whose clients include Tesla, SpaceX, Blackrock, and others. Tagomi raised $28mm, with our largest backers being Founders Fund and Paradigm, as well as Pantera, Collaborative Fund, SV Angel, Elad Gil, Charlie Songhurst, Lee Linden, Box Group.
Tagomi is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides access to priced liquidity, low commissions, and maximized client return.
Raised $40,725,857.00 from ZhenFund and ZhenFund.
Director of Investing
2016 - 2018
I worked on the two-person investment team with Kal Vepuri of Brainchild. Seed/Series A investments include blockchain (Blockstack, Filecoin, Zeppelin, Algorand), consumer (Warby, Harry's, Sweetgreen, MIRROR), and tech (Docker, SeatGeek, ClassPass, Gusto) companies.
Business Development
2015 - 2016
Focus on fintech partnerships.
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
Private Equity Associate
2010 - 2012
Castanea Partners is a consumer focused private equity fund founded by two former CEOs of Neiman Marcus and has $1B under management. Buy-side associate.
Castanea is a private equity firm that invests in consumer brands and marketing services companies.
Raised $1,125,000.00.
Business Analyst
2008 - 2010
Experience in operations, energy trading, risk, refining, chemicals. Received offer to return as Senior Associate.
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2014 - 2016