Mary Gao
Partner at General Catalyst
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
We invest across all stages from preseed rounds to billion-dollar companies across the world. Some of our portfolio companies include Airbnb, Stripe, Oscar Health, Livongo, Snapchat, ClassPass, Canva, Datto, Hubspot, Deliveroo, Samsara, Lemonade, Instacart, and many more.
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
Co-Founder
2020 - 2020
- Spun out of Upsolve - Launched free DACA, green card, citizenship visa service to 2000+ users - Managed engineering manager/ 1 engineering intern/ 2 marketing interns
Immigrants Like Us is a non-profit organization that helps people prepare their immigration forms for free.
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
-Sequoia backed, managed MongoDB databases -Converted website from WordPress to React, Node.js, Express, and Gatsby
With the Commons app, anyone can track, reduce, and offset the emissions of everything they buy.
Raised $13,500,000.00 from Presight Capital, Sequoia Capital, Amasia, Bossanova Investimentos, Rogue VC, Incite.org, Arrive, Christian Edler, Jan Hendrik Ansink and Mike Einziger.
Business Development
2017 - 2018
-TIME's 2020 best inventions, Fast Compant 2019 World Changing Ideas, NYT 2018 Good Tech Aware -Upsolve has helped low-income Americans discharge $300 million+ debt making it the most active legal aid clinic in the US -Ownership over CRM pipeline and customer service automation; user testing for product development
Upsolve helps low-income individuals to file for bankruptcy for free.
Raised $4,524,901.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard University, Business Today, Robin Hood Foundation, Harvard University and Yale Law School.
Marketing Specialist
2016 - 2016
-Market research and usability testing for emerging potential markets [Google Analytics] -Creating marketing content [Adobe Creative Suite] -Web development [Unbounce]