Johnson Yang
Principal at General Catalyst
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Investments: Blank Street Coffee (Board), Bilt Rewards (Board), Bloom & Wild (Board), Hallow (Board), Snackpass (Board), Spinny (Board), Sora Schools (Board), Eight Sleep, InDrive, Kavak, Carma, Material Bank, Veho, Monzo, Melio, Stori, and drove incubation of African Payments Network Moment
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
Associate
2017 - 2020
Learnings the ropes through 10+ investments in leading software and internet businesses such as LeanTaas (Acq. by Bain Cap), SentinelOne (IPO), SalesLoft (Vista), Pipedrive (Vista), Aqua Security, CentralReach, TradingView, etc. Post-investment, I collaborated closely with the executive teams at Insightful Science (FKA GraphPad), Gainsight (Vista), Anaqua (Astorg), Conga (Apttus), and other portcos on strategic initiatives to accelerate revenue growth and enhance operational efficiency.
Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup companies.
Sales Operations
2017 - 2017
Making parking easier
Leading & only independent consumer marketplace for parking in North America.
Raised $117,610,000.00 from Alpha Partners, OCA Ventures, 50 South Capital, Autotech Ventures, Macquarie Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Global Founders Capital, Gaingels and Headline.
Analyst
2016 - 2016
Credit Investing
Apollo is an asset management firm that focuses on the private investment-grade and fixed-income markets.
Raised $5,587,507,641.00 from BNP Paribas, Barclays and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
Analyst
2015 - 2015
Apollo is an asset management firm that focuses on the private investment-grade and fixed-income markets.
Raised $5,587,507,641.00 from BNP Paribas, Barclays and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.