Paula Wehmeyer
Partner at General Catalyst
Brooklyn, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Investments in Intropy, Integral and Re:Build Manufacturing - as well as many more unannounced!
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
Principal
2020 - 2023
Investments in Atlar, Replo, Doss, Buynomics, Karla, Archlet, Frigade, & nuvo. Co-led hiring, branding, marketing for the fund.
Junior Engagement Manager
2019 - 2020
Fellow, Associate, Senior Associate
2016 - 2019
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Business Development Representative
2019 - 2019
Charles builds conversational marketing&sales software (Series B now, backed by Accel). I was employee #1 and built BD with the founders from scratch during 9month "educational leave" at McKinsey (rather than getting MBA/PHD).
Associate Account Executive
2015 - 2016
Part-time job while getting my masters degree. I did sales (cold calling and trade fairs) for a B2B catering startup.
Country Manager Austria & Switzerland
2015 - 2015
Amorelie is an e-tailer for spicy products/toys 🌶️. I led the launch and ongoing ops of Austria and Switzerland - in particular topline/marketing.
Fellow (Internship)
2015 - 2015
Internship client was a large pharmaceutical/chemical company. I was good at MS Excel so did the number crunching. Also spiked at being the bearer of uncomfortable messages.
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Adhesive Technologies Portfolio Mgmt (Internship)
2015 - 2015
Adhesive technologies = industrial glue 🍯, used in pretty much all manufacturing (e.g., glueing car parts together). EUR10B+ business at Henkel. I worked in portfolio mgmt = analytics across BUs.
Business Development for new media formats (Internship)
2014 - 2014
RTL is one of Germany's largest TV/media channels. I worked on the launch campaign for a family phone plan product (incl. branding, tv spots, partnerships).
B2B Marketing for Industrial Gases (Internship)
2013 - 2013
Industrial gases = chemicals for manufacturing (e.g., the gas released when opening a chips bag). I led the B2B campaign for a new product launch, incl. marketing, events, and ROI tools for the sales team.
Education
Systemic Coach
2023 - 2025