Why We Invested · General Catalyst
Why the firm invested
General Catalyst invested because Gitpod's product vision for cloud developer environments closely aligned with their own perspective.
When we first met the Gitpod team, we were stunned at how sympatico their thinking was to ours on this issue. And more to the point, how sympatico their product vision was.
Product
Gitpod allows writing developer environments as code, turning them into zero-configuration, ephemeral, and disposable resources.
Gitpod’s true benefits stem from automation gains inherent in writing developer environments as code. This turns them into disposable resources that are always and immediately available when developers want to work.
Traction
Gitpod has over 350,000 global users.
Clearly developers agree: it’s why over 350,000 of them use Gitpod globally.
Team
Gitpod was founded by Sven, Johannes, Moritz, and Jan.
Gitpod founders Sven, Johannes, Moritz, and Jan were building the future we had been looking for.
Investment context
General Catalyst led Gitpod's Series A financing round.
On behalf of General Catalyst, we couldn’t be more excited to lead Gitpod’s Series A and work together to reinvent the developer experience.
What founders can learn
- What actually moved the decision: General Catalyst wrote that General Catalyst invested because Gitpod's product vision for cloud developer environments closely aligned with their own perspective.
- The traction evidence that carried weight: General Catalyst wrote that Gitpod has over 350,000 global users.
- How the team was judged: General Catalyst wrote that Gitpod was founded by Sven, Johannes, Moritz, and Jan.
Source and provenance
Why We Invested published by General Catalyst on generalcatalyst.com (first-party source). Read the original
