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Investor profile

Paul Kwan

Managing Director, General Catalyst

About

Paul Kwan leads General Catalyst's Global Resilience investing effort, focusing on defense, intelligence, energy, and industrial systems after spending 22 years at Morgan Stanley where he ran global internet and software business and headed West Coast tech investment banking. He co-founded Valinor, a company of companies designed to solve defense-tech procurement bottlenecks, and regularly advocates for closer collaboration between startups and democratic governments while emphasizing overlooked areas like biodefense. Paul Kwan leads General Catalyst's Global Resilience investing effort, focusing on defense, intelligence, energy, and industrial systems after spending 22 years at Morgan Stanley where he ran global internet and software business and headed West Coast tech investment banking. He co-founded Valinor, a company of companies designed to solve defense-tech procurement bottlenecks, and regularly advocates for closer collaboration between startups and democratic governments while emphasizing overlooked areas like biodefense.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
Health
FinTech
Enterprise
AI
Consumer

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $100M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
LatAm
India
USA