Kate Bender

Kate Bender currently serves as a Partner at General Catalyst, a position held since 2024. Prior to this role, Bender was Vice President at Altamont Capital Partners from 2022 to 2024 and worked as an Investment Professional at Geodesic Capital and Blue Sage Capital in 2021. Bender's earlier experience includes consulting at Boston Consulting Group from 2016 to 2020, with an externship focused on education at Strategic Grant Partners/One8 Foundation. Bender holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Stanford University, having completed education at The Hockaday School.