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    The General Partnership

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2018

    The General Partnership is a venture capital firm that primarily invests in early-stage (pre-seed and seed) US-based startups across diverse sectors, including Enterprise Applications, High Tech, and FinTech. Their distinctive strategy involves a "Sweat Equity" model, where their team of seasoned experts provides hands-on operational support to portfolio companies, beyond just capital investment, to help them achieve product-market fit and scale.

    Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $39.5M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    $300M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    PB

    Phineas Barnes

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Meridian logoMeridianSeries A$17MFeb 2026
    Runloop logoRunloopSeed$7MJul 2025
    Thatch logoThatchSeries B$40MApr 2025
    SchoolAI logoSchoolAISeries A$25MApr 2025
    Graphite logoGraphiteSeries B$52MMar 2025
    Thatch logoThatchSeries A$38MSep 2024
    Momento logoMomentoSeries A$15MJul 2024
    Laza Medical, Inc. logoLaza Medical, Inc.Series A$36MDec 2023
    Supira Medical, Inc. logoSupira Medical, Inc.Series D$40MNov 2023
    Akura Medical logoAkura MedicalSeries B$35MOct 2023
    Collective logoCollectiveSeries C$50MJul 2023
    Tioga Cardiovascular logoTioga CardiovascularSeries C$30MFeb 2023
    Sardine logoSardineSeries B$51.5MSep 2022
    Finix logoFinixSeries B$30MAug 2022
    Adona Medical logoAdona MedicalSeries B$37.5MApr 2022
    Aven logoAvenSeries D$142M
    Stainless logoStainlessSeries A$25M

    Top Co-Investors

    AMD Ventures4 shared
    PA MedTech VC fund4 shared
    Shifamed angel investors3 shared
    Accel1 shared
    Shopify1 shared
    Figma1 shared
    Electric1 shared
    FPV Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 8 March 2026