Paul Kwan

Paul is a managing director at General Catalyst, a full-stack venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in powerful, positive change that endures and with an intentional focus on responsible innovation. At GC, Paul leads the Global Resilience team, which focuses on modernizing our most critical societal systems including defense and intelligence, industrial and energy. Paul looks for mission-driven, software-enabled companies that are category-defining in their own unique way. He has led investments in Anduril, Helsing, Vannevar Labs, Samsara, Charm Industrial, AwardCo, Neko Health and Rakuten Medical.

Prior to joining General Catalyst, Paul was head of west coast technology banking at Morgan Stanley and for 26 years, advised leading technology companies on their most important strategic and financial objectives. At Morgan Stanley, he helped create the modern-day direct listing for Spotify and led tech IPOs from all 6 inhabited continents. His clients included Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Adobe, Airbnb, Uber, Atlassian, Adyen, Spotify, Qualtrics, LinkedIn, Livongo and Rakuten.

Paul holds a degree in Computer Science and Economics from Stanford University. Paul is an adjunct lecturer at Stanford and for many years, taught a class at Haas School of Business on tech IPOs and M&A.

He and his wife are supporters of pioneering neuropsychiatric research at Stanford University's Pasca Lab to better understand autism, psychiatric disorders and orphan genetic diseases like 22q11. Paul is also vice chair of the Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health.