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General Atlantic

General Atlantic

Venture Capital

General Atlantic is a global investor providing capital and strategic support for growth companies through various strategies including its BeyondNetZero climate growth equity fund.

Portfolio

6

companies

AUM

£108000M

under management


Portfolio companies

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Wireless Logic

Wireless Logic provides global Internet of Things connectivity and management solutions.

Flo Health

Flo Health

Flo Health operates the leading global consumer application dedicated to women's health and wellness.

Fresha

Fresha

Fresha provides booking software and marketplace solutions for the beauty and wellness industry.

Matillion

Matillion

Matillion offers a data productivity platform designed to prepare cloud data for analytics and artificial intelligence.

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Gymshark

Gymshark designs and sells functional fitness apparel and builds global training communities.

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Depop

Depop operates a social fashion marketplace for generation z.


Team

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Melis Kahya

Head of Consumer for EMEA

Melis is Managing Director and Head of Consumer for EMEA at General Atlantic. She also holds board positions at Gymshark, Sézane, KAYALI, and JOE & THE JUICE.

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Melis Kahya Akar

Head of Consumer for EMEA

Melis is Managing Director and Head of Consumer for EMEA at General Atlantic. She also serves as a board member for Gymshark, Depop, Sézane, and JOE & THE JUICE.

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Gabriel Caillaux

Co-President, Global Head of Climate, and Head of General Atlantic’s EMEA business

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Emily Japlon

Emily brings communications and marketing experience from roles at General Atlantic and Brunswick Group.

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Jess Gill

Aaron Goldman

Aaron Goldman

Global Co-Head of Financial Services and Managing Director

Aaron serves as Global Co-Head of Financial Services and Managing Director at General Atlantic. His prior investment experience includes roles at Texas Pacific Group, Fremont Group, and DLJ.

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Chris Caulkin

Managing Director and Head of Technology for EMEA

Chris serves as Managing Director and EMEA Head of Technology at General Atlantic. He also holds board and trustee roles across several organisations, including Boats Group and Adevinta.

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Jessie Cai

Principal

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Tanzeen Syed

Managing Director and Head of Consumer Internet and Technology

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Vittorio Colao

Vice Chairman of EMEA


Recent investments

£3500M

General Atlantic has acquired a minority stake in the Internet of Things provider via its climate growth equity fund, with Montagu remaining the majority shareholder.

"Wireless Logic, Montagu and General Atlantic share a collective ambition to reinforce Wireless Logic’s market leadership and mission to simplify and automate IoT connectivity and management for customers globally, as well as create value for investors and establish a great place to work. I look forward to the next phase of our growth journey."
— Oliver Tucker, Co-Founder and CEO
Series C
£39.8M

The booking platform extended its Series C fundraise to over $152m, valuing the company at more than $640m.

"We believe that professionals like barbers, stylists and therapists should be able to focus on their craft without having to worry about the daily hassles of running their businesses,"
— Nick Miller, Co-Founder and Chief of Product
Seed
£108M

General Atlantic led the Series E financing round to support the company growth.

"Enterprises need to effectively close information gaps by rapidly transforming operational data into analytics-ready datasets that fuel business intelligence, AI, and ML innovation,"
— Matthew Scullion, CEO and Co-founder
Series C
£70.6M

General Atlantic led a multimillion pound financing round with participation from high profile technology and beauty sector investors.

"From the day we founded Fresha, our core focus has been on offering a solution that delights our customers. That drive has continued to direct our feature development and long-term vision. The rapid growth we’re seeing comes down to having happy customers that love using Fresha,"
— William Zeqiri
Series A
£200M

General Atlantic has taken a 21 per cent stake in the business to support international expansion.

"It has been an incredible ride over the last eight years to get to this point, but today signals the next chapter in the Gymshark story. We are nothing without our community, so we will use this new investment partnership to get even closer to them on a truly global scale. I’m incredibly proud of what Gymshark has achieved to date from our roots in Birmingham, but it’s all about looking forward. I firmly believe Gymshark has the potential to be to the UK what Nike is to the US and Adidas is to Germany, and today is a significant step to realising that."
— Ben Francis, Founder
Series C
£42.0M

General Atlantic led the Series C round, which will fund US expansion and platform development.

"The next generation of young people want an experience the fashion industry is struggling to provide. They want authenticity and to set their own trends. They’re influenced by real people. They want choice and individuality, the ability to buy on demand and sell on with ease. At the same time, they want to reduce waste. Depop is set up to meet these changing demands. We exist to empower the next generation to transform fashion."
— Maria Raga, CEO