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.
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.
Managing Director and Co-Head of Financial Services
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.
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.
Jessie serves as a principal at General Atlantic, following earlier experience as a growth equity associate at Summit Partners. She also holds board roles at Chess.com, Plusgrade, and Flo Health.
Managing Director and Head of Consumer Internet and Technology
Tanzeen serves as Managing Director and Head of Consumer Internet and Technology at General Atlantic. He brings board-level experience across multiple technology companies.
Vittorio serves as Vice Chair of EMEA and Board Member at General Atlantic. He holds non-executive director roles at Wireless Logic, Doctolib, and Back Market, alongside chairing Staffbase.
Managing Director and Global Head of Life Sciences
Brett brings life sciences investment and consulting experience from roles at General Atlantic, Foresite Capital Management, Aisling Capital, and McKinsey.
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."
The Series A round was co-led by Forbion and General Atlantic to support clinical trials and portfolio expansion.
"People living with obesity and its complications deserve better options at each stage of their treatment journey. These include oral therapies with less frequent dosing regimens, which have the potential for improved efficacy and tolerability, and innovative combination therapies for healthier weight loss and—equally importantly—maintenance of metabolically healthy weight. We created Verdiva Bio to accelerate the development of differentiated medicines that address these significant unmet medical needs."
General Atlantic led the £280m growth financing, which will support European expansion and a new manufacturing facility.
"We are delighted to now partner with General Atlantic, who is an incredible investor and shares our long-term vision of developing the category of Fresh pet food across Europe. It is also fantastic to receive further support from our long-standing partner, L Catterton who we’ve been proud to work with for several years now and who also believes in the power of Fresh and that we are only really at the starting line. Most notably we are incredibly excited by what this investment will unlock for our customers (dogs and humans) in the years to come as we are nothing without them."
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,"
