General Atlantic

New York growth equity firm with USD 130bn AUM; led Flo Health's Series C and Fresha's Series C

Venture capital

Type: Venture capital
Based in: Outside the UK
Stages: Growth, Series B+
Sector focus: Sector-agnostic, Fintech, Healthtech, Consumer, SaaS & B2B, Climate & Energy, Biotech & Life Sciences
Fund size: USD 130bn assets under management
Founded: 1980
Website: generalatlantic.com

General Atlantic is a global growth equity investor founded in 1980 as the family office of entrepreneur Chuck Feeney, now headquartered in New York with 21 offices worldwide and roughly USD 130bn of assets under management. It backs established, fast-growing companies with large minority and control investments across technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer and life sciences, and has added credit, energy transition and infrastructure strategies, the latter through its 2024 acquisition of Actis. Cheques are typically in the tens or hundreds of millions at Series C and beyond. In the UK it led the 2024 Series C of women's health app Flo Health, which made it a unicorn, and the 2021 Series C of beauty and wellness booking platform Fresha.

Team

William E. Ford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
David Hodgson, Vice Chairman
Gabriel Caillaux, Co-President and Global Head of Energy Transition & Infrastructure
Martín Escobari, Co-President, Head of Global Growth Equity