“Aiming higher does not mean you have to aspire to meet others’ expectations of you. It means, whatever your passion is, wherever you feel like you could deliver the most value to the world, find it, focus on it, and aim higher… Seize the moment. You are young. You are ready.” General Atlantic Managing Director and Head of Mexico Luis Cervantes recently served as the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México. Addressing a crowd of over 3,000 attendees, Luis encouraged the graduating class to pursue their passions, embrace opportunity, and live in the moment. Congratulations to Luis on this honor.
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General Atlantic is a leading global growth investor with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 520 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980, General Atlantic continues to be the dedicated partner to visionary founders and investors seeking to build dynamic businesses and create long-term value. Guided by the conviction that entrepreneurs can be incredible agents of transformational change, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon, and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with and scale innovative businesses around the world. The firm leverages its patient capital, operational expertise, and global platform to support a diversified investment platform spanning Growth Equity, Credit, Climate, and Sustainable Infrastructure strategies. General Atlantic manages approximately $97 billion in assets under management, inclusive of all strategies, as of October 1, 2024 (based on valuations as of June 30, 2024), with more than 900 professionals in 20 countries across five regions. For more information on General Atlantic, please visit: www.generalatlantic.com.
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Co-Founder & Chairman of General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero, John Browne, emphasizes the urgency of cleaning up carbon markets in a recent Bloomberg article. Read more on Lord Browne's call for a rapid acceleration in the integrity, speed, and scale of investment in carbon market innovation to have any possibility of attaining net zero emissions: https://lnkd.in/eyyMwqUX
Global temperatures are still rising; the 10 most recent years are the warmest on record. The time has come for an urgent escalation in the integrity, scale and speed of carbon-market innovation. Without that, net zero is an impossible dream. Read my article on Bloomberg here: https://lnkd.in/eXsd7sSz
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General Atlantic, Actis and some of our portfolio company leaders will be joining FII Institute 's inaugural #FII8 Investment Day programming on October 31st. During our panel discussion, moderated by GA’s Gabriel Caillaux, we will explore the transformative potential of long-term partnerships between visionary founders and management teams. Hear from founders and CEOs of eyewa, Kahoot!, Property Finder and Trendyol Group on how they partner with their investors and from one of our partners at Actis, Lucy Heintz on how Actis drives value through their company-building capabilities and decades of experience. https://lnkd.in/dwCsjDDe
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The 10th anniversary of the PDI Germany Forum has officially concluded. We hosted two days full of networking sessions, unrivalled investor insights and much more. Thank you to our attendees for joining us this year, we hope to see you again next year! And a big thank you to our sponsors and supporters: Lead & Wifi Sponsor: MGG Investment Group LP Lead Sponsors: Bain Capital, Bridgepoint, General Atlantic, KKR, Park Square Capital, TPG Sponsors: AB CarVal, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Brightwood Capital, CORDET Capital Partners LLP, ROBUS CAPITAL, Schroders Capital, Silver Point Capital, L.P., Vista Equity Partners Supporting Association: Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. Media Partners: Absolut Research GmbH, ICF Institutional Capital Forum
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President and Managing Director of General Atlantic Credit, Mike Whitman took the main stage at Private Debt Investor Germany Forum in Munich to discuss the firm’s approach to the challenges and opportunities across private debt. Mike was joined by Michael Ewald , Global Head of Private Capital at Bain Capital, Greg Racz, President of MGG Investment Group LP, Andrew Cleland-Bogle, Partner and Head of Direct Lending at Bridgepoint, and Harry O'Rourke, CAIA, Managing Director at Threadmark.
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At Financial Times’ Due Diligence Live in London, Bill Ford, Chairman and CEO of General Atlantic, spoke with FT reporter Antoine Gara in a wide-ranging conversation about our firm’s enthusiasm for the investable opportunities behind AI, macroeconomic and geopolitical trends top of mind for leading investors, and the state of global IPO markets.
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At LAVCA Week, General Atlantic’s Managing Director & Head of the Mexico City Office, Luis Cervantes, joined industry peers in a panel to explore how countries in Latin America will fit within the reorganization of global supply chain. Alongside his fellow panelists Carlos Caraveo Sánchez of Fondo de Fondos, Ignacio García de Presno of KPMG México, and Scott McDonough of Alta Growth Capital, in a session moderated by Ana Maria Zarruk Serrano of Pantheon, Luis discussed how Mexico is best positioned to facilitate nearshoring and how the digitalization of the economy will play a key role in Latin America becoming a technology innovation hub, among other topics. Thank you to LAVCA for organizing an engaging series of discussions.
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We are excited to lead Seaport Therapeutics’ $225M oversubscribed Series B round. This financing will support the advancement of the company’s innovative clinical-stage pipeline of neuropsychiatric medicines in areas of high unmet patient needs, as well as the capabilities of its proprietary Glyph™ technology platform. We look forward to collaborating with the Seaport team as the company works to advance its mission to deliver new, better medicines to patients suffering from depression, anxiety, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. https://lnkd.in/e96aFXi4
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Managing Director & Co-Head of GA’s Brazil Office, Luiz Otávio Ribeiro, hosted a fireside chat at Endeavor Colombia’s Year End Gala with Sergio Fogel, Co-Founder & CSO of GA portfolio company dLocal. The event brought together over 300 influential Colombian business leaders, including Endeavor Entrepreneurs, Endeavor Colombia Board Members, and mentors, as well as partners from global investment and pension funds. General Atlantic is a proud partner of Endeavor, an organization committed to building thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets around the world.
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General Atlantic is proud to continue backing Jüsto as the company digitizes the grocery industry in Mexico. https://lnkd.in/eBQvSyjf
Hoy, llenos de orgullo anunciamos que, liderados por General Atlantic y HSBC, acabamos de levantar $70 millones de dolares en nuestra Serie C. Lo que más nos emociona es que esta ronda de inversión pone el nombre de México en alto porque nos posicion como una de las startups mexicanas más disruptivas y confiables de LATAM. Este capital lo utilizaremos para seguir invirtiendo en tecnología de avanzada para llevar nuestra calidad a niveles superlativos para seguir siendo líderes de e-groceries en México. Vamos a seguir construyendo el hábito de pedir Jüsto desde casa, haciendo que la experiencia sea la mejor, sencilla y personalizada, para que pronto logremos la misión de que las personas dejen de ir a un supermercado y usen ese tiempo para estar con sus familias. Seguimos en el camino de ser el súper favorito de los latinos 🤜 🤛