Max August
Investment Professional at General Atlantic
Tel Aviv District
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Professional
2020 - Current
My role is to identify emerging growth companies worldwide, with a specific focus on the Israeli market. General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with over $70B AUM that has been providing capital and strategic guidance to companies since 1980. General Atlantic has more than 200 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Greenwich, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, Miami, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, and Singapore and has invested in companies like Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, Slack, Snap, Alibaba, ByteDance, Appsflyer, Riskified, Hibob, Transmit Security, Mobileye, and more.
General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.
Research Associate
2018 - 2020
Work directly with co-authors Dan Senor and Saul Singer on their follow-up book to 2009 New York Times bestseller, "Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle." Genius of Israel was released in November 2023 and listed as a New York Times bestseller.
Investment Professional
2019 - 2019
General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.
Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
2018 - 2018
Expanded deal flow across the Israeli FinTech ecosystem with a special focus on InsurTech and RetailTech. Selected to be part of the elite Birthright Israel Excel Fellowship.
Visa Research conducts applied research on the most challenging problems in the payment industry.
Venture Capital Summer Analyst
2017 - 2017
Helped lead coverage of EdTech and Robotics.
Investing Banking Summer Analyst
2017 - 2017
Conducted financial due diligence in connection with mid-market tech mergers.