Max August

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.

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

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.

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.