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The Carlyle Group

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Carlyle focuses on private equity, private credit, and alternative investment strategies across multiple asset classes, geographies, and industries. The firm emphasizes building better businesses through operational improvements, revenue growth, and geographic expansion while maintaining strong emphasis on ESG integration and sustainable value creation.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Growth, Late Stage

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Investment Thesis

Carlyle’s investment philosophy centers on building lasting partnerships underpinned by trust and credibility. The firm seeks to create lasting value by leveraging its global platform, deep industry expertise, and local insights. Their mission is to ‘drive long-term value for our investors, companies, shareholders, people and communities.’ The firm is committed to investing ‘wisely and responsibly over the long-term’ across diversified business segments and 660 investment vehicles.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Global platform with 27 offices across 4 continents and 2,400+ professionals serving 3,200+ investors from 87 countries
  • Deep industry expertise with specialized investment teams focused on sectors where they believe they have competitive advantages
  • Local insights paired with global reach—investment teams on the ground in 15+ countries making localized decisions
  • Comprehensive ESG integration across entire investment lifecycle from sourcing through exit, with dedicated ESG professionals
  • Diversified business model spanning Global Private Equity ($80B+ AUM), Global Credit ($208B AUM), and Carlyle AlpInvest
  • Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) framework providing consistent value creation methodology across portfolio companies
  • Diverse and inclusive teams emphasized as core competitive advantage for better insights and decision-making

Portfolio Highlights

Cardinal Renewables

Renewable Energy

Jeanologia

Manufacturing

Weiman

Consumer Products

HireVue

Technology

One Medical

Healthcare

AxleTech

Automotive

Tescan

Technology

KFC Korea

Consumer Food

+ 5 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

26 Partners at The Carlyle Group

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