David Rubenstein
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer @ The Carlyle Group
Washington, United States
David Rubenstein is a grant investor at The Carlyle Group in Washington focused on Software and B2B. David M. Rubenstein is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. David Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing more than $200 billion from 40 offices around the world. David Rubenstein, a native of Baltimore, is a 1970 magna cum laudegraduate of Duke, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, David Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from The University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. From 1973-75, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. From 1975-76 he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-1981, during the Carter Administration, Mr. Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before co-founding Carlyle, David Rubenstein practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw Pittman). David Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and of Duke University, Co-Chairman of the Brookings Institution, Vice-Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art and President of the Economic Club of Washington. David Rubenstein is on the Board of Directors or Trustees of University of Chicago, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. David Rubenstein is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Business Council (Vice-Chairman), Visiting Committee of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Board of Trustees of the Young Global Leaders Foundation, Advisory Board of School of Economics and Management Tsinghua University (Chairman), the Madison Council of the Library of Congress (Chairman), and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. David Rubenstein is married to Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, and they have three grown children.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries David Rubenstein invests in
Stages David Rubenstein invests in
Countries David Rubenstein invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (22%)
- B2B 1 (11%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
- FinTech 1 (11%)
- Aerospace 1 (11%)
Stage
- Grant 2 (22%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Seed 1 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 7 (78%)
- United Kingdom 1 (11%)
Investments
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Semafor
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Semafor is the global news media. | $30M / Jan 07, 2026 | |
WorkWeek
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Build. Run. Grow your service business. WorkWeek makes business easy. | $12.5M / Series A / Jun 13, 2024 | |
Prolific Machines
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Prolific Machines is a biotech company developing cell technologies to redefine how cells are produced for a sustainable and healthy future. It combines cutting-edge technologies to enable cell production at a new scale. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $42M / Series A / Sep 14, 2022 | |
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Semafor
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Semafor is the global news media. | $25M / Pre-Seed / Jun 22, 2022 | |
Poolit
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Poolit is a direct-to-consumer investing platform enabling access to top-tier venture and private equity managers for individual investors. | $5.3M / Seed / May 06, 2022 | |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors.Located among the nationalmonuments to freedom on the National Mall, the Museum provides a powerful lesson in the fragility of freedom, the myth of progress, and the need for vigilance in preserving democratic values. With unique power and authenticity, the Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. And They encourage them to act, cultivating a sense of moral responsibility among Their citizens so that they will respond to the monumental challenges that confront Their world. | $15M / Grant / May 02, 2022 | |
National Air and Space Museum
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The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft , | $5M / Grant / Mar 24, 2021 | |
aXiomatic
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Axiomatic specializes in Business Process Reengineering, Property Tax Systems and Geospatial Services.Axiomatic is a specialized software development, business process reengineering (BPR), and project management firm with expertise in the analysis, development, and deployment of improved business workflows and software solutions for property taxoversight and administration. | $26M / Series B / Oct 25, 2018 | |
Scene7
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Adobe Scene7 – provider of the leading on-demand rich media platform – enables companies to grow revenues, enhance customer experience and cut production costs. With Scene7, businesses can improve the entire selling and marketing cycle – from attracting customers, to guidingthem to the right products and services, to successfully converting them into loyal buyers. The company offers rich media solutions built on a robust, integrated technology platform – for unrivaled breadth, depth, scalability and ease of ongoing rich media use.Adobe acquired Scene7 in May 2007. | $7.5M / Series C |
Co-Investors
About The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a private equity firm that caters to early and later-stage companies. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments.
The Carlyle Group Contacts
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Alexander Popov
Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities
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Alex Chi
Partner
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Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner
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Andrew Zimmermann
EMEA Controller(Director)
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Constantin Boye
Head of Carlyle Growth
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What does David Rubenstein invest in?
David Rubenstein invests primarily in Software, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Grant and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for David Rubenstein closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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