The Carlyle Group
VC Fund
Washington, United States
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.
- Total investments:
- 289
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries The Carlyle Group invests in
Stages The Carlyle Group invests in
Countries The Carlyle Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 52 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series B
- $8M–$55M
- Debt Financing
- $93M–$1.6B
- Private Equity
- $40M–$1B
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 42 (15%)
- Information Technology 35 (12%)
- Financial Services 33 (11%)
- Health Care 32 (11%)
- Manufacturing 21 (7%)
Stage
- Private Equity 102 (35%)
- Debt Financing 23 (8%)
- Series B 21 (7%)
- Funding Round 20 (7%)
- Series C 14 (5%)
Country
- United States 118 (41%)
- China 23 (8%)
- India 14 (5%)
- United Kingdom 14 (5%)
- Ireland 7 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Popov
Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities
|
Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Alex Chi
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner
|
Managing Director and Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Andrew Zimmermann
EMEA Controller(Director)
|
EMEA Controller(Director) | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Constantin Boye
Head of Carlyle Growth
|
Head of Carlyle Growth | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 52 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit of The Americas operates as a motorsports and entertainment venue in Texas, located nine miles from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and less than 15 miles from downtown Austin. It is designed to be the only purpose-built facility in the U.S. to host the FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX™ through 2021. | Debt Financing / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| Castelion is a defense tech company that develops and manufactures modern weapons systems for the U.S. military. | $800M / Series C / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Castelion is a venture-backed defense tech company applying modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to critical national security challenges, specifically to solve affordability, scale, and supply chain robustness. The company combines vertical integration, rapid iteration, and high-cadence testing to build hardware that isengineered from the ground up for scalable production.Castelion’s core offerings include solid-rocket motors, missile avionics, flight-control systems, seekers, and full strike-weapon assemblies, all designed for compatibility with existing military launch platforms. | $800M / Series C / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Prime capital investment advisors is a provider of asset management services. Prime capital investment advisors services include financial planning, wealth management, retirement plan advisory services, and plan participant education, providing its clients with a comprehensive advisory platform with revenue contribution balanced equally betweenwealth management and retirement plan advisory capabilities. | $600M / Secondary Market / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| CAIS is a financial technology platform, providing independent financial advisors with access to top-tier managers of specialized investment products in the multi-trillion-dollar independent wealth channel.The company offers streamlined execution for an expanding list of alternative investment funds and products. Financial advisors use theplatform to access funds and products, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, structured notes, and digital assets. CAIS complements its fund offerings with independent due diligence provided by Mercer. CAIS is an NFA member with securities offered through CAIS Capital LLC, member FINRA, SIPC.Jeremy Norton and Matt Brown co-founded CAIS in New York, New York in 2009. | $170M / Series D / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Content Partners is a unique investment fund and asset management company | Private Equity / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| ORBCOMM is an innovator and provider of tracking, monitoring, and control services for the transportation market. Under its ReeferTrak, GenTrakTM, GlobalTrak, and CargoWatchTM brands, the company provides customers with the ability to proactively monitor, manage and remotely control their cold chain and dry transport assets. Additionally, ORBCOMMprovides Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services for vessel tracking and to improve maritime safety to government and commercial customers worldwide. | $460M / Debt Financing / Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| The connected economy is dotted with disruptive trends. Every year they see traditional business models being modified with newer revenue streams and infrastructure. Business processes and operations continuously seek higher agility and efficiency. Riding the next wave of customer experience has become a top priority. Nxtra believes that thiscompetitive environment provides a perfect opportunity to bring technology from the edges to the core of business strategy. That’s why they offer a smart, secure, and reliable approach to leading innovation and embracing disruption with their cloud managed services. As a fully owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, they support leading enterprises, SMBs, global customers and government institutions in India with their datacenter services. With 1,98,000 sq. ft. of data center space, they offer an integrated and award-winning portfolio of colocation services, along with cloud infrastructure, managed hosting, data backup, disaster recovery, and remote infrastructure management. Relying on globally benchmarked service delivery models and assurance processes, they meet your specific business requirements and SLAs. | $1B / Private Equity / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| The Very Group is an integrated digital retailer and financial services provider.The company's growing retail brand is Very.co.uk, supported by the Littlewoods.com and LittlewoodsIreland.ie brands. The Very Group sells more than 1,900 famous brands, including big-name labels and its own exclusive brands. It serves four million customers,delivering 49 million products every year.The Very Group was formerly known as Shop Direct. | $204.6M / Debt Financing / Feb 16, 2026 | ||
| Nido Home Finance, a part of the Edelweiss Group, is a Housing Finance Company that has been providing access to credit to customers for various kinds of loans | $66.2M / Secondary Market / Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| See all 289 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does The Carlyle Group invest in?
The Carlyle Group invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Financial Services startups, most often at Private Equity and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 289 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does The Carlyle Group invest in?
The Carlyle Group typically joins rounds of $8M–$55M at Series B, $93M–$1.6B at Debt Financing and $40M–$1B at Private Equity. These are whole funding-round sizes, not The Carlyle Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds The Carlyle Group took part in.
How do I contact The Carlyle Group?
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Who are the partners at The Carlyle Group?
The team at The Carlyle Group includes Alexander Popov (Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities), Alex Chi (Partner) and Alex Wagenberg (Managing Director and Partner), among 52 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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