# The Carlyle Group

> The Carlyle Group is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 271 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 271
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last fund: Dec 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-carlyle-group
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/OneCarlyle
- Website: http://www.carlyle.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onecarlyle

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $8M–$55M |
| Private Equity | $40M–$1.1B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 40 | 15% |
| Health Care | 31 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 30 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 28 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 18 | 7% |

227 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 88 | 32% |
| Funding Round | 30 | 11% |
| Series B | 21 | 8% |
| Debt Financing | 19 | 7% |
| Series D | 13 | 5% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 108 | 40% |
| China | 21 | 8% |
| India | 13 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 5% |
| Japan | 5 | 2% |

29 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Popov | Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-popov |
| Alex Chi | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chi-e4fc |
| Andrew Zimmermann | EMEA Controller(Director) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-zimmermann |
| Constantin Boye | Head of Carlyle Growth | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constantin-a-boye |
| Glenn A. Youngkin | Chief Operating Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glenn-a-youngkin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prime Capital Financial | 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 06, 2026 |  |
| CAIS | 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 | Content Partners is a unique investment fund and asset management company |  | Private Equity | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| ORBCOMM | 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 |  |
| Nxtra Data | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Golden Goose | Golden Goose is a growing and most distinctive luxury fashion brands, widely recognised for its iconic sneakers. |  | Secondary Market | Dec 19, 2025 |  |
| Mecachrome France | Mecachrome: Integrator of Innovative Solutions A major player in the aerospace, automotive, motorsport, defense and energy sectors, Mecachrome has been working for more than 70 years designing and manufacturing parts and sets of structures with high added value. Based in France, Mecachrome puts its operational excellence and its capacity ofinnovation at the service of its customers. | $337.6M | Debt Financing | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| NEP Group | NEP has been dedicated to innovative problem solving for over 30 years. They continually assess new technology, combining our technical expertise with experience-driven insights. The results are solutions designed to deliver impact. | $700M | Secondary Market | Oct 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 271 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accuitive Medical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accuitive-medical-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Blackstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackstone) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Versant Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/versant-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Manulife Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manulife-investment-management) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [SV Health Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-life-sciences) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The Carlyle Group invest in?

The Carlyle Group invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 271 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is The Carlyle Group's check size?

The Carlyle Group typically joins rounds of $8M–$55M at Series B and $40M–$1.1B at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Carlyle Group participates 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 Andrew Zimmermann (EMEA Controller(Director)), among 48 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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