Growth Capital • Information Services

The Carlyle Group Invests In Companeo

On July 25, 2010, private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested in information services company Companeo

Investment Context
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 14th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Companeo was sold to a strategic buyer in 2018.

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Investment Summary

Date July 25, 2010
Target Companeo
Sector Information Services
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Lazard Middle Market (Financial)
Frieh Bouhenic (Legal)

Target Company

Companeo

Suresnes, France
Companeo is a European player in online business lead generation. The company offers an online marketplace, assisting marketing and sales departments attract new clients. The company is present in 17 European countries and serves more than 5,000 B2B companies.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 373 of 750
Sector: Information Services 2 of 8
Type: Growth Capital 59 of 114
Country: France 14 of 27
Year: 2010 19 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-19 Healthscope

Melbourne, Australia

Healthscope is a healthcare operator that uniquely operates in every state and territory within Australia, as well as in Asia. The company's reach of facilities around Australia firmly places Healthscope as one of Australia's largest private hospital providers. Healthscope was founded in 1985 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Buy AU$2.7B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-26 Kbro Co.

Taipei, Taiwan

Kbro Co. Limited (formerly Eastern Multimedia Company) is one of the two largest cable multiple systems operators in Taiwan.

Sell $1.3B