Investment Summary

The Carlyle Group Invests In Wakanow.com

On December 20, 2018, private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested in internet software and services company Wakanow.com

Investment Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 22nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 2nd transaction in Nigeria.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-12-20
Target Wakanow.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Orrick (Legal)

Target

Wakanow.com

Lagos, Nigeria
Wakanow.com is an online travel agency. Wakanow.com was founded in 2008 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Investor(S) 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 STATS #
Overall 634 of 744
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 22 of 25
Type (Growth Capital) 98 of 113
Country (Nigeria) 2 of 2
Year (2018) 25 of 25
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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