Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (“CETP”) is a pan-European growth & small-cap buyout fund with over €5bn currently under management, investing in technology companies. CETP seeks to partner with entrepreneurs and management teams and invest in businesses with substantial potential for growth which typically have enterprise values between €100m and €400m.
The multinational team of 26 investment professionals has over 90 years of aggregate transaction experience in the technology sector and invests across Europe with a focus on the main subregions DACH, the UK, France, the Benelux and Eastern Europe while also covering the Nordics and Southern Europe (Spain, Italy). CETP has a country-based structure with country teams focused on each of the abovementioned regions responsible for deal sourcing and execution in that region.
The team seeks to invest in companies that are either market leaders in their segment or promising challengers in an emerging area, where the business has intellectual property, assets or knowhow that underpin their business model and where there is potential to drive meaningful growth through multiple levers going forward. CETP has particularly strong experience in supporting investee companies in delivering growth through international expansion, new product investment, acquisitions and strategic repositioning as well as by leveraging the global reach of “One Carlyle” resources. The funds take a flexible approach to deal structure and invest levered and unlevered transactions, majority and minority equity positions, and provide both primary and secondary capital.
The Carlyle Group seeks to hire an Analyst within the Carlyle Europe Technology Partners team in London. Analysts are key members of the investment team and work directly with other investment professionals in a country team setting. From day one, this individual will contribute to the full set of deal-making activities including deal origination, deal execution and portfolio management activities (more detail on the responsibilities below).
The individual will support CETP’s investment activities in CETP UK team in London. The successful candidate will be a key member of the CETP UK and Ireland team, focused on sourcing, executing and managing portfolio companies. The CETP UK team currently comprises a total of 6 members: one Analyst, one Associate, one Senior Associate, one Vice President, one Director and one Managing Director.
