 "Carlyle Group")
The Carlyle Group, a US-based investment entity, is planning to launch a new fund, to invest in small buyout and late-stage growth capital investments in some countries, including India.
Targeting $1 billion in commitments, will be backed by International Finance Corporation (IFC). It will be a 10-year closed-end generalist private equity fund, domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
Carlyle Asia Growth Partners Fund-V, as it is called, is apparently to look primarily at China and India, and to an extent, South Korea. It is expected to make 15 to 20 investments of a size of $30-75 million each, in high-growth companies that are expected to create new employment opportunities by focusing on middle market growth equity investments. It will focus on small-cap and mid-cap companies that need growth capital.
The proposal is for IFC to make an equity investment of up to $25 million in the fund, not to exceed 20 per cent of total fund commitments. Their participation, said IFC, would encourage other investors in currently challenging money-raising environment, with institutional investors' reduced risk appetite for emerging markets.
IFC said it would also look at whether it could participate in co-investment opportunities alongside the fund.
Carlyle had $158 billion in assets under management (AUM) across 113 active funds and 168 fund-of-funds, as of end-December. In emerging markets, it managed seven private equity fund families, with total AUM of $11 bn as of that date.
| PE/VC Investments by Carlyle | ||
| Year | No. Of Deals | Amount (US$) |
| 2015 | 3 | 372 |
| 2014 | 1 | 33 |
| 2013 | 5 | 168 |
| 2012 | 6 | 70 |
| 2011 | 8 | 96 |
| 2010 | 1 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 19 |
| 2007 | 4 | 714 |
| 2006 | 4 | 57 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 8 |
| 2000 | 3 | 9 |
| Top PE/VC Investments by Carlyle 2000-2015 | ||
| Company | Amount(US$M) | Date |
| HDFC | 660 | Jul-07 |
| Destimoney | 200 | Feb-15 |
| Medanta Medicity | 161 | Dec-13 |
| Metropolis Healthcare | 128 | Sep-15 |
| Dee Development Engineers | 44 | Aug-15 |
