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Carlyle and Insight Partners Invest in Supply Chain Firm Exiger
Investments // December 19, 2023

Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and global software investor Insight Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to provide majority investment in Exiger, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm focused on helping corporations, government agencies and banks manage supply chains. With this investment, Exiger will...

PayPal, Carlyle Put $100M to Expand German Digital Commerce Platform Shopware
Investments // February 08, 2022

Shopware announced Tuesday (Feb. 8) that it has raised $100 million in a funding round, with investments coming from PayPal and global investment firm Carlyle. Shopware’s services include an omnichannel digital commerce platform, with features supporting business-to-consumer (B2C), direct-to-consumer (D2C), business-to-business (B2B) and services-driven business...

Carlyle Could Take Metro Bank Private
Partnerships / Acquisitions // November 04, 2021

The likelihood of rising interest rates in the U.K. could be the motivation for private equity firm Carlyle’s potential takeover bid of Metro Bank, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday (Nov. 4). Metro Bank “has engaged with Carlyle” on talks about the takeover,...

Sale Of Share Of AmEx Business Travel To Carlyle And GIC Appears Dead
Partnerships / Acquisitions // May 10, 2020

American Express Global Business Travel, seeing its sales more than halved from the pandemic, could now also lose out on a purchase by private equity firm Carlyle Group and Singapore-based GIC, a sovereign wealth fund. The two firms are reportedly backing out and claiming AmEx...

Quick Reads
Discover to Sell $10.1 Billion Private Student Loan Portfolio

July 17, 2024
Discover Financial Services plans to sell its $10.1 billion private student loan portfolio. The company’s Discover Bank entered into an agreement to sell the portfolio to one or more strategic partnerships made up of funds and accounts managed by global investment firms Carlyle and KKR, Discover said in a Wednesday (July 17) press release. The purchase price is expected to be […]

Carlyle and Insight Partners Invest in Supply Chain Firm Exiger

December 19, 2023
Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and global software investor Insight Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to provide majority investment in Exiger, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm focused...

PayPal, Carlyle Put $100M to Expand German Digital Commerce Platform Shopware

February 08, 2022
Shopware announced Tuesday (Feb. 8) that it has raised $100 million in a funding round, with investments coming from PayPal and global investment firm Carlyle. Shopware’s services include an omnichannel...

Carlyle Could Take Metro Bank Private

November 04, 2021
The likelihood of rising interest rates in the U.K. could be the motivation for private equity firm Carlyle’s potential takeover bid of Metro Bank, according to a Financial Times report...