Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic partners that manage hedge funds. Founded in 1976, the firm is headquartered in New York and operates a broad international presence with offices in major financial centers around the world. KKR pursues a patient, disciplined investment approach, emphasizes high-quality talent, and aims to deliver attractive returns while creating growth and value for its investment partners.
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Ankit Aggarwal
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Private Equity Team and Global Impact Team
Mustapha Angwa
CEO
David Bauer
Managing Director, Capital Markets and Head of the Public Equity Capital Markets Business
Steven Bayly
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group and Head of the Client and Partner Group in the DACH Region
Jessica Bell
Managing Director, KKR Capital Markets and Member of the KKR Capital Markets Co-investments and Partnerships Team
Mattia Caprioli
Partner, Co-Head of European Private Equity and Member of KKR's European Private Equity Investment Committee and European Portfolio Management Committee
Tara Davies
Partner, Global Head of Core Infrastructure, Member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee and Co-Head of European Infrastructure
Christopher Harrington JD
Partner, Private Equity, Member of the Investment Committee and Member of the Portfolio Management Committee for Americas Private Equity at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Changchun Hua Ph.D
Managing Director, Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk and Chief Economist for Greater China
Daniel Knottenbelt
Partner, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity Investment Committee, European Portfolio Management Committee and Asset Based Finance Investment Committee at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Cecilia Lopez
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Team
Kevin Murphy
Director, Private Equity and Member of the Core Investments and Americas Private Equity Teams
Kristopher Novell
Managing Director, Portfolio Construction and Risk and Member of the Asia Tactical Credit Investment Committee
Philipp Schaelli
Director, Private Equity and Member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Team
Grayson Sessa
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Financial Services and Technology Industry Team
Past deals in TMT
MercuryGate International
Private Equity Round in 2024
MercuryGate International Inc. is a developer of cloud-based transportation management solutions that cater to logistics providers, shippers, freight forwarders, and domestic freight brokers. Founded in 2000 and based in Cary, North Carolina, the company offers a versatile platform that supports all modes of transportation, including parcel, less-than-truckload, truckload, air, ocean, rail, and intermodal. Its comprehensive suite of solutions includes tools for freight sourcing and procurement, fleet management, carrier management, and transportation optimization. Notable offerings include MercuryProcure for managing requests for proposals, MercuryFleet for operational management, and Mojo for shipment analysis and cost reduction. MercuryGate’s solutions enable effective procurement, planning, optimization, execution, and settlement of freight movements, helping organizations enhance visibility and efficiency across their logistics operations.
FiberCop
Secondary Market in 2024
FiberCop is a company focused on developing digital services through high-performance fiber-optic connections. It operates a digital fiber network that offers both passive and active fiber-optic networks, as well as broadband connectivity and telecom infrastructure services. By providing these essential components, FiberCop aims to accelerate the development of fiber infrastructures and support the ongoing digitization efforts in the telecommunications sector.
OMS Group
Private Equity Round in 2023
OMS Group is a multinational telecommunications infrastructure company that specializes in submarine cable installation services. Catering to the telecommunications and technology sectors, it provides comprehensive solutions for deploying submarine cable systems. Utilizing specialized vessels and advanced equipment, OMS Group is equipped to handle both shallow-water and deep-sea cabling projects. This enables clients to establish and maintain critical undersea communication infrastructure, thereby enhancing global connectivity.
Singtel
Private Equity Round in 2023
Singtel is a leading telecommunications company based in Singapore, offering a comprehensive range of services including internet service provider (ISP), IPTV, mobile phone, and fixed line telephony. The company operates through various segments such as mobile devices and plans, apps and services, and wireless networks, catering to both corporate and consumer markets. Singtel provides a suite of services that includes broadband, telephone services, and television channel packs. With a robust international network, it ensures direct connections to over 100 countries and is a significant investor in advanced submarine cable and satellite systems, making it the second largest satellite operator in the Asia Pacific. Founded in 1879, Singtel also holds stakes in multiple telecom operators across the Asia Pacific region, including Optus in Australia and significant minority interests in key operators in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. The company is majority-owned by the Singapore government.
Digital InfraCo
Private Equity Round in 2023
Singtel is Asia's leading communications technology firm, offering a range of services to both consumers and companies, including next-generation communication, 5G, and technology services, as well as infotainment.
TalkTalk
Debt Financing in 2023
TalkTalk is a leading telecommunications provider in the United Kingdom, specializing in delivering affordable and reliable services to both consumers and businesses. Founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse and headquartered in London, the company offers a range of services including fixed and mobile telephony, broadband, internet access, and television. Committed to providing straightforward and fair options, TalkTalk aims to ensure that all customers have access to quality telecom solutions at competitive prices.
Taylor’s Education Group
Private Equity Round in 2021
Taylor's Education Group is a provider of private education services, offering a diverse range of courses from preschool to postgraduate levels. The institution focuses on various fields, including branding, product marketing, digital marketing, corporate communications, and marketing insights. It also facilitates student recruitment for both international and domestic students, alongside provisions for student placement. By catering to the educational aspirations of students, Taylor's Education Group aims to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to embark on successful careers.
Devoteam
Private Equity Round in 2020
Devoteam is an IT consulting group established in 1995, specializing in technology solutions and digital transformation services. Operating in 20 countries, the company focuses on providing independent advice and effective solutions tailored to meet the industrial objectives of its clients. Devoteam's offerings include digital strategy development, technology platform implementation, cybersecurity, data-driven intelligence, distributed cloud services, and business automation. With over 20 years of experience, the company aims to enhance business performance and facilitate sustainable digital transformation, ensuring that organizations effectively navigate the complexities of the digital landscape. In 2015, Devoteam reported revenues of 485 million euros.
Hyperoptic
Acquisition in 2019
Hyperoptic specializes in providing pure fibre-to-the-premises broadband services for residential and business customers. Unlike hybrid services that rely on copper cables, Hyperoptic's technology delivers unimpeded fibre speeds directly to users' premises. Founded in 2010, the company is based in London, UK.
Marshall Wace
Private Equity Round in 2015
Founded in London in 1997, Marshall Wace is an employee-owned investment management firm specializing in global long/short equity strategies. The company employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis to invest in public equity markets worldwide.
Deutsche Glasfaser
Acquisition in 2015
Deutsche Glasfaser Holding GmbH, founded in 2012 and based in Borken, Germany, specializes in the planning, construction, and operation of fiber optic networks aimed at rural and suburban areas. As a pioneering provider in the industry, the company focuses on delivering fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections to private households, businesses, and public institutions. By collaborating closely with municipalities, Deutsche Glasfaser aims to facilitate nationwide broadband expansion, contributing significantly to Germany's digital progress. The company is recognized for its innovative and cost-efficient approaches to fiber optic deployment, positioning itself as a technology leader in the market. With substantial backing from experienced investors, Deutsche Glasfaser has emerged as one of the strongest providers in Germany's telecommunications landscape.
Aceco TI
Acquisition in 2014
Aceco TI is a leading company in critical and IT infrastructure, specializing in the design, development, and maintenance of data center architectures and integrated command and control centers (CICCs) across Latin America. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, Aceco TI has established a significant presence in the region, operating over 850 data centers, 400 CICCs, and 450 safe rooms, all supported by 24/7 maintenance services. The company also maintains offices in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru, catering to both public and private sector clients.
PortAventura
Private Equity Round in 2013
PortAventura is a family-oriented leisure and holiday destination resort located near Barcelona, Tarragona, Vila-Seca, and Salou. The resort features a variety of amenities, including themed parks, themed hotels, a water park, and a convention center. It aims to provide a comprehensive entertainment experience, combining relaxation, dining, and shopping opportunities for visitors. The facilities are designed to accommodate families, couples, and friends, ensuring a luxurious and enjoyable holiday experience.
1&1 Versatel
Acquisition in 2011
1&1 Versatel is a telecommunications provider based in Düsseldorf, Germany, specializing in data, internet, and voice services. The company operates its own network infrastructure across more than 250 German cities, including 19 of the 25 largest cities. With a focus on business customers, 1&1 Versatel offers a comprehensive portfolio of telecommunications products, including fiber gigabit connections that ensure high-speed and reliable services with nearly unlimited transmission rates. The company emphasizes security and quality while maintaining regional proximity to its clients. It primarily serves mid-sized businesses, major public and private corporations, as well as public and non-profit organizations. Additionally, 1&1 Versatel has extensive experience in the carrier segment, providing wholesale products and tailored telecommunications solutions to national and international providers.
Aricent
Private Equity Round in 2008
Aricent is a global innovation and technology company that specializes in the communications industry. It serves as a strategic supplier to leading application, infrastructure, and service providers across numerous countries. The company is recognized for its unique focus on communications, offering a diverse range of products, technology, and services bolstered by a scalable global delivery model. Aricent excels in engineering and research and development services, addressing the transformation and innovation needs of its clients. Additionally, it provides integrated consultancy, design, and development services to telecom operators and vendors, as well as a portfolio of communications equipment and devices. Through its expertise, Aricent plays a crucial role in helping clients navigate the challenges of developing next-generation products and services.
Aricent
Post in 2008
Aricent is a global innovation and technology company that specializes in the communications industry. It serves as a strategic supplier to leading application, infrastructure, and service providers across numerous countries. The company is recognized for its unique focus on communications, offering a diverse range of products, technology, and services bolstered by a scalable global delivery model. Aricent excels in engineering and research and development services, addressing the transformation and innovation needs of its clients. Additionally, it provides integrated consultancy, design, and development services to telecom operators and vendors, as well as a portfolio of communications equipment and devices. Through its expertise, Aricent plays a crucial role in helping clients navigate the challenges of developing next-generation products and services.
Solocal Group
Acquisition in 2006
Solocal Group S.A. is a European provider of digital local communication services, operating primarily in France, Spain, Austria, and the United Kingdom. The company is organized into two segments: Internet and Print & Voice. It delivers a range of local search services, encompassing display advertising, search engine optimization, and content creation, as well as digital marketing technologies such as websites and transactional tools associated with its brands including PagesJaunes, Mappy, Ooreka, and A Vendre A Louer. Additionally, Solocal offers traditional printing services through the PagesJaunes and PagesBlanches directories and provides directory enquiry services via telephone and SMS. Catering to diverse sectors, including retail, health, and public services, the company serves both businesses and individual clients, facilitating increased visibility and connectivity for its users. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Solocal was previously known as PagesJaunes Groupe before rebranding in 2013.
Aricent
Acquisition in 2006
Aricent is a global innovation and technology company that specializes in the communications industry. It serves as a strategic supplier to leading application, infrastructure, and service providers across numerous countries. The company is recognized for its unique focus on communications, offering a diverse range of products, technology, and services bolstered by a scalable global delivery model. Aricent excels in engineering and research and development services, addressing the transformation and innovation needs of its clients. Additionally, it provides integrated consultancy, design, and development services to telecom operators and vendors, as well as a portfolio of communications equipment and devices. Through its expertise, Aricent plays a crucial role in helping clients navigate the challenges of developing next-generation products and services.
PanAmSat
Acquisition in 2004
PanAmSat is a leading provider of satellite operations and telecommunications services, enabling the broadcast of television and video programming globally. The company operates a fleet of communications satellites that facilitate the transmission of nearly 2,000 television channels, including standard and high-definition signals, to a diverse range of clients such as entertainment networks, news agencies, internet service providers, and government entities. With a reach extending to over 98 percent of the world's population, PanAmSat supports cable television systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, and telecommunications companies across five continents. The company also offers streaming video capacity to various computer networks in countries like Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Founded in 1984 by television executive Reynold Anselmo, PanAmSat has established eleven offices and seven technical ground facilities worldwide, serving prominent clients including major news organizations and cable programming giants.
NewSouth Communications
Private Equity Round in 2003
NewSouth Communications is a broadband internet content provider headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1997, the company specializes in delivering a range of communications solutions tailored for business customers. Its offerings include data, internet, voice products, and various advanced communications services, positioning NewSouth Communications as a key player in the telecommunications sector.
NewSouth Communications
Private Equity Round in 2000
NewSouth Communications is a broadband internet content provider headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1997, the company specializes in delivering a range of communications solutions tailored for business customers. Its offerings include data, internet, voice products, and various advanced communications services, positioning NewSouth Communications as a key player in the telecommunications sector.
LNG Holdings
Private Equity Round in 2000
LNG Holdings S.A. is a telecommunications company that specializes in providing managed bandwidth services, including broadband internet, telephony, and comprehensive IT solutions for commercial businesses and network operators. The company offers a range of services, from fiber-optic transmission circuits to high bit-rate IP services and co-location services at its Points of Presence (PoPs). LNG Holdings aims to establish itself as a leading provider of managed bandwidth services across Europe, with a strong presence in Germany, as well as extensive networks in France and Spain. It also maintains connections to major European cities, including Amsterdam, Brussels, and London. By delivering business-to-business network solutions, voice, video, and data communications, the company enables clients to access a variety of advanced services across a single internet network, often at significantly reduced costs.
Ennovate Networks
Venture Round in 2000
Ennovate Networks is a company that specializes in carrier-class IP service provisioning products, primarily aimed at the telecom and Internet Service Provider (ISP) markets. Its offerings are designed to assist next-generation carriers and network service providers in enhancing revenue streams from their existing networks. By facilitating the introduction of a new class of differentiated frame relay and business IP services, Ennovate Networks enables these companies to transition to more flexible and advanced network infrastructures.
LatinForce.Net
Series A in 2000
LatinForce.Net will build the premier digital gateway to the Latin world, an industry-leading, integrated network of companies.
Ardent Communications
Post in 1999
Ardent Communications, Inc. CAIS is a nationwide supplier of broadband Internet access solutions and provides price competitive high speed Internet services to businesses in 29 Points of Presence (serving 38 metro areas) across the nation utilizing a tier-one, nationwide Internet network and several proprietary technologies. The Company offers always-on, broadband Internet access to its customers through its digital subscriber line (DSL) service, and through T-1, DS-3 and other bandwidth connections in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. Additionally, the Company provides bundled data services including Web hosting, colocation services and other value added managed data services. Finally, the Company also provides service to certain hotel properties utilizing installed high speed Internet service and business centers. The Company uses its unmanned business centers and Internet kiosks to deliver broadband Internet access and content to hotels and public venues, such as airports, retail centers, and cruise ships.
DASAN Zhone Solutions
Series A in 1999
DASAN Zhone Solutions is a global provider of network access solutions, specializing in telecommunications equipment for both service providers and enterprises. Formed from the merger of DASAN Network Solutions and Zhone Technologies in 2016, the company serves over 800 customers, including prominent carriers worldwide. Its product portfolio encompasses broadband access, mobile backhaul, Ethernet switching, passive optical LAN, and software-defined networks. DASAN Zhone Solutions' innovative technologies enable operators to efficiently deliver a variety of services such as broadband, VoIP, and IPTV over both copper and fiber networks. The company simplifies network operations by consolidating multiple services onto a single access line, enhancing reliability and quality while facilitating new service offerings. Headquartered in California, DASAN Zhone Solutions has research and development centers across the U.S., Korea, China, Vietnam, and India, with manufacturing operations in the U.S., Korea, and China. Its primary markets include North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
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