CVC Capital Partners

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CVC is an independent buyout group founded in 1981, and is one of the top 5 largest private equity firm globally. The firm is headquartered in London and Luxembourg. CVC was originally the venture capital arm of bank CitiCorp (now Citi), and was spun off from the bank in 1993.

Investment Strategy

CVC Capital Partners invests in management buy-outs in a braod range of industries, focusing on both the UK and other Western European countries.

Investment target Enterprise Value size is between EUR250m and EUR10bn

CVC does not have any specific sector focus and the average holding period is three to five years, and it seeks to build businesses of sufficient size to be attractive IPO or trade sale candidates.