# CVC Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> CVC Capital Partners is a private equity based in Luxembourg. 5 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/cvc-capital-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# CVC Capital Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Apr 2026, closing $8M. Last cheque observed Oct 2019.

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Quiet New fund $8.2M, Apr 2026 Private equity

Pre-seed Seed Series A Construction B-to-c B2C

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **2584** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$275M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **Israel, 20%**

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## CVC Capital Partners highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Growth: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $200M

## What they do

> CVC is a leading global private markets manager focused on private equity, secondaries, credit and infrastructure From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Construction B-to-c B2C
- **Based in:** London, Luxembourg
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Oct** **ironSource** IL · FinSMEs **$400M** Sole investor
- **2017** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Skybox](https://millionrounds.com/company/skybox)** US · FinSMEs **$150M** With 1 other
- **2014** 1 round
- **Feb** **[AVAST Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/avast-software)** Growth · CZ **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2010** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Webspy](https://millionrounds.com/company/webspy)** Venture · AU **$644K** Sole investor
- **2003** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Scottish & Newcastle PLC](https://millionrounds.com/company/scottish-and-newcastle-plc)** Venture · GB **$4.2M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **24 named**

A(**Adam (nmn) King** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

AJ **Adam Jason Graev** Non-Member Manager and Head of Americas of Glendower Capital (U.S.), LLC i Form ADV

AD **Alexander Donald Mackenzie** Director of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed

AC **Alistair Charles Fairley Smith** Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner i Form ADV

AS **Antoine Servais** Assistant Secretary of the GP i Filing they signed

BP **Ben Peter Burton** Director of the GP i Filing they signed

BS **Brian Scholfield** Director of the GP i Filing they signed

CJ **Carl John Hansen** Director of the GP of the Issuers and Director of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed

CP **Carlo Pirzio-Biroli** Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner i Form ADV

CE **Caroline Emma Goergen** Director of the GP i Filing they signed

CR **Caroline Reed Benton** Director i Form ADV

CY **Cary Yiu-Kong Ho** Director i Form ADV

CM **Catherine M Keating** Director i Filing they signed

CM **Clara Maria Sophia Smits-Nusteling** Director i Filing they signed

DB **Donald Brian Mackenzie** Of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed

DJ **Douglas Jeffrey Maccabe** Director i Form ADV

FB **Fred Brian Watt** Of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed

FI **Frederick Inglis Watt** Director of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed

GL **Gretchen Lee Bergstresser** Partner, Director i Form ADV

HT **Hampus Tunhammar** Director i Filing they signed

HH **Huwaida Hassan** Chief Compliance Officer i Filing they signed

JA **Jean-Remy Antoine Robert Roussel** Director of the GP. i Filing they signed

JG **Joel Grossmark** Chief Legal Officer i Filing they signed

JH **John Howard Cosnett** Of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **230** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$193B** assets it manages, 5 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** CVC Credit Partners U.s. CLO Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 284980

Funds on its Form ADV

**84** private funds, **$44B** in gross assets · filed Jul 2024

Securitised assets **54** Hedge **17** Private equity **12**

- Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund V, SCSP *Private equity* 316 investors $7.0B
- Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. *Private equity* 144 investors $3.2B
- Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund V-P, L.P. *Private equity* 102 investors $2.1B
- CVC Credit Partners Global Special Situations Fund II SCSP *Hedge* 87 investors $1.5B
- CVC Credit Partners European Direct Lending Fund III (E) SCSP *Hedge* 45 investors $1.4B
- Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund V-P(E), SCSP *Private equity* 51 investors $1.0B
- CVC Credit Partners European Direct Lending Fund III (DL) SCSP *Hedge* 3 investors $921M
- Apidos CLO XXVIII *Securitised assets* $709M
- Apidos CLO XXV *Securitised assets* $685M
- Apidos CLO XXX *Securitised assets* $637M

And 74 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 4 LPs on record in CVC Capital Partners's funds

- **Committed:** $10B
- **Funds:** 19
- **Vintages:** 1996 to 2025

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.

- [**California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)** 10 funds *$4.2B*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed CVC Capital Partners IX 2024 $535M CVC Capital Partners Asia VI 2024 $300M CVC Capital Partners VIII 2021 $99M CVC Capital Partners Asia V 2020 $200M CVC Capital Partners VII 2018 $443M CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities Compounding Capital 2017 $999M CVC Capital Partners VI 2014 $569M CVC European Equity Partners V 2008 $565M and 2 more
- [**California State Teachers Retirement System** 12 funds *$3.1B*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-state-teachers-retirement-system) Fund Vintage Committed CVC Capital Strategic Opps III 2025 $235M CVC Capital Partners IX A 2024 $376M CVC Capital Partners Asia VI 2024 $125M CVC Capital Partners VIII 2021 $470M CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities II 2020 $235M CVC Capital Partners Asia V 2020 $100M CVC Capital Partners VII 2018 $293M CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV 2014 $125M and 4 more
- [**Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund** 13 funds *$2.4B*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed CVC Capital Partners IX 2023 $323M CVC Capital Partners Asia VI 2022 $150M CVC Capital Partners VIII 2021 $356M CVC Capital Partners Asia V 2020 $150M CVC Capital Partners VII 2017 $245M CVC Capital Partners VI 2014 $197M CVC European Equity Partners V 2008 $291M CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific III 2008 $100M and 5 more
- [**Minnesota State Board of Investments** 3 funds *$486M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minnesota-state-board-of-investments) Fund Vintage Committed CVC Capital Partners IX 2023 $114M CVC Capital Partners VI 2013 $257M CVC European Equity Partners V 2008 $114M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 1 we have independently watched raise

Private Equity

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**RAC Motoring Services** **Undisclosed** Dec 2015

**Stage Entertainment** **Undisclosed** Jun 2015

**Wireless Logic** **Undisclosed** Feb 2015

**Paroc Group** **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**Raet** **Undisclosed** Aug 2011

**ConvergEx** **Undisclosed** Jul 2011

**Pelican Rouge** **Undisclosed** Aug 2010

**DCA Group** **Undisclosed** Sept 2006

**Grupo Cortefiel** **Undisclosed** Jun 2005

**Mivisa** **Undisclosed** Mar 2005

**Arizant** **Undisclosed** Aug 2004

**Verdugt** **Undisclosed** Feb 2004

New fund on file

**$8.2M**

raised in Apr 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$275M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$200M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2003 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies CVC Capital Partners put money into.

[**Skybox** $150M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/skybox)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name CVC Capital Partners in their description, not their title.

- [Alt Goes Mainstream](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/alt-goes-mainstream) 6 Jun 2024 · 1h 5m HgCapital Trust's Chairman of the Board Jim Strang - a masterclass in private markets With [Jim Strang](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-strang) Mentions [Bain & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-and-company)[CVC Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cvc-capital-partners)[Hamilton Lane](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hamilton-lane) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about CVC Capital Partners

### What does CVC Capital Partners invest in?

CVC Capital Partners invests most often at Venture and Growth (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Construction, B-to-c and B2C.

### How active is CVC Capital Partners?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has CVC Capital Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ironSource (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and Skybox (Undisclosed round, Oct 2017).

### How big are CVC Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $275M.

### Does CVC Capital Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does CVC Capital Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Israel (20%), the United States (20%) and the Czechia (20%).

### Is CVC Capital Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### What kind of investor is CVC Capital Partners?

CVC Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in London, Luxembourg.

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