Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) has announced an agreement to invest in SEIDOR, a leading technology services and solutions consultancy. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1982, SEIDOR provides IT solutions and services including consulting, implementation, and maintenance across various sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Edge, Customer & Employee Experience, Data & Cloud, Cybersecurity, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Headquartered in Barcelona, the company employs over 9,000 people and maintains partnerships with industry leaders like SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft, IBM, Google, and AWS.
Carlyle plans to support SEIDOR’s growth by strengthening its management team, investing in product innovation and expansion, developing its partnership ecosystem further, evolving its go-to-market strategy, and driving operational efficiencies through the removal of business silos and cross-selling opportunities.
The equity for this investment will be provided by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) V fund which is valued at €3 billion. Carlyle aims to leverage its experience in internationalizing European software companies through this investment.
Josep Benito, SEIDOR's new Executive Chairman stated: “An investor of Carlyle’s stature and scale becoming a shareholder in SEIDOR demonstrates confidence in SEIDOR’s strategy. In this transaction Carlyle brings not only capital to accelerate our growth but its longstanding experience and track record of investing in growing and internationalising leading European technology businesses like ours. This is an opportunity for the entire SEIDOR family including our employees customers suppliers and partners to unlock a new stage of growth. I believe this deal is an important step for SEIDOR as an engine of innovation in IT as we look to become a leading technology company globally.”
Fernando Chueca from CETP added: “This transaction is an attractive opportunity to support a Spanish leader in the digital transformation sector. We believe that SEIDOR has a strong competitive position in key markets like Spain as well as significant growth potential in other major European economies and North America. Through our partnership we intend to support SEIDOR’s development into a global technology champion competing in the world’s highest value software markets delivering value for all its current and future stakeholders.”
Mario Pardo from Carlyle Europe Partners commented: “We are pleased to have supported our colleagues in CETP with the sourcing and diligence of this transaction enabled by our over 20 years of heritage in Spain the deep local presence and expertise of our team in Barcelona and our broader track record of partnering with founders and entrepreneurs to grow and internationalise leading Spanish companies.”
About Carlyle
Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity Global Credit Global Investment Solutions. With $435 billion of assets under management as of June 30 2024 Carlyle aims to create value on behalf of its investors portfolio companies communities worldwide employing more than 2 200 people across four continents.
About SEIDOR
SEIDOR offers comprehensive technology consultancy solutions covering fields such as Artificial Intelligence Edge Customer Experience Employee Experience ERP Data Application Modernization Cloud Connectivity Cybersecurity. With a turnover of €894 million euros for FY2023 it operates directly across 45 countries employing over 9 000 professionals.
Media Contacts
Nicholas Brown
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Josep M. Vialis
JosepMaria.vialis@seidor.com
+34 659 170 143