Global investment firm Carlyle has announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Adastra Group SE, a global IT consultancy and services provider specializing in data, cloud, and AI transformations. The acquisition involves partnering with Adastra's founders.
Founded in 2000, Adastra is headquartered in Prague and Toronto. It offers services across the entire data, cloud, and AI journey, serving enterprise clients primarily in financial services, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, technology, media and telecom (TMT), retail, and professional services sectors. The company employs over 2,000 people worldwide.
Carlyle plans to support Adastra’s growth in its data, cloud and AI offerings while expanding its international presence through organic investments and targeted mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Equity for the investment will come from Carlyle Europe Technology Partners V (CETP) and Carlyle Asia Partners Growth II (CAPG).
Rob Turner and Pavel Kysela of Adastra expressed enthusiasm about the partnership: “This is an exciting and transformative step for Adastra. With Carlyle’s deep experience and global network...we look forward to this partnership with the Carlyle team.”
Vladimir Lasocki of CETP and Greg Zeluck of CAPG also commented: “We are pleased to partner with Adastra’s founders...With Carlyle's resources...we believe Adastra is well-positioned to further accelerate its growth trajectory.”
Carlyle manages $453 billion of assets globally as of March 31, 2025. More information can be found at www.carlyle.com.