Investor / VCDMV

The Carlyle Group

Investor / VC · PE · Washington, DC

Global mega-PE firm co-founded by David Rubenstein. $447B AUM. Sectors: aerospace, healthcare, tech, consumer, credit. NASDAQ: CG.

Founded

1987

Region

DMV

Portfolio

Copia Power
Copia Energy
Secturion Systems
Quest Global
Castelion
CAIS

People

About DMV

The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

Region Stats

Total firms 402

VC / investors 89

Companies 290

Schools 23

Known For

Defense

Intelligence

Technology Capital