Carlyle to Invest in Ingentis

Carlyle has agreed to invest in Ingentis Group, a German software company specializing in organizational charting, design, and analytics.
Carlyle to Invest in Ingentis
Nuremberg & London, 5 August 2025 – Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has agreed to invest in Ingentis Group, a leading provider of organisational charting, design and analytics software. As part of the transaction, the existing Ingentis management team are substantially reinvesting and will continue to lead the company. Existing investor Maguar Capital Partners is selling its stake in Ingentis to Carlyle.

Founded in 1997 in Nuremberg, Germany, Ingentis provides software that enables organisations to visualise, design, analyse, and plan current and future workforce and organizational structures to enable enterprises to continuously improve their organizational effectiveness. The company’s products are used by 2,000 customers and hundreds of blue-chip enterprises worldwide, including many Fortune 500 and DAX-listed companies and it is active in more than 50 countries.

Carlyle will work with Ingentis’ management team to further accelerate its transition into a global category champion in the fast-growing organisational charting, design and analytics market by supporting its continued international expansion, expanding the company’s partner ecosystem, investing in additional analytics and AI functionalities and pursuing strategic M&A opportunities.

Equity for the investment will be provided by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners ("CETP") V, a €3 billion fund which invests in technology companies across Europe. Carlyle will leverage its longstanding track record of internationalising European software companies, including current portfolio companies such as GBTEC, SER Group, Shopware, Phrase, Hack The Box and Surepay.

Joachim Rotzinger, CEO of Ingentis, said: “We are excited to welcome Carlyle as our new investor. The team’s deep experience in scaling European software businesses globally, coupled with a strong understanding of our product and market, made them a natural fit. This opens up new perspectives to our international expansion, organically and through M&A. At the same time, I would like to thank the Maguar team for their excellent support and partnership over the last few years. We look forward to entering our next growth chapter with Carlyle now.”

Thorsten Dippel, Managing Director on the CETP investment advisory team, said: “We are pleased to partner with Ingentis as it continues to scale in the fast-growing market for organizational design and analytics software solutions. We are particularly impressed by its amazing customers, fantastic team and market-leading technology. This transaction plays to CETP’s strengths in partnering with fast growing European software leaders and supporting their international expansion.”

About Ingentis
Ingentis is a leading provider of org charting, org design, and org analytics software that empowers organizations to continuously improve their effectiveness and performance. The company’s solutions help enterprises visualize, analyze, and optimize their organizational and workforce structures, enabling better strategic decisions. Ingentis serves more than 2,000 renowned organizations worldwide, including hundreds of blue-chip enterprises. Headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, Ingentis also operates offices in the US. For more information, visit www.ingentis.com.

About Carlyle
Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across its business and conducts its operations through three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpInvest. With $453 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2025, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents. Further information is available at www.carlyle.com. Follow Carlyle on X @OneCarlyle and LinkedIn at The Carlyle Group.

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Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Global Investment Solutions. With $441 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2024, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies, and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents.
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