CVC Capital Partners (AEX: CVC) is pleased to announce the final close of CVC Capital Partners Catalyst III (“Catalyst III”), its European-focused mid-market private equity fund, at approximately €3.0bn ($3.4bn). The final fund size is almost double the €1.75bn ($2.0bn) target, reflecting strong investor confidence in CVC's long-term track record, differentiated platform and ability to identify attractive opportunities across the European mid-market.
CVC Catalyst is a sector agnostic private equity strategy focused on high-quality and growth-orientated mid-market businesses with an equity investment below €250m and predominantly based in Europe. CVC Catalyst is able to maximise the advantages offered by the CVC Network, combining the agility and focus of a dedicated mid-market strategy with access to CVC’s market leading pan-European network of 16 country offices and five sector teams. CVC Catalyst also leverages the experience and tenure of the CVC Europe/Americas Investment Committee and value creation resources of the wider CVC Network.
CVC has successfully invested in high-quality European mid-market businesses for more than 40 years. Alongside our market-leading Europe/Americas strategy, CVC Catalyst enables CVC investment teams to remain active across a broad range of attractive investment opportunities in the mid-market, which continues to benefit from favourable structural growth trends, founder succession dynamics and increasing demand from businesses seeking strategic capital and operational support, creating a highly attractive environment for disciplined investors with local market knowledge and operational expertise..
Rob Lucas, CEO at CVC, said: “This successful fund close marks an important milestone in the continued expansion of our leading Private Equity business. It not only reflects strong investor confidence in our long-term track record of delivering value across market cycles, but also the trust our investors place in our platform, people and ability to innovate across private markets. Building on the deep strengths of the CVC Network, CVC Catalyst further enhances our ability to partner with high-quality businesses and management teams across the exciting and rapidly evolving European mid-market opportunity.”
Daniel Pindur, Managing Partner, co-Head DACH and Chairman of the Catalyst Executive Committee, said: “We are grateful for the strong support we have received from our existing long-term investors and new investor relationships. We believe the current market environment presents a highly attractive backdrop for the CVC Catalyst strategy and we are excited about the pipeline of opportunities we are seeing across our EU/US network. By leveraging CVC’s local rooted global platform, deep sector expertise and longstanding relationships, we are very well-positioned to build a high-quality and diversified European focused mid-market portfolio for our investors.”
Catalyst III has already made two investments with the acquisitions of WithSecure in late 2025 and WillowWood in June 2026, and has a strong pipeline of exciting opportunities where it will look to provide operational expertise, strategic guidance and access to CVC’s global network.
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