Vladimir Lasocki
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- Full Name
- Vladimir Albert Georges Lasocki
- Title
- Managing Director, Partner & Co-Head, Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP)
- Firm
- The Carlyle Group
- Firm Type
- Private equity (growth/buyout) — CETP is the firm's mid-market European technology strategy. (Note: he also appears in angel-investor databases via a personal angel investment in Homa Games; his primary role is institutional PE, not angel investing.)
- Investment Stage
- Growth equity and buyouts (majority stakes) in lower/mid-market tech companies; personally has made at least one seed/angel investment
- Check Size
- Institutional — CETP typically deploys roughly €50–200m+ of equity per deal from funds of €1.35bn (CETP IV) to €3bn+ (CETP V)
- Target Company Profile
- Established, often profitable European technology companies where Carlyle typically buys a majority stake, held ~5 years
- Sector Focus
- Software, cybersecurity, digital transformation, cleantech, and technology serving financial services, healthcare and infrastructure
- Geographic Focus
- Europe (with select global technology deals)
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Background
Vladimir Lasocki is a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group and serves as Partner and Co-Head of the Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) investment advisory team, which he leads alongside Michael Wand. He is based in London and joined Carlyle in 2000, making him one of the longest-tenured leaders of the firm's European technology franchise.
Before Carlyle, Lasocki was an Associate in Deutsche Bank's principal investments group from 1998 to 2000, where he worked on technology deals including Cocom in Denmark (acquired by Cisco), Orchestream in the UK (LSE: OCH), and Xacct Technologies in Israel (acquired by Amdocs). He began his career in corporate finance at Banque Paribas in London and Prague.
He holds a degree in business administration with a major in finance from EM Lyon and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay Business School), and an M.A. in European economic studies from the College of Europe in Bruges.
Over more than two decades at Carlyle, Lasocki has advised on and sat on the boards of numerous technology investments. He has been a director of Transics International (Euronext: TRAN) and Wall Street Institute Education, and has represented Carlyle on the boards of Egencia (acquired by Expedia), Orthogon Systems (acquired by Motorola), Financière CAMECA (acquired by Ametek), Solsoft (acquired by Exaprotect), and PacketLight Networks (now part of the RAD Group).
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Leads CETP, which invests in lower- and mid-market European technology companies, generally acquiring majority stakes with an average investment horizon of about five years.
- Stated fund strategy (with co-head Michael Wand) targets cybersecurity, digital transformation and cleantech, plus software applications for financial services, healthcare and infrastructure, aiming to exploit "pockets of life" in the economy.
- CETP typically builds a portfolio of roughly 20–30 companies per fund.
- Track record skews toward operationally improving established tech businesses and exiting via strategic acquisition or IPO (e.g., sales to Cisco, Motorola, Expedia, Ametek, Amdocs).
- Separately, he has made at least one personal angel/seed investment — Homa Games (mobile gaming, France, 2021) — which is why he surfaces in angel-investor databases.
Notable Investments
- Egencia — corporate travel management; Carlyle board seat, acquired by Expedia.
- Orthogon Systems — wireless backhaul technology; acquired by Motorola.
- Transics International — fleet-management telematics; listed on Euronext (TRAN), Lasocki served on the board.
- CAMECA (Financière CAMECA) — scientific instruments; acquired by Ametek.
- Metrologic Group — 3D metrology software; Carlyle-backed.
- Marle International — orthopedic implant manufacturing.
- Expereo — global managed internet/network connectivity services.
- Evernex — third-party IT infrastructure maintenance.
- Companeo — B2B lead-generation marketplace.
- Solsoft — network security policy software; acquired by Exaprotect.
- PacketLight Networks — optical networking; now part of the RAD Group.
- Homa Games — mobile game publishing platform (France); personal angel investment, 2021.
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