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Brooke B. Coburn is a Managing Director and Co-head of Carlyle Venture Partners, the US venture and growth capital arm of The Carlyle Group. Mr. Coburn leads Carlyle's small-cap growth buyout practice focusing on investments in the telecommunications, media, technology and business services sectors. He is based in Washington, DC.
Since joining Carlyle in 1996, Mr. Coburn has been actively involved with the firm's investments in Bredbandsbolaget (acquired by Telenor), CityNet Telecom (merged with Universal Access), Command Information, Core Location (acquired by El Paso Global Networks), DigiPlex S.A., Genesis Cable (acquired by Benchmark Communications), Matrics Technologies (acquired by Symbol Technologies), Neptune Communications (acquired by Global Crossing), NorthPoint Communications, Pacific Telecom Cable, Prime Communications (acquired by Comcast), Sonitrol Holding Corp., WCI Cable and Wall Street Institute.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Coburn was with Salomon Brothers, Inc. where he focused on M&A and capital raising assignments in the Media & Communications Group.
Mr. Coburn received his A.B. from Princeton University with honors.
Mr. Coburn is on the Board of Directors of Command Information, Sonitrol Holding Corp., LLC, WCI Cable, Inc. and Wall Street Institute. | 