Telecom, Media & Technology Services
Successfully investing across the industry landscape for more than 30 years.
Decades of Experience
MDP’s 30+ year track record of investing in the industry represents a distinctive experience set that positions the team to efficiently evaluate new investment opportunities and to be a valuable partner to its management teams.
Flexible Approach
The TMT Services team has consistently deployed a flexible approach to structuring its investments and is equally comfortable investing in majority control or significant minority positions, with the primary focus on investing behind high conviction theses and talented executives.
Emphasis on Collaboration
Reflecting the MDP culture, the TMT Services team works closely with management to progress through its due diligence process, arrange an appropriate capital structure and, most importantly, support management’s execution of key strategic initiatives.
"I first partnered with Madison Dearborn in the late 1990s when I launched Cbeyond. We chose MDP because of their industry track record and the cultural match of our teams. We recently ‘put the band back together’ with a subset of our Cbeyond team and formed our second partnership with MDP to acquire Liquid Web in 2015. The MDP team asks the tough questions, deals in total transparency, is supportive as challenges emerge, and always acts as a valuable thought partner. "Jim Geiger, Chief Executive Officer, Liquid Web
Areas of Investment Focus
TMT Services investments tend to be more growth-oriented in nature, benefit from favorable secular trends and feature business models that harness the advancements in network throughput and capacity. Of particular interest are companies that are characterized by high barriers to competitive entry, recurring revenues, attractive operating leverage, and identifiable prospects for business plan enhancement and extension.
Areas of focus include:
- Cloud Services
- Information Services & Data Analytics
- Internet & Digital Media
- IT Infrastructure & Services
- Mobile
- Network and Security Services
Sector Senior Team
Select Deals
Industry Advisory Group
- Kerry BaileyFormer President & CEO, Terremark (a Verizon Company); former SVP HP Cloud, Hewlett-Packard
- Gerhard Bette Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- Kevin ConroyPresident of Digital and New Platforms, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
- Samih ElhageChief Financial Officer, Nokia Solutions and Networks
- Jim Hynes Founder and former CEO, COLT Group; former MD, Fidelity Capital
- John LewisExecutive Partner, Madison Dearborn Partners and Former Global President of Nielsen Holdings PLC
- Jim PattersonFormer President, Sprint Wholesale
- Neville Ray Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, T-Mobile US
- Marvin Wheeler CEO, Cybraics and Former CSO, Terremark Worldwide
The above companies do not represent all of the investments in MDP’s complete portfolio and have been selected using objective, non-performance based criteria. You should not assume that the investments listed were, or will be, profitable. Please note that the members of the Advisory Roundtable are not employees, officers or affiliates of MDP.