Our Team

Brooke Coburn is a partner and co-founder of Capitol Meridian Partners, a middle market private equity firm based in Washington, DC that invests in Aerospace, Defense & Government Technology companies.

Brooke previously spent 25 year with The Carlyle Group in PE investing roles in Carlyle’s flagship U.S. buyout and middle market & growth teams and, more recently, in a senior management role as Deputy CIO and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Prior to these responsibilities, he was a founding member of Carlyle’s Technology, Media & Telecom Services (TMT) practice and Carlyle’s U.S. Middle Market & Growth Private Equity Group, where he served as a Fund Head for more than a decade. Brooke has more than 25 years of experience investing in middle market companies with deep expertise in technology, government services, and technology-enabled business services.

Brooke played a leadership role with a number of Carlyle’s investments including Gemcom Software, ECI Software, Coalfire Systems, Wyyerd Broadband, Worldstrides, Bredbandsbolaget, Prime Communications, Sonitrol, WCI Cable, Genesis Cable, Core Location, NetMotion Wireless, Catapult Learning, Neptune Communications, Pacific Telecom Cable, and a number of foundational data center assets that were combined to form Coresite (NYSE: COR).

Brooke serves on the  boards of Altumint, Parry Labs and TDF Ventures, and the investment committee of the Washington National Cathedral. He is an avid fisherman and recovering ice hockey coach (USAH Level 4). He received an AB with honors from Princeton University and was a 2021 Harvard ALI fellow.