Golden Gate Capital Partners
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Golden Gate Capital is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco that specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments.
Founded in 2000 by former investment professionals from Bain Capital and Bain & Company, Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity firm. The firm is distinguished by its evergreen fund structure, which lacks a finite life and allows for long-term holding periods without the pressure to sell assets within a traditional five-to-ten-year window. This flexible capital base enables the firm to fund-raise as specific deals are identified rather than following a rigid cyclical schedule.
The firm targets investments across several core sectors, including technology, financial services, retail, and industrials. Its investment activity encompasses leveraged buyouts, significant minority purchases, and growth capital. Historically, the firm has shown a strategic interest in acquiring distressed technology companies and has been active in the restaurant and retail sectors, often creating consolidated operating entities like the PSEB Group to manage multiple brands.
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| 20-20 Companies | — | Current | — |
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| 2020 Technologies | — | Current | — |
| Active Minerals | — | Current | — |
| Advancion | — | Current | — |
| Aeroflex | — | Current | — |
| All My Sons | — | Current | — |
| Angel Island Capital | — | Current | — |
| Antylia Scientific | — | Current | — |
| Aperio | — | Current | — |
| Apogee Retail | — | Current | — |
| ArrMaz | — | Current | — |
| Aspect Software | — | Current | — |
| B-Line | — | Current | — |
| BMC | — | Current | — |
| Bob Evans | — | Current | — |
| Brava | — | Current | — |
| California Pizza Kitchen | — | Current | — |
| Catalog Holdings | — | Current | — |
| CCFI | — | Current | — |
| Celetronix | — | Current | — |
| CFI | — | Current | — |
| Clover | — | Current | — |
| Coldwater Creek | — | Current | — |
| Conexant | — | Current | — |
Source: www.goldengatecap.com/portfolio
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