Golden Gate Capital
   
 
By Industry
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OUR PORTFOLIO

Golden Gate Capital seeks to partner with management teams to pursue change-intensive opportunities spanning a wide variety of industries, transaction types, and investment strategies.

Target Industries

Software and IT Services
Semiconductors
Electronics
Retail, Restaurants, and Consumer Products
Financial Services and
Business Services

Industrials
Security

Transaction Types

Public-to-Privates
Corporate Extractions
Bankruptcy Acquisitions
Recapitalizations


Investment Strategies
Leveraged Buyouts
Growth Equity
Build-ups/Consolidations




Software and IT Services

We are one of the most active software investors in the world having invested in or acquired, in the last five years, more than 42 software companies with combined revenues of $4 billion; on a consolidated basis our software portfolio represents the 6th largest software company globally. We have completed eleven public-to-private transactions and acquired several companies out of bankruptcy. We are actively looking for new platform companies or add-on acquisitions for the following platform companies:


Infor Lawson Aspect
GXS Escalate Symon
Attachmate Group Plant Microfocus
Datadirect Hansen Sierra Systems
CedarCrestone Critigen



Semiconductors

We invest in both specialty device and semiconductor equipment businesses. We are very comfortable across a variety of transaction types including management buyouts and corporate extractions. Additionally, we look to employ flexible capital structures in order to maximize long-term growth potential. Some of our investments include:


Lantiq Conexant Aeroflex
Vistec Semiconductor Systems Teridian



Electronics

We look for investments across the broader electronics industry. Specific segments of interest include hardware and electronics manufacturing and related services. Our investments to date include:


Tollgrade Oncore Celetron
itronix



Retail, Restaurants, and Consumer Products

Golden Gate Capital has been an active investor in the consumer sector and is actively pursuing transactions within this space. We have consistently demonstrated the ability to add value to businesses in the multi-channel retail, restaurant, and consumer products industries. We have been especially active in specialty retail and restaurants, where in the last five years we have invested in or acquired over 20 brands with combined revenues of greater than $4 billion. We are actively seeking new platform companies and add-on acquisitions. Our consumer investments include:


California Pizza Kitchen Express Eddie Bauer
Zale J.Jill Macaroni Grill
On the Boarder Pacific Sunwear Herbalife
Apogee Retail Rocket Dog Wellco
Neways Lexicon Massif
Next Model Management



Financial Services and Business Services

We look for change-intensive opportunities in the financial services and business services sectors. These include partnering with both established businesses looking to unlock value and entrepreneurs hoping to create new businesses in a changing marketplace. Our activity has focused on a variety of specialty finance, insurance and outsourcing businesses, including:


Employers Direct Endurance B-line
Interstate CCCS Cydcor
NWC Clover



Industrials

We are actively seeking investments in an array of industrial sectors, including automotive, building products, chemicals, distribution, energy services, general manufacturing, industrial minerals and packaging. Our analytically intensive approach lends itself to investing in complex situations where either the company or the sector is undergoing significant change. We are comfortable investing in a variety of transaction types, including corporate carve-outs and bankruptcies. Our investments to date include:

USS Atrium EP




Security

As a multi-sector fund, we opportunistically pursue investments in many other industry segments. Broadly, we look for opportunities in industries undergoing significant change that require an analytically intensive approach to investing. Some of the wide range of other industries in which we have invested include media, transportation and healthcare.


Devcon Pinnacle Security