Tracked deals
60
60 tracked deals across 2017-2026.
San Francisco, California, United States
Genstar Capital is a middle-market private equity firm investing in high-quality companies and partnering with management teams and strategic advisors to grow and transform portfolio companies. It has approximately $50B in assets under management and focuses on financial services, software, industrials, and healthcare.
Tracked deals
60
60 tracked deals across 2017-2026.
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
29 buyout · 14 addon · 9 recapitalization
Last 9 years
Supporting Data
Showing the 12 most recent of 60 tracked deals for Genstar Capital.
Docupace, an AI-enabled back-office and compliance software provider for wealth management firms, announced its acquisition of InvestEdge, a regulatory compliance software provider for bank trust departments, broker-dealers, and RIAs. The deal expands Docupace’s compliance portfolio with InvestEdge’s ComplianceEdge platform and aims to create a unified data fabric across onboarding, supervision, and surveillance workflows.
Flourish Research, a Genstar Capital-backed multi-site clinical trial organization, has made a strategic investment in Valkyrie Clinical Trials to establish a meaningful presence in oncology. Valkyrie, founded by Dr. David Berz and operating three sites in Los Angeles, will leverage Flourish's national network and infrastructure to accelerate oncology trial access and patient recruitment.
Aperture, LLC, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, has acquired Bryant Consultants Operating, LLC, a geotechnical engineering and forensic consulting firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in Carrollton, Texas. The acquisition expands Aperture’s geotechnical and forensic capabilities and brings Bryant’s licensed engineers and field/laboratory services into Aperture’s national forensic and litigation-support platform.
Genstar Capital has closed a majority investment in First Eagle Investments, a New York–based independent investment management firm with approximately $161 billion in assets under management. The deal marks the exit of prior majority owners Blackstone and Corsair and is intended to accelerate First Eagle’s expansion of investment capabilities and client reach while preserving the firm’s independence and management ownership stake.
Aperture, LLC, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, announced the acquisition/partnership of Biomechanical Consultants, Inc., a forensic biomechanics and expert‑witness firm founded by Dr. Sean Shimada in Davis, California. The deal brings Biomechanical Consultants’ injury‑biomechanics and crash‑reconstruction capabilities into Aperture’s national forensics platform to enhance its litigation support and expert witness services.
Genstar Capital has backed a combination of PlayMetrics and Stack Sports, making Genstar the majority owner of the combined sports-technology business. As part of the transaction Genstar acquired PlayMetrics from Blue Star Innovation Partners and PSG and will fold it into Stack Sports (headquartered in Dallas) to create a larger SaaS platform for clubs, leagues, tournaments, and governing bodies.
Lightspeed Systems, supported by funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital, has acquired STOPit Solutions to integrate anonymous reporting and crisis management with its student safety monitoring and web-filtering tools. The acquisition expands Lightspeed’s capabilities to provide unified case management, 24/7 human review, and enhanced visibility for K–12 schools to detect and prevent safety risks earlier.
Genstar Capital has made a strategic majority investment in Aperture, LLC, a national provider of forensic expert witness and litigation support services headquartered in Arlington, Texas. The partnership will provide capital and resources to accelerate Aperture’s growth, expand service offerings, and support further M&A activity across new and existing markets.
Cyncly, a global provider of visualization and business management software backed by TA Associates and Genstar Capital, has agreed to acquire Broadlume, a provider of digital marketing, product visualization and business management software for the flooring industry. The deal will fold Broadlume into Cyncly’s flooring division (Cyncly Flooring) to expand digital marketing, visualization, CRM/ERP and payments capabilities for flooring dealers, distributors and manufacturers across North America.
Genstar Capital has increased its strategic investment in Likewize, becoming the majority investor while Brightstar Capital Partners and management remain minority shareholders. The additional capital will be used to accelerate Likewize's growth, expand AI-driven claims handling and premium tech support capabilities, and support further geographic expansion across Europe and other markets.
Genstar Capital has made a strategic majority investment in Flourish Research, a multi-site clinical trial organization headquartered in Apex, North Carolina. The transaction represents an exit for NMS Capital, which built Flourish into a 24-site network with ~150 investigators and scaled the business through infrastructure investments and acquisitions.
Genstar Capital has made a strategic majority investment in Docupace, a Holmdel, New Jersey-based provider of cloud-based software for wealth management back-office operations. The transaction is a recapitalization that will leave FTV Capital as a minority investor and position Docupace to accelerate organic and inorganic growth of its platform.
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