Golden Gate Capital

Golden Gate Capital

San Francisco, Californiagoldengatecap.com

Overview

Golden Gate Capital is a private equity firm based in San Francisco. The firm invests in select industries including consumer, industrials, financial services and software & services, through a wide range of transaction types such as recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, going-privates, and public equity investments . Golden Gate's investment fund is structured as an evergreen fund with no finite life, meaning the firm does not have to sell all investments within five to 10 years in order to raise another fund and can instead fund-raise as deals are made .

Year Founded

2000

Portfolio Companies

13

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
The Learning ExperienceJul 2025Buyout/LBOCo-investor
oneZero Financial SystemsNov 2024Private EquityLead
Mavis Discount TireJun 2023Private EquityCo-investor
PicoJul 2022Series DLead
EnsembleMar 2022Buyout/LBOCo-investor

Key People

Alex Cannon

Principal

Claudia Han

Principal, Fundraising Investor Relations

Dionicio Herrera

Principal

Jennifer Zhu

Principal

Matthew Michel

Principal

Michael Schwartzman

Principal

Roman Burgess

Principal

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded2000

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