Investment Summary

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe Invests In Onward Health

On September 30, 2002, private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe invested in staffing company Onward Health

Investment Highlights
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 1st transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.
Investment Fate
  • Onward Health was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014 for 83M USD.
  • Onward Health was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2014 for 83M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2002-09-30
Target Onward Health
Sector Staffing
Investor(s) Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Onward Health

Wilton, Connecticut, United States
OGH LLC is a provider of workforce solutions for talent acquisition. The holding group consists of three staffing services firms: Onward Healthcare, Locum Leaders, Onward Search, as well as Medefis, the vendor management solutions platform for health care systems, and Recruitics, a recruitment marketing analytics platform for Fortune 500 companies, staffing firms, and job boards

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Investor

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1979
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a mega-sized, specialist private equity firm focused on investments in growth-oriented companies operating within the healthcare and technology/tech-enabled services industries. WCAS will consider small and large transactions; including venture investments, growth equity investments, buy-and-build transactions, public-to-private acquisitions, and corporate carve-outs. The Firm prefers control situations and generally seeks opportunities in the US. Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe was formed in 1979 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 104
Sector: Staffing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 2 of 12
State: Connecticut M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 24 of 99
Year: 2002 M&A 3 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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