M&A Deal Summary

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe Acquires Green Street

On June 3, 2019, private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe acquired information services company Green Street from Golden Gate Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 82nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe’s 5th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Green Street was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-06-03
Target Green Street
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Sellers(s) Golden Gate Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Green Street

Newport Beach, California, United States
Green Street is an independent research, analytics, trading, and consulting firm to the commercial real estate market in North American and Europe. Green Street was founded in 1985 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


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 86 of 103
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 16 of 20
State (California) 5 of 7
Country (United States) 82 of 98
Year (2019) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-30 K2M

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

K2M is a spinal device company committed to the research, development, and commercialization of simplified solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and minimally invasive procedures. K2M is based in Leesburg, Virginia.

Sell $1.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-06 AIM Software

Vienna, Austria

AIM Software GmbH provides data management solutions to the buy-side community. AIM’s GAIN suite of business applications helps leading financial institutions aggregate, master and report on their market data. AIM Software GmbH was founded in 1998 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Sell €60M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Golden Gate Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Golden Gate Capital is a large private equity firm focused on buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. The Firm partners with management teams to make equity investments in situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's value. Sectors of interest include software and IT services, semiconductors, electronics, consumer products and retail, financial services, business services, and media. Prospective transaction types include public-to-privates, corporate extractions, bankruptcy auctions, and recapitalizations. Golden Gate Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 62 of 84
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 11 of 18
State (California) 15 of 19
Country (United States) 55 of 76
Year (2019) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-16 ArrMaz Custom Chemicals

Mulberry, Florida, United States

ArrMaz Custom Chemicals, Inc. is a producer of process chemicals to the phosphate fertilizer mining and manufacturing industry, a manufacturer of additives to the asphalt paving market, and a growing supplier of other diversified industrial mineral flotation and surfactant chemicals.

Sell $570M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-25 OneZero

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

OneZero empowers institutional and retail broker-dealers and market makers with the trading technology required to compete effectively across the global foreign exchange, commodities, crypto-currency and futures markets. OneZero was founded in 2009 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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