Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm based in New York. Established in 1979, the firm focuses its investment activities in information / business services and healthcare industries. Since its inception, WCAS has invested in more than 160 companies and funded 650 follow-on acquisitions. The firm is currently investing in 30 companies.
WCAS investors are public pension funds, private pension funds, banks, insurance companies, endowments and other institutional investors. The firm has managed 15 limited partnerships with total USD 20 billion in capital. It is currently investing equity fund WCAS XI and a dedicated subordinated debt fund WCAS partners IV, L.P.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has made various investments including:
- small alpha investments
- growth equity investments
- buy-and-build transactions
- large public-to-private acquisitions
- corporate carve-out transactions.
Investment Portfolio:
- Information / Business Services: OHL, Titan Outdoor Holdings, Local Insight Media, Asurion, Paycom, Retrievex, Transfirst, United Vision Logistics, Mobile Mini, Inc., GlobalCollect and Peak 10
- Healthcare: SHPS, Ardent Health Services, Onward Healthcare, Aptuit, Select Medical, Bausch & Lomb, Solantic, United Surgical Partners International, Inc., Universal American Financial Corp., National Dentex, Solstas, K2M, Smile Brands, Inc. and Springstone.
Some of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe former portfolio companies include (Information / Business Services): Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Amdocs Limited, Dex Media, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., SunGard Data Systems, Inc. and The BISYS Group, Inc. (Healthcare): Quorum Health Group Inc., AGA Medical, Accredo Health, Lincare Holdings Inc., MedCath and US Oncology.
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