# Genstar Capital

> Genstar Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Software. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Fund size: $1.5B
- Last fund: Apr 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/genstar-capital/about/
- Website: http://www.gencap.com

Genstar Capital is a private equity investment firm that makes leveraged investments in quality companies. They work in partnership with management to create value over the long term. With $3 billion of committed capital under management and significant experience operating and investing in businesses, Genstar Capital delivers the advantages ofexpertise, experience and patient capital to portfolio companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Genstar Capital. Shizune tracks 16 team members at Genstar Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/genstarcapital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 7 | 29% |
| Software | 5 | 21% |
| Insurance | 4 | 17% |
| Health Care | 4 | 17% |
| Retail | 2 | 8% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 16 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 4% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 79% |
| Bermuda | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony J. Salewski | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-j-salewski |
| David Graham | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-graham-dbad |
| Edgar M. Purvis Jr | Business Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edgar-m-purvis-jr |
| Eli Weiss | Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eli-p-weiss |
| Jean-Pierre Conte | Chairman & Managing Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-pierre-l-conte |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8am | AffiniPay as an independent sales organization supporting online credit card transactions for professional trade associations. Through these partnerships and member benefit programs, AffiniPay has built a solution uniquely focused on the legal and accounting industries. AffiniPay’s engine is the technology behind LawPay, CPACharge, AffiniPay forAssociations, and ClientPay programs. Collectively, these programs process up to $13 billion annually. |  | Private Equity | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Cetera Financial Group | Cetera Financial Group is a privately-held, independent broker-dealer and investment adviser family. |  | Private Equity | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Cetera Financial Group | Cetera Financial Group is a privately-held, independent broker-dealer and investment adviser family. |  | Private Equity | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Likewize | Brightstar Corp. is a specialist in services for the global wireless industry, driving performance of manufacturers, operators and retailers through expertise, innovation and global infrastructure.As the world's largest specialized wireless distributor and leader in innovation and diversified services for the wireless industry, Brightstarhelps customers overcome difficult challenges quickly and efficiently to improve profitability and market share. |  | Private Equity | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| AmeriLife | AmeriLife is a national leader in developing, marketing, and distributing annuity, life, and health insurance solutions to protect the health and retirement needs of consumers. The company's remarkable growth is the result of vision and innovation, resulting in record expansion, production, sales, and profits in recent years. AmeriLife haspartnered with the nation’s leading insurance carriers to provide value and quality to customers. |  | Secondary Market | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Lightspeed Systems | Lightspeed Systems® is dedicated to providing time-saving solutions and empowering districts to focus where it matters most—students and learning. Lightspeed provides one integrated platform of cloud-managed solutions: Security & Compliance, Safety & Wellness, and Engagement & Impact, purpose-built for school networks and devices.Lightspeed solutions are designed to surface insights and facilitate workflows needed to ensure a safe, secure, and compliant learning environment that works on any device, anywhere learning takes place. As a committed partner in privacy and security for more than 20 years, Lightspeed ensures secure student data with technical and administrative safeguards in place. And with a keen understanding of the staff and resource shortages in primary education, Lightspeed has focused resources on client success to provide implementation guidance, support, and an easy procurement process. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed serves more than 20 million students using 15 million devices in 28,000 schools throughout 42 countries. |  | Private Equity | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Inside Real Estate | Inside Real Estate is a technology agency for the real estate business. Their platform includes lead generation, management, integrated real estate CRM, a revolutionary performance analytics system, and transaction MGMT integrations. |  | Private Equity | Dec 23, 2021 |  |
| Daxko | Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Daxko is a leading provider of operations and financial management solutions for member-centric nonprofits, with a particular focus on the $6 billion YMCA market.Daxko's OnDemand software suite, including Daxko Operations and Daxko Accounting, help customers operate more efficiently, grow healthierorganizations, and serve their communities more effectively. |  | Private Equity | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Daxko | Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Daxko is a leading provider of operations and financial management solutions for member-centric nonprofits, with a particular focus on the $6 billion YMCA market.Daxko's OnDemand software suite, including Daxko Operations and Daxko Accounting, help customers operate more efficiently, grow healthierorganizations, and serve their communities more effectively. |  | Private Equity | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Association Member Benefits Advisors | Association Member Benefits Advisors is an insurance company that offers life and health insurance products and services. |  | Private Equity | Aug 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GI Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gi-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [TA Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Harvest Partners Structured Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harvest-partners-structured-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hgcapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-atlantic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Genstar Capital invest in?

Genstar Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and Insurance startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Genstar Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Genstar Capital?

The team at Genstar Capital includes Anthony J. Salewski (Managing Director), David Graham (Director) and Edgar M. Purvis Jr (Business Consultant), among 16 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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