# Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

> Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe is a VC fund backing Health Care and Software. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last fund: Jul 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/welsh-carson-anderson-&-stowe
- Website: http://www.welshcarson.com

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe is a VC fund in New York focused on Health Care and Software. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe is a private equity investment firm investing in information, business, and healthcare services companies. Since 1979, WCAS has been partnering with outstanding management teams to build leading healthcare and technology companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 8 | 21% |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 13% |
| Hospital | 4 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 15 | 39% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 26% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 53% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Hooper | General Partner | 1 | — |
| Joseph Ferraro | Associate | 0 | — |
| Russell L. Carson | General Partner | 2 | — |
| Anna Haghgooie | Operating Partner | 28 | — |
| Betty Vo | Vice president | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenAI Deployment Company | OpenAI Deployment Company provides artificial intelligence software services. The Deployment Company is a JV formed by OpenAI in partnership with TPG Inc (NASDAQ:TPG), Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE:BAM), Advent, and Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc (NYSE:BCSF). | $4B | Private Equity | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Honest Health | Honest is purpose-built to improve member satisfaction, improve care, and reduce costs for people with Medicare by integrating payer and provider functions to support patients.​ | $140M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Constitution Surgery Alliance | Constitution Surgery Alliance has developed and managed surgical facilities that provide patients with the highest level of surgical care while delivering exceptional financial returns to their physician and hospital partners. Today they are one of the largest independent operators of outpatient surgery centers in the US, covering virtually thefull range of surgical health care specialties. They have developed single-specialty centers in orthopedics, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and urology, as well as multi-specialty facilities as large as 10 ORs. We have purchased centers, sold centers to hospitals and national buyers, managed hospital outpatient departments, and created a variety of joint ventures with hospitals and health systems, integrating a broad variety of both inpatient and outpatient activities. |  | Private Equity | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| Constitution Surgery Alliance | Constitution Surgery Alliance has developed and managed surgical facilities that provide patients with the highest level of surgical care while delivering exceptional financial returns to their physician and hospital partners. Today they are one of the largest independent operators of outpatient surgery centers in the US, covering virtually thefull range of surgical health care specialties. They have developed single-specialty centers in orthopedics, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and urology, as well as multi-specialty facilities as large as 10 ORs. We have purchased centers, sold centers to hospitals and national buyers, managed hospital outpatient departments, and created a variety of joint ventures with hospitals and health systems, integrating a broad variety of both inpatient and outpatient activities. |  | Private Equity | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| ImageTrend | ImageTrend is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics, and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. |  | Private Equity | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| ImageTrend | ImageTrend is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics, and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. |  | Private Equity | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| ImageTrend | ImageTrend is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics, and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. |  | Private Equity | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| ImageTrend | ImageTrend is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics, and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. |  | Private Equity | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| EnableComp | EnableComp work with over 600 hospitals & health systems nationwide to identify and collect every penny they are entitled to for the services they provide injured workers.Since 2000, their robust proprietary technology has been populated with state fee schedules, clinical and jurisdictional conditions, and payer behavior data for more than$10 Billion worth of workers’ compensation claims.Their Revenue Services team has specialized expertise in working with the payers in this unique and complicated reimbursement class. They speak their language, and have earned their respect and cooperation.They offer a variety of work comp revenue management services to assure our clients have been paid correctly historically, and to see that they receive timely, fair and accurate payment for their current claims. |  |  | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| EnableComp | EnableComp work with over 600 hospitals & health systems nationwide to identify and collect every penny they are entitled to for the services they provide injured workers.Since 2000, their robust proprietary technology has been populated with state fee schedules, clinical and jurisdictional conditions, and payer behavior data for more than$10 Billion worth of workers’ compensation claims.Their Revenue Services team has specialized expertise in working with the payers in this unique and complicated reimbursement class. They speak their language, and have earned their respect and cooperation.They offer a variety of work comp revenue management services to assure our clients have been paid correctly historically, and to see that they receive timely, fair and accurate payment for their current claims. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 11, 2022 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abingworth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abingworth-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Advanced Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advanced-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Ardan Equity — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Biospring Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kaiser Permanente Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaiser-permanente-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe invest in?

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 38 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 Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe?

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### Who are the partners at Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe?

The team at Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe includes Christopher Hooper (General Partner), Joseph Ferraro (Associate) and Russell L. Carson (General Partner), among 23 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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