Genstar Capital is a private equity firm that executes leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies based in North America.

Based in San Francisco, Genstar is focused on investing in financial services, software, industrial technology, and healthcare.

In March 1989, the newly independent firm raised a $100 million pool of capital to fund leveraged buyout transactions.

In 1995, J-P Conte joined the firm, and, through the second half of the 1990s, Genstar focused on investments in a group of growth sectors, including industrial technology and healthcare.

[8] In 2020, Genstar Capital joined Diligent Corporation's Modern Leadership Initiative and pledged to create five new board roles among its portfolio companies for racially diverse candidates.