[2] Following the bursting of the Dot-com bubble, the firm had shown a pattern of investments in technology companies that may have been distressed by the Great Recession in the United States at that time.

[citation needed] In 2006, it bought Neways International for $500 Million, acquiring the company at an auction held by the divorce court.

[citation needed] Through its unit, Mac Acquisition LLC, in 2008, the firm acquired a majority stake in the Romano's Macaroni Grill restaurant chain for $131 Million.

[22] In July, Golden Gate Capital announced that it had acquired The Learning Experience, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing academies of early education and child care providers.

[23] In November, Golden Gate Capital announced that it had acquired Vector Solutions of Tampa from Providence Equity Partners, for an undisclosed sum.

[24] In September 2019, Golden Gate Capital acquired autism and childhood behavioral health services provider, Invo Holding, LLC, for an undisclosed amount.

NGL Energy Partners acquired the Central Delaware Basin water pipeline and disposal infrastructure company for approximately US$600 million.