Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in technology companies.
Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in leading technology companies.
They are partners to world-class management teams who seek to use their capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. seeks to formulate its investments to enable growth and frequently employs conservative capital structures designed to drive aggressive investment in new initiatives, innovation, and business expansion.
Their core investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private investments. The firm also seeks to cultivate proprietary or specialized investment opportunities not typically available to generalist investors. It devotes its full scope of talent and intellectual capital to the singular mission of investing in the world’s leading technology, technology-enabled, and related growth businesses.
Silver Lake was established in 1999 by David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, Jim Davidson, and Roger McNamee and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jul 6, 2021 | Private Equity(PE) | $40M | 1 | Ikhlas Capital | — | Detail |
Sep 30, 2020 | Secondary Market | $2B | 2 |
Dyal Capital Partners
Mubadala |
— | Detail |
Jul 12, 2016 | Private Equity(PE) | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Date
Company Name
|
Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Dec 6, 2022
Fanatics
|
Private Equity(PE) | $700M | eSports | — |
Oct 19, 2022
MaxAB
|
Series B | $40M | B2B | — |
Sep 15, 2022
Rephrase.ai
|
Series A | $10.60M | Animation | — |
Jul 11, 2022
Klarna
|
Series Unknown | $800M | E-Commerce | — |
Jun 14, 2022
Shadowbox Studios
|
Private Equity(PE) | $500M | Art | Yes |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
---|---|---|
Ikhlas Capital | Yes | Private Equity(PE) |
Dyal Capital Partners | Yes | Secondary Market |
Mubadala | Yes | Secondary Market |
Silver Lake has had 50 exits. Silver Lake most notable exits include Xoriant , ServiceMax
Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
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Jan 5, 2023 | Xoriant | M&A | Apps | Detail |
Nov 17, 2022 | ServiceMax | M&A | Cloud Infrastructure | Detail |
May 5, 2022 | Kareo | M&A | Cloud Computing | Detail |
Dec 30, 2021 | SenseTime | IPO | Artificial Intelligence | Detail |
Dec 7, 2021 | Vacasa | IPO | Property Management | Detail |
Silver Lake has acquired 13 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Sabre Corporation on Dec 12, 2006. They acquired Sabre Corporation for $5B.
Date
Company Name
|
Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Dec 12, 2006
Sabre Corporation
|
Business Intelligence | lbo | $ 5B | Detail |
Jun 29, 2015
Cast & Crew
|
Accounting | acquisition | — | Detail |
Apr 20, 2016
CEGID
|
Construction | lbo | — | Detail |
Jan 4, 2018
Weld North
|
Education | acquisition | — | Detail |
Dec 13, 2018
GE Digital
|
Analytics | acquisition | — | Detail |