Silver Lake

Silver Lake

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Investment Firm

Overview

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 that 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 technology, technology-enabled businesses, 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.

Highlights

Founded

1999

Industry

Information Technology

Employees

251-500

Investment

136

Lead Investment

79

Exits

58

Stages

Private Equity, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Silver Lake, established in 1999 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Private Equity, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Mobile, Messaging, Management Consulting, Gaming, PC Games, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Business Development, Angel Investment. The organization boasts a portfolio of 136 investments, with an average round size of $2.3B and 58 successful exits. Their recent investments include Mobile Messenger, Zynga, IVP, Andreessen Horowitz, Adams Street Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $21107.7B. Among their most notable exits are Mobile Messenger and Zynga. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Jim Rossman

Operating Partner

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Mark Gillett

Managing Director and Chief Operating Partner

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Michael Todd

Operating Executive

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Joe Osnoss

Managing Partner

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Simon Patterson

Managing Director

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Thomas Conneely

Vice President

Investment portfolio

Silver Lake has made 136 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 13, 2024, when Vantage Data Centers raised $2800.0M.

Silver Lake has made 16 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Mar 08, 2024, when Equinox Fitness raised $1800.0M.

investments

136

Diversity investments

16

Lead investments

79

Number of exits

58

Investments

136

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 09, 2024
Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers
Information Technology6400.0M
Mar 08, 2024
Equinox Fitness Equinox Fitness
Lifestyle1800.0M
Mar 10, 2024
WeCare WeCare
-350.0K
Jun 13, 2024
Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers
Information Technology2800.0M

Exits

58

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

136

Investors

6

Funds

8

Funding Rounds

136

Silver Lake has raised 136 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 13, 2024 from a Private Equity Round - Vantage Data Centers round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 09, 2024
Private Equity Round - Vantage Data Centers Private Equity Round - Vantage Data Centers
-6400.0M-
Mar 08, 2024
Private Equity Round - Equinox Fitness Private Equity Round - Equinox Fitness
-1800.0M-
Mar 10, 2024
Grant - WeCare Grant - WeCare
-350.0K-
Jun 13, 2024
Private Equity Round - Vantage Data Centers Private Equity Round - Vantage Data Centers
-2800.0M-

Investors

7

Silver Lake is funded by 7 investor(s). JP Morgan and Citigroup Global Markets Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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