Searchlight Capital
Key facts
Recent exits
No exits recorded yet.
Coverage notes
7 funds tracked, 42 portfolio companies (42 active · 0 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
41 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Searchlight Capital has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Searchlight Capital IV, L.P.Buyout2024 · 2yr€2.3B3 active
Unrealized
3 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financials |  UK | – | |
| Industrials |  US | – | |
| Business Services | UK | – |
UKUSUKSearchlight single-asset continuation fundBuyout2023 · 3yr1 active
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | US | – |
USSearchlight Capital III, L.P.Buyout2020 · 6yr€3.1B14 active
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMT | US | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| Financials | US | – | |
| TMT |  France | – | |
| E-commerce |  Germany | 2009 | |
| Financials | UK | 2022 | |
| Financials | UK | – | |
| Consumer | US | – | |
| TMT | US | 2017 | |
| TMT | UK | – | |
| Fintech | US | – | |
| Financials | US | – | |
| Consumer | Canada | – |
USUSUSUSFranceGermany· Entry 2009UK· Entry 2022UKUSUS· Entry 2017UKUSUSSearchlight Opportunities FundBuyoutRealized2018 · 8yr€3.5B1 active
Searchlight Capital II, L.P.Buyout2015 · 11yr€1.8B7 active
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | US | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| Telecom |  Italy | – | |
| Consumer | Canada | – | |
| Telecom | Canada | – | |
| Mobility |  Sweden | – | |
| Cloud Infrastructure | US | – |
USUSItalySwedenUSSearchlight Capital I, L.P.Buyout2012 · 14yr€791M10 active
Unrealized
10 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | US | – | |
| Construction | UK | – | |
| Telecom | Israel | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| Financials | US | – | |
| Consumer | UK | – | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| – | – | – | |
| TMT | UK | – |
USUKUSUSUKFranceUSUKSearchlight Capital Partners LPBuyoutRealized2010 · 16yr€8.6B5 active
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech | US | – | |
| Aerospace & Defence | UK | – | |
| TMT | Mexico | – | |
| Telecom | US | – | |
| Telecom | US | – |
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About Searchlight Capital
Searchlight Capital is an alternative investment platform with capital deployed across 8 active fund vehicles, headquartered in New York. The firm deploys capital across European mid and small-cap businesses spanning TMT, financials, industrials, consumer, business services and healthcare.
Investment thesis
The platform combines complementary investment strategies, deploying capital across TMT, financials, industrials, consumer, business services and healthcare businesses in North America with selective European deployment. Multi-strategy capital deployment enables flexibility across the business lifecycle, with the partnership culture supporting management teams through growth, transmission and selective M&A across multiple fund vintages and asset classes.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 8 fund vehicles, 41 active portfolio companies and 0 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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