Silver Lake
AUM
€99.0B
Funds
11
vintages 2000–2024
Portfolio
182
Exits
1
Silver Lake is a private equity firm based in United States with €99.0B AUM, 182 active companies and 1 exit.
Key takeaways
- ·Top sector focus: TMT (43% of portfolio).
- ·Fund cadence: ~2Y between vintages · last raise 2024.
Sector breakdown
173 companiesTMT
75 · 43%
Fintech
15 · 9%
SaaS
11 · 6%
Telecom
11 · 6%
E-commerce
9 · 5%
Hospitality
7 · 4%
HealthTech
7 · 4%
Industrials
6 · 3%
Geography breakdown
20 geographiesUS
132 · 76%
China
9 · 5%
France
4 · 2%
Germany
4 · 2%
India
3 · 2%
UK
3 · 2%
Australia
2 · 1%
Canada
2 · 1%
Key facts
HQUnited States
Websitesilverlake.com
Recent exits
Silver Lake sold TikTok USDS JV to Ecoparts in 2024 after 6 years.
Coverage notes
11 funds tracked, 183 portfolio companies (182 active · 1 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Silver Lake has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
11 funds
Fund
Strategy
Vintage
Size
Assets
Exits
Silver Lake Partners VIIBuyout2024€18.9B7 assetsBuyout2024 · 2yr€18.9B7–
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Endeavor TMT · US | – |
| NewDeal SaaS · France | 2021 |
| Qualtrics SaaS · US | – |
| Software AG TMT · Germany | – |
| UFC TMT · US | – |
| Vantage Data Centers Telecom · US | – |
| Zuora TMT · US | – |
Silver Lake Partners VIBuyout2021€18.4B6 assetsBuyout2021 · 5yr€18.4B6–
Unrealized
6 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Airbnb Hospitality · US | 2015 |
| Australian Professional Leagues TMT · Australia | – |
| Expedia Hospitality · US | – |
| Global Payments Fintech · US | – |
| Jio Platforms Telecom · India | – |
| Klarna Fintech · Sweden | 2019 |
Silver Lake Partners & AlpineRealizedBuyout20206 assetsBuyout2020 · 6yr–6–
Unrealized
6 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Clari TMT · US | – |
| Cornerstone HealthTech · US | – |
| Groupe Meilleurtaux Fintech · France | – |
| Integrity Marketing Group Healthcare · US | – |
| Stripe Fintech · US | 2015 |
| Xoriant IT Services · US | – |
Silver Lake AlpineRealizedGrowth20182 assetsGrowth2018 · 8yr–2–
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| AMC Hospitality · US | – |
| Shadowbox Studios TMT · US | – |
Silver Lake Partners VBuyout2017€13.8B11 assetsBuyout2017 · 9yr€13.8B11–
Unrealized
11 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| A Place for Mom HealthTech · US | – |
| Airbnb Hospitality · US | 2015 |
| Dell Technologies TMT · US | – |
| Expedia Hospitality · US | – |
| Koubei TMT · China | – |
| SoFi Fintech · US | – |
| SolarWinds TMT · US | – |
| TEG E-commerce · Australia | – |
| Twitter TMT · US | – |
| Unity IT Services · US | – |
| Unitymedia Telecom · Germany | 2017 |
Silver Lake SumeruRealizedGrowth201411 assetsGrowth2014 · 12yr–11–
Unrealized
11 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| BlackLine TMT · US | – |
| ForeFlight SaaS · US | – |
| i2 TMT · UK | – |
| Locaweb Cloud Infrastructure · Brazil | – |
| Opera Solutions TMT · US | – |
| Power-One Industrials · US | – |
| PrimeSense TMT · Israel | – |
| Quorum Software TMT · US | – |
| Spansion TMT · US | – |
| Talend Data & Analytics · US | 2013 |
| Velocity Technology Solutions TMT · US | – |
Silver Lake Partners IVBuyout2013€9.5B111 assets1 exitsBuyout2013 · 13yr€9.5B1111
Unrealized
111 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Achievers TMT · Canada | – |
| Airtable Software · US | – |
| Alchemy Industrials · US | 2015 |
| Alibaba E-commerce · China | – |
| Allyes TMT · China | – |
| Altera TMT · US | – |
| Ancestry TMT · US | – |
| Ant Group Fintech · China | – |
| Avago TMT · US | – |
| Avaya TMT · US | – |
| Avi-spl TMT · US | – |
| Blackhawk Network Fintech · US | – |
| Broadcom TMT · US | – |
| Byju’s SaaS · India | – |
| Caris Life Sciences Biotech · US | – |
| Carta TMT · US | 2021 |
| Cast & Crew HR Tech · US | – |
| CDW TMT · US | – |
| Cegid SaaS · France | 2016 |
| Celonis TMT · Germany | – |
| City Football Group Consumer · UK | – |
| Con-Pearl Industrials · US | – |
| Convenience Bee TMT · US | – |
| Credit Karma Fintech · US | – |
| Crystal Decisions / Business Objects TMT · US | – |
| Ctrip Hospitality · China | – |
| Datek Online / Ameritrade Fintech · US | – |
| Dell Technologies TMT · US | – |
| Diamond Baseball Holdings Consumer · US | – |
| Didi Chuxing TMT · China | – |
| Endeavor TMT · US | – |
| Enterasys TMT · US | – |
| Entrata SaaS · US | – |
| Equinox Group Healthcare · US | – |
| EverCommerce SaaS · US | – |
| Exact TMT · Netherlands | – |
| Facile.it Fintech · Italy | 2022 |
| Fanatics Collectibles E-commerce · US | – |
| Fanatics, Inc. E-commerce · US | – |
| First Advantage HR Tech · US | – |
| Flextronics Industrials · US | – |
| Flix TMT · US | – |
| G42 TMT · UAE | – |
| Genies TMT · US | – |
| Gerson Lehrman Group Business Services · US | – |
| Getir E-commerce · Turkey | – |
| Global Blue Consumer · Switzerland | – |
| GlobalFoundries TMT · US | – |
| GoDaddy TMT · US | – |
| GoodRx HealthTech · US | – |
| Groupon E-commerce · US | – |
| Grupo BC Business Services · Spain | 2021 |
| Imagine Learning TMT · US | – |
| Instinet Fintech · US | – |
| Intelsat Telecom · US | – |
| IonQ Deep Tech · US | – |
| Island / Instinet Group Fintech · US | – |
| Iterable SaaS · US | – |
| IVC Evidensia Healthcare · UK | 2021 |
| Khazna Data Centers TMT · Egypt | – |
| Learfield TMT · US | – |
| LightBox PropTech · US | – |
| Madison Square Garden Sports TMT · US | – |
| MCI Business Services · Canada | – |
| Mercury Healthcare HealthTech · US | – |
| Mercury Payment Systems Fintech · US | – |
| Motorola Solutions Telecom · US | – |
| MultiPlan HealthTech · US | – |
| N-Able TMT · US | – |
| Nasdaq Fintech · US | – |
| Network General / NetScout Telecom · US | – |
| New Zealand Rugby Consumer · New Zealand | – |
| Nobao Renewable Energy ClimateTech | – |
| Noom HealthTech · US | – |
| NortonLifeLock Cybersecurity · US | – |
| Oak View Group TMT · US | – |
| Plaid Data & Analytics · US | – |
| Qualtrics SaaS · US | – |
| RAC TMT · US | – |
| Red Ventures TMT · US | – |
| Relativity TMT · US | – |
| Reliance Retail Consumer · India | – |
| Riverstone Networks Telecom · US | – |
| Root InsurTech · US | – |
| Sabre TMT · US | – |
| Seagate TMT · US | – |
| Sensata Technologies Mobility · US | – |
| SenseTime TMT · China | – |
| Serena TMT · US | – |
| ServiceMax TMT · US | – |
| Silae SaaS · US | 2021 |
| Skype Telecom · US | – |
| SMART Global Holdings TMT · US | – |
| SMART Storage Systems TMT · US | – |
| Splunk TMT · US | – |
| SubmitOrder E-commerce · US | – |
| TAL Education Group Education · China | 2018 |
| Terremark Telecom · US | – |
| Thomson Industrials · France | – |
| Thrasio E-commerce · US | – |
| UGS TMT · US | – |
| UiPath SaaS · US | 2019 |
| Vacasa Hospitality · US | – |
| Vantage Data Centers Telecom · US | – |
| Verily HealthTech · US | – |
| VMware TMT · US | – |
| Waymo TMT · US | – |
| WP Engine TMT · US | – |
| Xplor Technologies TMT · US | – |
| ZPG PropTech · US | – |
| Zynga Software · US | – |
Realized
1 exit| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok USDS JV TMT · US | 2018 | 2024 | Trade Sale | Ecoparts | – |
Silver Lake KraftwerkRealizedGrowth20119 assetsGrowth2011 · 15yr–9–
Unrealized
9 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Aras TMT · US | – |
| Carbon Industrials · US | – |
| Eka TMT · US | – |
| Fathom TMT · US | – |
| Hyla Mobile TMT · US | – |
| Peloton TMT · US | 2018 |
| Renovate America Fintech · US | – |
| SolarCity ClimateTech · US | – |
| Tintri Cloud Infrastructure · US | – |
Silver Lake Partners IIIRealizedBuyout2007€9.6B3 assetsBuyout2007 · 19yr€9.6B3–
Unrealized
3 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Interactive Data Corporation TMT · US | – |
| Spreadtrum TMT · China | – |
| Tandberg TMT · Norway | – |
Silver Lake Partners II, L.P.RealizedBuyout2004€3.6B3 assetsBuyout2004 · 22yr€3.6B3–
Legacy StrategiesRealizedBuyout2000€2.3B3 assetsBuyout2000 · 26yr€2.3B3–
Unrealized
3 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Blue Danube System Telecom · US | – |
| Gartner TMT · US | – |
| Omio E-commerce · Germany | – |
Other portfolio companies
10 more Silver Lake investments not tied to a tracked fund.
- eConnections · TMT · US
- Hillstone Networks · TMT · China
- Mirakl · E-commerce · France · 2016
- Mission Pet Health · Healthcare · US
- Outspoken · TMT · US
- ProService · HR Tech · US · 2023
- Smart Modular · TMT · US
- TeamSystem · SaaS · Italy
- Tesla · TMT · US
- Virtu Financial · Fintech · US
About Silver Lake
Silver Lake is an alternative investment platform with capital deployed across 12 active fund vehicles, headquartered in New York. The firm deploys capital across European mid and small-cap businesses spanning TMT, financials, healthcare, consumer, software and industrials.
Investment thesis
The platform combines complementary investment strategies, deploying capital across TMT, financials, healthcare, consumer, software and industrials 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
Recent realised exits include TikTok USDS JV (TMT, 2024). The platform tracks 12 fund vehicles, 180 active portfolio companies and 1 realised exit across the strategy's history.
Portfolio platforms backed by Silver Lake made 47 researched add-on acquisitions during its ownership.
Frequently asked questions
- How many portfolio companies does Silver Lake have?
- Silver Lake has 182 active portfolio companies and 1 completed exit and 11 funds tracked on GP Intel.
- Where is Silver Lake headquartered?
- Silver Lake is headquartered in United States.
- What is Silver Lake's assets under management?
- Silver Lake manages approximately €99.0B in assets under management.
- What are Silver Lake's recent exits?
- Recent realized exits by Silver Lake include: TikTok USDS JV (2024) to Ecoparts.
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