Silver Lake Partners
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
Silver Lake Partners is a New York and Menlo Park-based late-stage investor. Their FinTech investments are focused in the North American region.
Country: United States
Founded: 1999
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
+1 650 233 8120
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
Sector Focus
- Institutional Investments and Trading
- WealthTech
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
Investment Stage
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
Summary
Silver Lake is a US-based private investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in tech companies. The firm has offices in both Menlo Park and New York.
The firm’s most recent FinTech investment came in February 2017, where they led lending disruptor SoFi’s $500m Series F round.
Earlier in 2017 the firm announced they had closed their fifth tech-focused fund at $15bn, surpassing the original $12.5bn target. Silver Lake says it will use the new fund to enhance its capacity to make large-scale investments in tech and tech-enabled industries globally.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
SoFi
Series F
RSC Capital
WealthTech
United States
Symantec
Infrastructure & Enterprise Software
United States
Direct Match
Series A
Canaan Partners
Institutional Investments & Trading
United States
Blackline
Venture
ICONIQ Capital
Infrastructure & Enterprise Software
United States
Opera Solutions
Venture
Tola Capital
Data & Analytics
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
Silver Lake Partners V
$15bn
Silver Lake Kraftwerk Fund, L.P.
$653.5m
Silver Lake Partners IV
$10.3bn
Silver Lake Partners III
$9.6bn
Silver Lake Sumeru
$726m
Key Employees
Andy Wagner
Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
Susannah Carrier
Managing Director & Head of Marketing and Investor Relations
Lindsey Press
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations
Dan Hoevel
Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations
