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See a selection of recent announcements from Silver Lake and its global community of innovative portfolio companies driving digital transformation
Clubessential Holdings Announces Strategic Growth Investment From Silver Lake
Cincinnati, OH – September 7, 2021 – Membership-management software company Clubessential Holdings announced that Silver Lake, the global leader in…
Splunk Announces $1 Billion Investment from Silver Lake
San Francisco, CA – June 22, 2021 – Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the Data-to-Everything Platform, today announced that…
Transforming Mobility with the Confidence of World-Class Investors
As we build, deploy, and commercialize the Waymo Driver, it’s gratifying to see so much interest in being part of…
Iterable’s Next Chapter: Series E Funding Announcement
“Change is the only constant in life.” It’s a saying as old as time, but continues to ring true. This…
Getir is Streets Ahead Following Latest Funding Round Valuing the Company at Over $7.5bn
Istanbul – June 4, 2021– Getir, the pioneer of ultrafast grocery delivery, announced today it has concluded its Series D…
Silver Lake Announces Strategic Investment in Exact
Menlo Park, CA and London, United Kingdom – June 1, 2021 – Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing,…
Relativity Acquires Text IQ to Drive Leadership in AI for e-Discovery, Compliance and Privacy
Chicago, IL and New York, NY – May 27, 2020 – Relativity, a global legal and compliance technology company, today…
Noom Announces $540 Million in Growth Funding to Further Accelerate Expansion of its Digital Health Platform
New investors Silver Lake, Oak HC/FT, Temasek, and Novo Holdings Join Sequoia, RRE Ventures, and Samsung Ventures in Series F…
Caris Life Sciences Raises $830 Million in Growth Equity Capital to Continue to Expand its Precision Medicine Platform
Accelerates Caris’ Rapid Growth as the Market Leader Reshaping Precision Oncology Through Basic Science Research and the Application of Artificial…
Silver Lake invests in Plaid
As businesses around the world closed their doors last year, people turned to the web to continue their lives –…
IonQ to Become the First Publicly Traded Pure-Play Quantum Computing Company.
IonQ Has Entered into a Definitive Merger Agreement with DMY Technology Group III (NYSE: DMYI.U) The Transaction will Result in…
Clari Raises $150M to Bring Revenue Operations to Every Business
Sunnyvale, CA – March 03, 2021 – Today Clari, the revenue operations leader, announced it has closed on $150 million…
IVC Evidensia Expands Partnership to Drive Next Phase of Accelerating Growth
Europe’s Largest Veterinary Care Provider Welcomes Additional Investment and Renewed Long-TermCommitment fromLargest ShareholderEQT PrivateEquity New Minority Investment from Technology Leader…
Klarna Announces $650M Funding Round to Further Accelerate Global Growth
NewYork, NY – September 15 2020 – Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, is pleased to announce it…
Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry®, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion
New York, August 5, 2020 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have reached…
Silver Lake Enters into Exclusive Negotiations to Acquire Groupe Meilleurtaux
Paris, France, and London, United Kingdom – July 22, 2020 – Groupe Meilleurtaux (“the Company”), a leading French financial services…
Silver Lake Acquires Cloud-Based Payroll and HR Software Specialist Silae
Aix-en-Provence, France and London, United Kingdom – July 8, 2020 – Silae, a specialist provider of cloud-based payroll and HR…
Vacasa Announces $108 Million in New Financing Led by Silver Lake
Portland, OR, and Menlo Park, CA – June 2, 2020 -- Vacasa, North America’s largest vacation rental management platform, today…
Twitter, Inc. Announces Partnership with Silver Lake and Elliott Management
Silver Lake to Make $1 Billion Investment Board Authorizes $2 Billion Share Repurchase Program Enters into Cooperation Agreement with Elliott…
Waymo Raises First External Investment Round
March 2, 2020 – Today, Waymo is announcing our first external investment round, led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment…
Silver Lake to Acquire First Advantage
Atlanta, GA and Menlo Park, CA – November 25, 2019 – First Advantage, a global technology and information services leader…
EverCommerce Announces Strategic Investment from Silver Lake
Denver, CO – July 23, 2019 – EverCommerce (the “Company”), the leading service commerce platform connecting best-of-breed technologies and solutions…
Lightbox Announces Acquisitions of Real Capital Markets And Digital Map Products
May 13, 2019 – Advancing its mission to empower decision makers through every step of the real estate workflow, LightBox…
Verily Announces $1 Billion Investment Round to Fund Growth and Innovation
South San Francisco, CA – January 3, 2019 – Verily, an Alphabet company, today announced a $1 billion investment round,…
AMC Entertainment Closes on $600 Million Strategic Investment from Silver Lake
AMC issues $600 million of Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due 2024 to Silver Lake bearing interest at 2.95% and convertible…
Silver Lake Makes Strategic Investment in GoodRx; Joins Francisco Partners and Spectrum Equity
Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY – August 6, 2018 – GoodRx, America’s leading source for prescription and healthcare savings,…
Dell Technologies Concludes Strategic Review and Reaches Agreement to Exchange Class V Tracking Stock for Equity or Cash Election Option
Round Rock, TX – July 2, 2018 – Dell Technologies to offer a new class of publicly listed common stock…
Credit Karma and Silver Lake Announce $500 Million Strategic Secondary Investment
San Francisco, CA – March 28, 2018 – Credit Karma, the leading personal finance technology company in North America, today…
Carbon Announces $200 Million in Funding to Accelerate A New World of Global Digital 3D Manufacturing
Redwood City, CA – December 20, 2017 – Carbon (www.carbon3d.com), a Silicon Valley- based digital 3D Manufacturing company, today announced…
Cornerstone OnDemand Announces $300 Million Strategic Investment Led by Silver Lake to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth
Santa Monica, CA – Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based learning and human capital management software, today announced that Silver Lake,…
A Place for Mom Announces Strategic Investment from General Atlantic and Silver Lake
Seattle, WA, Menlo Park, CA, and New York, NY – July 5, 2017 – A Place for Mom, North America’s largest…
Silver Lake Announces Strategic Investment in Unity Technologies
Joins Current Investors Including Sequoia Capital in the World’s Leading Game Development Platform Company Poised for Continued Rapid Growth in…
SoFi Announces $500 Million Strategic Growth Investment Led by Silver Lake
San Francisco, CA — SoFi, a modern finance company taking an unprecedented approach to lending and wealth management, announced today…
FlixBus and Silver Lake Announce Strategic Investment
Munich and London – December 16, 2016 – FlixBus, one of Europe’s leading innovators in travel technology, and Silver Lake,…
Silver Lake and GIC Announce Strategic Investments in Ancestry
The Permira Funds, Spectrum Equity and Ancestry Management to Continue as Significant Investors in World’s Leading Franchise for Online Family…
Silver Lake and Red Ventures Announce $250 Million Strategic Investment
Menlo Park, CA, and Indian Land, SC –January 6, 2015 – Red Ventures, a leading marketing technology and services company,…
Velocity Technology Solutions Completes Acquisition of Titan Technology Partners
Menlo Park, CA – April 2, 2014 – Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc. (Velocity), a leader in enterprise cloud application hosting,…
Avago Technologies to Acquire LSI Corporation for $6.6 Billion in Cash
Positions Avago as a leader in enterprise storageExpands market position and brings valuable system-level expertise in wired infrastructureDiversifies revenue and…
Dell Completes Go-Private Transaction
ROUND ROCK, Texas – October 29, 2013 – Dell today announced the completion of its acquisition by Michael Dell, Dell's…
Silver Lake and Partners Group to Invest in Global Blue, a Leading Provider of Technology-Enabled Processing Solutions for Merchants, Banks, and International Shoppers
Nyon, Switzerland and London, UK – May 24, 2012 – Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, and Partners…
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and Silver Lake Announce Strategic Partnership
Beverly Hills, CA and Menlo Park, CA – May 2, 2012 – William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME), one of the…
BC Partners and Silver Lake to Acquire MultiPlan, Leading Technology-Enabled Healthcare Cost Management Company
NEW YORK, July 9, 2010 – BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, and Silver Lake, the world’s largest…
Vantage Data Centers Announces Launch and Funding from Silver Lake
Santa Clara, CA – June 17, 2010 – Vantage Data Centers, a new data center business, formally launched today and…
Investor Group to Acquire Majority Stake in Skype
Transaction Values Skype at $2.75 Billion Skype to Benefit from the Technological and Management Expertise of the Investor Group Led…
Avaya Enters into Merger Agreement with Silver Lake and TPG Capital
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV) today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Silver…
Silver Lake and TPG Complete Acquisition of Sabre Holdings
Southlake, TX – March 30, 2007 – Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) today announced the completion of the acquisition of the company by…