Silver Lake
Est. dry powder
$18.5B
Raised, not yet invested
AUM
$117B
Assets under management
Latest fund
—
Zodiac Aggregator, size not reported
Est. cheque size
$11M–
From fund sizes
Deals, last 12 months
2
Last seen investing Jan 2026
About Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a U.S.-based private equity firm that seeks to make buyout and growth capital investments in leading technology companies and tech-enabled businesses globally. The firm’s various investment strategies operate through four primary businesses: Silver Lake Partners makes private equity investments in large-cap technology, renewable energy, retail, transportation, fintech, and technology-enabled industries across Europe. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle-market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects, where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman makes investments in both public and private debt instruments, as well as primary debt investments in later-stage, pre-IPO technology companies. Silver Lake Kraftwerk focuses on providing growth capital to business innovators in the energy and resource sectors, as well as the clean-tech industry.
- Type
- Fund Manager
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, US
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BSeries CSeries DSeries ESeries FSeries G+4
- Est. cheque size
- $11M–$100M
- Sectors
- Diversified, Information Technology, Energy & Utilities, Raw Materials & Natural Resources
- Regions
- North America
- Strategies
- Buyout, Growth
Where they invest
From deals and portfolio companies on record
Most frequent rounds
- —217
- Series C23
- Series D17
- Series E16
- Series F15
Across 365 deals
Portfolio sectors
- Software47
- Travel & Leisure6
- Healthcare IT5
- Insurance5
- Internet5
Across 304 companies
Portfolio countries
- US68
- France6
- UK4
- Brazil3
- India3
Across 304 companies
Recent investments
Newest 5 of 365
- Unspecified Round$16B
Waymo LLC
Jan 2026 · Unspecified Round
- Unspecified Round$60M
Carbon, Inc.
Nov 2025 · Unspecified Round
- Series C$36M
Findem, Inc.
Oct 2025 · Series C
- Series C$45M
Findem, Inc.
Oct 2025 · Series C
- —$55B
Electronic Arts Inc.
Sep 2025 · —
Offices
7 locations
- Menlo Park, California, USHQ
- Singapore, Singapore
- Cupertino, California, US
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR - China
- New York, New York, US
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- London, England, UK