Investment Summary

Silver Lake Invests In Euroclear

On October 18, 2021, private equity firm Silver Lake invested in financial services company Euroclear from ICE

Investment Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 11th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-10-18
Target Euroclear
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Silver Lake
Sellers(s) ICE
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Euroclear

Brussels, Belgium
Euroclear is a provider of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, derivatives, and fund transactions. Euroclear was founded in 1968 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Silver Lake

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. 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 provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 122 of 135
Sector (Financial Services) 11 of 11
Type (Stake Purchase) 16 of 17
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 8 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-29 PFF

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

PFF is a sports and intelligence data company. PFF principally focuses on grading football players, including players on professional and Division-1 college teams. PFF was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-19 Grupo BC

Madrid, Spain

Grupo BC is a BPO company in Southern Europe, specialized in outsourcing of services to banking industry related to processing and managing files. Grupo BC was founded in 1974 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ICE

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Financial Services
Employees8,911
Revenue 9.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Intercontinental Exchange's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Entrance to Intercontinental Exchange's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

ICE is a network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses. The company's futures exchanges and clearing houses serve global commodity and financial markets, providing risk management and capital efficiency. ICE was formed in 2000 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-14 Coinbase

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Coinbase is a provider of a cryptocurrency wallets as well as access to cryptocurrency markets. The Company allows users to purchase bitcoin currency and use it to purchase goods and services. Coinbase was founded in 2012 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-09 RISQ

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

RISQ financial software solutions offer a fully integrated, wholesale banking approach while focusing on the institutional side of banks. RISQ brings a radical approach to financial software to help banks step up to smart finance. RISQ was founded in 2016 and is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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