Investment Summary

Silver Lake Invests In Oak View Group

On March 12, 2018, private equity firm Silver Lake invested in media company Oak View Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 4th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 73rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 28th transaction in California.

Investment Summary
Date 2018-03-12
Target Oak View Group
Sector Media
Investor(s) Silver Lake
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Oak View Group

Los Angeles, California, United States
Oak View Group is a global sports and entertainment company focused on being a positive disruption to business as usual in the sports and live entertainment industry and currently has eight divisions across four global offices (Los Angeles, New York, London, and Philadelphia). Oak View Group was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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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 95 of 135
Sector (Media) 4 of 5
Type (Growth Capital) 24 of 33
State (California) 28 of 37
Country (United States) 73 of 95
Year (2018) 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-16 Blackhawk Network

Pleasanton, California, United States

Blackhawk Network is a global financial technology company and is connecting brands and people through branded value solutions. Blackhawk platforms and solutions enable the management of stored value products, promotions and rewards programs in retail, ecommerce, financial services and mobile wallets. Blackhawk’s Hawk Commerce division offers technology solutions to businesses and direct to consumers. The Hawk Incentives division offers enterprise, SMB and reseller partners an array of platforms and branded value products to incent and reward consumers, employees and sales channels. Blackhawk Network was founded in 2001 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Buy $3.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-10 ZPG

London, United Kingdom

ZPG owns and operates home-related digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack, and Property Software Group. ZPG's mission is to provide the most useful resources for consumers when finding, moving, or managing their home and be the most effective partner for related businesses. ZPG was founded in 2007 and is based in London.

Buy £2.2B
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