Investment Summary

Silver Lake Invests In Software AG

On December 13, 2021, private equity firm Silver Lake invested in software company Software AG

Investment Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 25th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 4th transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-12-13
Target Software AG
Sector Software
Investor(s) Silver Lake
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Software AG

Darmstadt, Germany
Software AG office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Software AG office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Software AG is a provider of infrastructure software. The Company conducts its operations through two business divisions: enterprise transaction systems and webmethods. Software AG was founded in 1969 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Silver Lake

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 125 of 135
Sector (Software) 25 of 27
Type (PIPE) 13 of 13
Country (Germany) 4 of 4
Year (2021) 11 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-13 Airtable

San Francisco, California, United States

Airtable is a connected apps platform that enables teams to modernize their business processes. The company’s low-code tools are used by more than 250,000 organizations globally, including 80% of fortune 100 companies, to power critical departmental workflows including planning product releases, managing global marketing campaigns, and supporting the entire back office of an organization. Airtable was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-14 Australian Professional Leagues

Sydney, Australia

Australian Professional Leagues is into operation, commercialization and marketing of professional football. Australian Professional Leagues is based in Sydney, Australia.

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