Investment Summary |
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| Date | 2017-05-24 |
| Target | Unity |
| Sector | Software |
| Investor(s) | Silver Lake |
| Deal Type | Growth Capital |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 104.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
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 | 86 of 136 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 16 of 27 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 21 of 33 |
| State: California M&A | 25 of 37 |
| Country: United States M&A | 66 of 96 |
| Year: 2017 M&A | 4 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-22 |
Penguin Solutions
Fremont, California, United States Penguin Solutions enable AI and demanding, critical IT and OT workloads by simplifying and advancing data center and edge infrastructure through high-performance and high-availability solutions and services. Penguin Solutions offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services. Penguin Solutions was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. |
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| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-25 |
Demandbase
San Francisco, California, United States Demandbase is a provider of account-based marketing, enables B2B companies to identify and target the accounts they value most, and then market to them across the entire funnel. Demandbase was established in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
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