About This Fund
Silver Lake Partners VII is a growth private equity fund managed by Silver Lake. The final close on Silver Lake Partners VII at $20.5 billion in capital commitments marks a continuation of the firm's global leadership in large-scale technology investing. Over the past five years, Silver Lake has raised $47 billion, with a focus on creating value through partnerships with exceptional founders and management teams to build and grow great companies driven by technology at scale.
Silver Lake invests across the spectrum of the global technology sector and in technology-enabled businesses in verticals including sports and live events, media and entertainment, e-commerce, financial services, and health care. Their portfolio of companies represents more than $1 trillion of cumulative enterprise value, with a mission to make highly selective and impactful investments that have the potential to generate exceptional performance.
Recent investment activities include the successful completion of a public tender offer to acquire Software AG for approximately $2.6 billion, take privatizations, and equity re-investments in companies such as Qualtrics, Vantage Data Centers, and Endeavor. These strategic transactions demonstrate Silver Lake's commitment to making significant investments across various sectors and geographic regions.
Investors in Silver Lake Partners VII include public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, family offices, technology industry leaders, and individual investors across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA.