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Silver Lake Partners

Private Equity · Founded 1999 · Menlo Park, United States

Global leader in technology investing

105 portfolio companies Private Equity · $74B invested · 209 investments · Investor rank #40 · Last investment 8/2026
Portfolio companies 105 ↑ 21% 5y
Decacorns 29 ↑ 8% 5y
Thoroughbreds 68 ↑ 11% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Silver Lake Partners’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Silver Lake Partners still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Silver Lake Partners directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 StripeCenticorn · Fintech · USA $159B
  2. 2 AlchemyDecacorn · Fintech · USA $10.2B
  3. 3 PlaidUnicorn · Fintech · USA 3.5% $8.0B $280M
  4. 4 CartaUnicorn · Legal · USA 6% $7.4B $444M
  5. 5 DataRobotUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 4.5% $6.3B $284M
  6. 6 G42Unicorn · Enterprise Software · UAE $5.0B
  7. 7 Metropolis TechnologiesUnicorn · Fintech · USA $5.0B
  8. 8 CerebralUnicorn · Health · USA $4.8B
  9. 9 EntrataUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $4.3B
  10. 10 ThoughtSpotUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 6.5% $4.2B $273M
  11. 11 NoomUnicorn · Health · USA $3.7B
  12. 12 RelativityUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $3.6B

Estimated value = Silver Lake Partners’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Silver Lake Partners also appears inside investor groups in BigID, Carbon Health, Cerebral, Getir, Loft, Pendo, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Silver Lake Partners’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Silver Lake Partners’ transaction record.

$3.8B IPO · 2009
Now $2.1TTelecom
$1.7B IPO · 2010
Now $1.3TEnergy
$238B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $297BEnterprise Software
$47B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $97BTravel
Motorola Solutions
$11B IPO · 2011
Now $82BTelecom
$73B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $14BTransportation
NXP Semiconductors
$3.5B IPO · 2010
Now $69BMedia
Expedia Group
$535M IPO · 1999
Now $35BTravel
$25B IPO · 2013
Now $33BMedia
GlobalFoundries
$26B IPO · 2021
Now $29BEnergy
$27B IPO · 2021
Now $10BEnterprise Software
$1.6B IPO · 2012
Now $25BSecurity
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Silver Lake Partners’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 105 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA153
  2. China11
  3. France5
  4. Canada4
  5. Germany4
  6. Brazil3
  7. India3
  8. UK3
  9. Italy2
  10. Netherlands2
  11. UAE2
  12. Australia1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software65
  2. Fintech35
  3. Marketing23
  4. Media19
  5. Security16
  6. Health12
  7. Sports11
  8. Telecom11
  9. Travel11
  10. Semiconductors10
  11. Energy9
  12. Transportation8
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+108
  2. Series A5
  3. Seed2
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth128
  2. Mature29
  3. Early Growth28
  4. Breakout Stage21
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Silver Lake Partners’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 105 tracked.

Waymo
Robotics · Centicorn
$126B
DiDi
Transportation · Decacorn
$14B
Ant Group | Alipay
Fintech · Decacorn
$79B
Reliance Jio
Telecom · Centicorn
$115B
Vantage Data Centers
Hosting · Decacorn
$15B
Stripe
Fintech · Centicorn
$159B
Byju's
Education
$100M
Fanatics
Sports · Decacorn
$31B
Alibaba
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$297B
Klarna
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.9B
SoFi
Fintech · Decacorn
$19B
Verily
Health · Unicorn
$1.2B
Airbnb
Travel · Decacorn
$97B
UNISOC
Telecom · Unicorn
$3.7B
SenseTime
Security · Unicorn
$6.1B
Getir
Food · Unicorn
$1.0B
G42
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.0B
Thrasio
Marketing
Metropolis Technologies
Fintech · Unicorn
$5.0B
X.
Media · Decacorn
$33B
Koubei
Home Living · Unicorn
$8.0B
WME
Media · Unicorn
$6.3B
Plaid
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.0B
Caris Life Sciences
Health · Unicorn
$6.1B
Expedia Group
Travel · Decacorn
$35B
Carta
Legal · Unicorn
$7.4B
Groupon
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
Mirakl
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.5B
Qualtrics
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
Unity Technologies
Gaming · Decacorn
$19B
Loft
Real Estate · Unicorn
$2.9B
Flix
Travel · Unicorn
$3.3B
Zynga
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
GlobalFoundries
Energy · Decacorn
$29B
Entrata
Real Estate · Unicorn
$4.3B
Carbon
Consumer Electronics · Unicorn
$2.4B
Noom
Health · Unicorn
$3.7B
Bianlifeng
Food · Unicorn
$1.6B
ThoughtSpot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.2B
Vacasa
Travel
$161M
Carbon Health
Health
Axonius
Security · Unicorn
$2.6B
Jawbone
Sports · Unicorn
$1.5B
Qunar
Travel · Unicorn
$4.4B
Alchemy
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
Root
Fintech
$486M
Clari
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.6B
Cerebral
Health · Unicorn
$4.8B
Omio
Travel
$40M
Pendo
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.6B
GLG
Enterprise Software
$875M
Foursquare
Marketing
$600M
Flyr
Travel
$900M
SolarCity
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
SnapLogic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Credit Karma
Fintech · Unicorn
$7.0B
Iterable
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
ZeroFOX
Security
$141M
BigID
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Silver Lake Partners’ portfolio founders come from.

174 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States104
  2. China12
  3. Brazil6
  4. Hong Kong6
  5. Türkiye6
  6. France5
  7. India4
  8. Israel4
  9. Argentina3
  10. British Indian Ocean Territory3
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University7
  2. Harvard University5
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  4. New York University5
  5. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania5
  6. University of Michigan4
  7. University of Texas at Austin4
  8. Yale University4
  9. Carnegie Mellon University3
  10. Cornell University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google10
  2. Microsoft6
  3. Goldman Sachs5
  4. Bain & Company3
  5. CA Technologies3
  6. Oracle3
  7. PwC3
  8. Siemens3
  9. Stanford University3
  10. Sunopsis3