Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX Lead Majority-American Joint Venture to Operate TikTok US

Silver Lake and GIC Acquire Zuora for $1.7 Billion

October 17, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Silver Lake, in partnership with an affiliate of GIC, acquired Zuora, Inc. for $10.00 per share in a transaction valuing the company at approximately $1.7 billion; Zuora will become a privately held company. The deal, approved by Zuora stockholders, keeps Founder and CEO Tien Tzuo in place (he rolled over a majority of his ownership) and positions the company to pursue long‑term growth as a private business.

Silver Lake and Co-Investors Take Endeavor Private

March 24, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Silver Lake, in partnership with the Endeavor management team and several co-investors (including Mubadala, DFO Management, Lexington Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management funds, and CPP Investments), completed a take-private acquisition of Endeavor Group Holdings for $27.50 per share. The transaction consolidates ownership, rebrands the portfolio of representation businesses as WME Group, and positions the company for long-term value creation across talent representation, IP, content and sports assets.

Market Performance Group Acquires TikTok Shop Partner Team Go

September 9, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Market Performance Group (MPG) has acquired Team Go, an Inc. 5000–honored TikTok Shop Partner and social commerce agency led by Oliver Bogner. The deal strengthens MPG's social commerce and TikTok Shop capabilities, adding Team Go's retail-media and social-commerce expertise to MPG's omnichannel services; terms were not disclosed.

DigitalBridge and Silver Lake Lead $6.4B Equity Investment in Vantage Data Centers

January 9, 2024

Infrastructure

Vantage Data Centers announced a $6.4 billion equity investment led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake to accelerate expansion across North America and EMEA. The capital — incremental to a recently announced €1.5 billion EMEA commitment from AustralianSuper — will fund development of hyperscale, energy-efficient data center capacity to meet rising cloud and AI demand; the transactions are expected to close in Q1 2024.

Silver Lake and CPP Investments (with co-investors) Acquire Qualtrics

June 28, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Silver Lake, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and several co-investors including Accel, BDT & MSD Partners and DFO Management, completed a transaction to take Qualtrics private in a deal valuing the company at approximately $12.5 billion. The investors acquired 100% of outstanding shares (including SAP’s majority stake) for $18.15 per share to support Qualtrics’ continued product and AI-driven growth as an independent, privately held enterprise cloud software platform.

Thomas H. Lee Partners Makes Majority Investment in Bazaarvoice

March 26, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has agreed to a majority investment in Bazaarvoice, the Austin-based provider of product review and user-generated content (UGC) software; Marlin Equity Partners will remain a material shareholder. The deal positions THL to support Bazaarvoice's next phase of growth and capability expansion across its UGC, analytics, and e-commerce enablement offerings.