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Warburg hires Cisco executiveThe global private equity firm brought on a former vice president of corporate development to join its San Francisco office.
- Silver Lake and KKR partner again
The duo have once again teamed up on a multi-billion deal, this time for domain name and site registration company Go Daddy.
- Silver Lake revels in $8.5bn Skype exit
Technology-focused Silver Lake Partners and its fellow investors in voice-over-internet protocol business Skype are set for a huge return following the company’s sale to technology group Microsoft.
- Skype: the deal that keeps delivering
A cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms.
- Silver Lake launches ‘green’ strategy with Soros
The partnership, called Silver Lake Kraftwerk, will target environmentally friendly growth investments. Cathy Zoi, a former official in the Obama administration, is joining the team.
- Elevation loses founding partner
Co-founder of Elevation Partners Marc Bodnick is reportedly leaving the firm, whose future ability to raise funds has been thrown into uncertainty.
- Market momentum
IPOs will actually be completed next year as 'solid fundamental performance' replaces deleveraging stories, writes Silver Lake's Greg Mondre.
- Silver Lake in third Chinese deal
The firm has acquired a minority stake in Nobao Renewable Energy, a Shanghai-based energy efficiency technologies provider, marking its third transaction in China.
- Texas Teachers co-invests $160m
The $94bn pension fund has invested alongside KKR, Warburg Pincus and Apollo in the past nine months as it expands its co-investment programme.
- Silver Lake inks second China deal
The mature technology investor will pay $124m for a controlling stake in digital marketing company Allyes.