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KKR, Silver Lake unload Agilent unitThe $2.6bn buyout of Agilent is not yet finished, but KKR and Silver Lake have already agreed to unload Agilent’s storage division through a $425m sale to PMC Sierra.
- SunGard sold for $11.3bn
In the largest private equity deal since the RJR Nabisco buyout in 1989, a group of seven private equity firms led by Silver Lake Partners has agreed to buy financial software company SunGard.
- Vector closes $350m tech buyout fund
Vector Capital has closed its third fund to focus on buyout, spinouts and recaps of established tech and software companies.
- Elevation Partners agrees first deal
The Silicon Valley-headquartered media and entertainment ‘venture buyout’ investor has agreed to acquire UK computer games developer Eidos for £71m.
- Kevin Albert to join Elevation Partners
The longtime head of Merrill Lynch’s dominant private equity placement business is stepping down next month to become a partner at the upstart media investment group led by Silver Lake’s Roger McNamee and including rock star Bono.
- Unigestion closes fourth FoF on €200m
The Geneva-headquartered firm has announced a final close of its latest fund of funds ahead of a €150m target.
- Silver Lake in $500m Thomson PIPE
In its largest equity investment and its first European investment, Silver Lake Partners has acquired a 7.5 percent stake in media equipment company Thomson.
- U2 singer joins new buyout firm
Bono, the singer for rock group U2, will reportedly be a managing director at Silicon Valley ‘venture buyout’ firm Elevation Partners, launched by former Silver Lake Partners co-founder Roger McNamee.
- Silver Lake strikes again with $3.6bn fund
The new vehicle is the largest private equity fund ever raised for investment in the technology sector.
- US trio backs $2.05bn software buyout
Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus and Silver Lake Partners will buy a production software division of EDS in what is described as the largest-ever technology private equity deal.