Silver Lake

also referred to as: silverlake

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 14, 2018 by Margit Wennmachers · said 7 times in 6 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Aug 14, 2018
Disclosure
a16z's first European investment was a Skype buyout
“So the first investment in Europe was actually not a venture investment. It was the buyout of Skype that we did with Silver Lake and the Canadian pension board, I think. So that kind of made people pay attention because it was an unusual deal. I think people's…”
Margit Wennmachers Aug 14, 2018 ▶ 3:35 Winning Founders & Influencing Everyone: Margit Wennmachers at Startup Grind Europe
Apr 29, 2025 positive
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Horowitz: a16z invested $65M into Skype in Fund 1
“It's actually sixty-five million. So, but 15 of it, 15 of it was generously given to us by Silverlake for participating in the deal. But reinvested sixty-five million.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 29, 2025 ▶ 12:16 How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next
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