# Silver Lake

> Silver Lake's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Formagrid Inc (Airtable), Iterable, Inc., Pendo.io, Inc., Plaid and 2 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/index.md (~1,150 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/index.min.md (~1,030 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-10-29

Investor.

Website: https://www.silverlake.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Formagrid Inc (Airtable)**, Series F, December 2021, valued at $1.285B, the purchase price, Acquisition, August 2026
  - [Airtable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.md), graded BB, 70.9/100
  - Source: https://www.airtable.com/newsroom/company/series-f
- **Iterable, Inc.**, Series E, June 2021, valued at $2B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series E, June 2021
  - [Iterable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/iterable.md), graded C, 55.3/100
  - Source: https://iterable.com/blog/our-next-chapter-series-e-funding-announcement/
- **Pendo.io, Inc.**, Series F, July 2021, through Silver Lake Waterman, valued at $2.6B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series F, July 2021
  - [Pendo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pendo.md), graded D, 48.3/100
  - Source: https://www.pendo.io/news/pendo-raises-150-million-to-help-companies-deliver-software-that-meets-rising-user-expectations/
- **Plaid**, Series D, April 2021, led a round, through Silver Lake Partners, valued at $6.1B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), April 2025 round, April 2025
  - [Plaid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid.md), graded B, 69.8/100
  - Source: https://plaid.com/blog/plaid-announces-additional-series-d-funding/
- **Plaid Inc.**, Series D, April 2021, led a round, through Silver Lake Partners, valued at $6.1B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), April 2025 round, April 2025
  - [Plaid Identity Verification](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid-identity-verification.md), graded B, 67.1/100
  - Source: https://plaid.com/blog/plaid-announces-additional-series-d-funding/
- **SmartRecruiters, Inc. (an SAP company)**, Series E, July 2021, led a round, through Silver Lake Waterman, valued at $1.5B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series E, July 2021
  - [SmartRecruiters](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartrecruiters.md), graded C, 60.4/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/20/smartrecruiters-raises-110m-at-a-1-5b-valuation-to-expand-its-end-to-end-recruitment-platform/

## Where they invest

- Spreadsheets & operational tables, 1
- Lifecycle marketing & customer engagement, 1
- Product analytics & experimentation, 1
- Bank data & open banking, 1
- Identity & business verification, 1
- Recruiting & applicant tracking, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Howie Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/howie-liu/), Formagrid Inc (Airtable)
- [Andrew Boni](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-boni/), Iterable, Inc.
- [Todd Olson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/todd-olson/), Pendo.io, Inc.
- [Erik Troan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/erik-troan/), Pendo.io, Inc.
- [Rahul Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rahul-jain/), Pendo.io, Inc.
- [Eric Boduch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-boduch/), Pendo.io, Inc.
- [Zach Perret](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zach-perret/), Plaid, Plaid Inc.
- [William Hockey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/william-hockey/), Plaid, Plaid Inc.

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Silver Lake invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Formagrid Inc (Airtable), Iterable, Inc., Pendo.io, Inc., Plaid, Plaid Inc. and SmartRecruiters, Inc. (an SAP company) backed by Silver Lake.

### How are Silver Lake's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Airtable (BB, 70.9), Iterable (C, 55.3), Pendo (D, 48.3), Plaid (B, 69.8), Plaid Identity Verification (B, 67.1) and SmartRecruiters (C, 60.4).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.

---

Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). How: https://www.anchorterminal.com/agents/#mcp