Silver Lake, working with Microsoft Corp.venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, offered to buy convertible preferred securities equal to a 10 percent to 15 percent stake for as much as $3 billion, said...
The Silver Lake consortium also includes venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. As the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz he knows a good investment and has great contacts in the online space - other boards he sits on include eBay, Hewlett...
Skype was purchased from eBay last year by a group of investors: private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
