Mark Gillett
Managing Director and the Head of Value Creation @ Silver Lake
Menlo Park, United States
Mark Gillett is a seed investor at Silver Lake in Menlo Park focused on Enterprise Software and SaaS. Mark Gillett is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the CEO and Board of Directors of Qualtrics. Mark previously worked at Alvarez & Marsal as a Managing Director and Partner.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Mark Gillett invests in
Stages Mark Gillett invests in
Countries Mark Gillett invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Enterprise Software 2 (100%)
- SaaS 1 (50%)
- Content 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Web Hosting 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Private Equity 1 (50%)
Country
- Estonia 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| WP Engine is the world’s leading WordPress digital experience platform that gives enterprises and agencies the agility, performance, intelligence, and integrations they need to drive their business forward faster. WP Engine’s combination of tech innovation and an award-winning team of WordPress experts are trusted by over 70,000 companies acrossover 140 countries to provide counsel and support helping brands create world-class digital experiences. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has offices in San Francisco, California; San Antonio, Texas; London, England; and Limerick, Ireland. | $250M / Private Equity / Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Deekit is a virtual whiteboard that enables people to collaborate infinitely in real-time using any kind of content. Be it drawing, text, images, anything. | $425.7K / Seed / Jan 13, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in leading technology companies.They are partners to world-class management teams that seek to use their capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. seeks to formulate its investments to enable growth and frequently employsconservative capital structures designed to drive aggressive investment in new initiatives, innovation, and business expansion.Their core investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private investments. The firm also seeks to cultivate proprietary or specialized investment opportunities not typically available to generalist investors. It devotes its full scope of talent and intellectual capital to the singular mission of investing in the world’s technology, technology-enabled businesses, and related growth businesses.Silver Lake was established in 1999 by David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, Jim Davidson, and Roger McNamee and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Silver Lake Contacts
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Ajay Shah
Sumeru Founding Managing Partner
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Bryce Lee
Managing Director, Head of Business Development and Co-Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations
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Christian Lucas
Managing Director
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David Roux
Co-Founder & Senior Director
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David Zhang
Director
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What does Mark Gillett invest in?
Mark Gillett invests primarily in Enterprise Software, SaaS and Content startups, most often at Seed and Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Mark Gillett last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Mark Gillett closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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