# Silver Lake Kraftwerk

> Silver Lake Kraftwerk is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Energy. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/27335?trk=vsrp_companies_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A73477671438810615684%2CVSRPtargetId%3A27335%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary
- Website: http://www.silverlake.com/secondary.asp?pageID=27

Silver Lake Kraftwerk is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Energy. Silver Lake Kraftwerk focuses on providing growth capital to technology innovators with established business models in the energy and resource sectors. Silver Lake Kraftwerk targets companies globally that leverage technology and business model innovation to improve energy efficiency, reduce waste and emissions, harness renewable energy, and moreefficiently use natural resources, among other applications.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Energy | 3 | 21% |
| Energy Efficiency | 2 | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 14% |
| Solar | 1 | 7% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Series D | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Egon Durban | Founding Principal, Managing Partner and Co-CEO | 30 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $60M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Aras | Aras is a suite of open source product life cycle management (PLM) software solutions that run on a model-based SOA application framework.Aras functionality includes Bill of Materials (BOM), engineering change workflows, document management, CAD / EDA integrations, product costing, new product development & introduction (NPDI),phase-gate project management, supplier collaboration, quality compliance, manufacturing process management, tooling management, and more.It was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $70M | Series D | Nov 29, 2018 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $200M | Series D | Dec 20, 2017 |  |
| Peloton Computer Enterprises | At Peloton, they’re 'well focused' on bringing small, mid-size, and large oil and gas operators the world's best well data and drilling software—equipping your business with the tools and information necessary to manage, simplify and optimize your operations.Their software gives your personnel a deeper insight and total controlover data acquisition, analysis and visualization through the entire integrated well lifecycle.Since launching WellView® in 1991 for well operations and schematic visualization, they’ve continued to evolve. Today, our software provides a full well lifecycle data management solution for operations, drilling, production and construction/reclamations. |  | Private Equity | Aug 15, 2017 |  |
| Omio | Omio offers a multi-mode search tool that compares and combines rail, air, bus, and car for destinations.The tool is designed to suggest nearby airports and train routes connect up where they would like to go and also estimating the entire length of travel time. After pulling in diverse data sources to offer various route options, Omio also makesit easier to visualize which routes are better and compare the cost of different travel options, displaying a comparative chart based on what is the cheapest or fastest. The platform does not include urban public transport options in any market such as buses but rather is designed for helping travelers make long-distance travel plans.The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $70M | Series C | Oct 03, 2016 |  |
| Renovate America | Renovate America provides financing solutions for homes and communities in the areas of energy and water in the United States. It aims to lead the way in making homes and communities more energy and water efficient. The company offers HERO Program, a financing solution made possible by the Property Assessed Clean Energy legislation. It partnerswith cities and counties to implement low-risk, scalable programs that deliver multiple benefits, including energy savings, lower utility bills, reduced emissions, new jobs, and local economic stimulus. Its in-house development team creates custom tools to support all users of its product, from property owners and contractors to municipal leaders. | $90M | Private Equity | Oct 01, 2015 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $100M | Series C | Aug 20, 2015 |  |
| Tintri | Tintri’s all-flash architecture uses building blocks similar to the public cloud to simply manage enterprise and cloud-native applications. Customers guarantee the performance of their applications, automate common IT tasks via Open APIs, troubleshoot across their infrastructure, and predict an organization’s needs to scale the underpinnings of amodern data center. That’s why leading cloud service providers and enterprises, including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, and United Healthcare trust Tintri with enterprise cloud. | $125M | Series F | Aug 05, 2015 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $30M | Series B | Mar 16, 2015 |  |
| Carbon | Carbon brings together innovations in software, hardware, and molecular science to deliver industry-leading digital manufacturing solutions. With proprietary Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology and family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory,and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and speeding time to market.Carbon was founded by Dr. Joseph DeSimone and Philip DeSimone in 2013. | $11M | Series A | Dec 31, 2013 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northgate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northgate-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Baillie Gifford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baillie-gifford) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- 400 Capital Management — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Silver Lake Kraftwerk invest in?

Silver Lake Kraftwerk invests primarily in Software, Energy and Energy Efficiency startups, most often at Private Equity and Series C stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Silver Lake Kraftwerk?

The team at Silver Lake Kraftwerk includes Egon Durban (Founding Principal, Managing Partner and Co-CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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