Silver Lake Partners

Silver Lake is a leading private equity firm specializing in technology investments and growth-oriented companies. They focus on identifying opportunities in the technology sector and partnering with management teams to enhance long-term value.

CCI Score

-36.73

June 18

Latest Event

Investment in SenseTime Fuels Repressive Surveillance

In May 2018, Silver Lake Partners led a $620 million funding round for SenseTime, an artificial intelligence company whose technology is used by the Chinese government in extensive state surveillance in Xinjiang, contributing indirectly to human rights abuses.

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Silver Lake Partners is currently rated as a Toadie.

-30 to -44 CCI Score

Companies scoring in this range actively seek to please authoritarian regimes. They offer proactive support and assistance in exchange for preferential treatment, compromising ethical standards for business gains and political favor.

Latest Events

MAY

01

2018

Investment in SenseTime Fuels Repressive Surveillance
-39.18

In May 2018, Silver Lake Partners led a $620 million funding round for SenseTime, an artificial intelligence company whose technology is used by the Chinese government in extensive state surveillance in Xinjiang, contributing indirectly to human rights abuses.
-80

Provision of Repressive Technologies

June 18

Silver Lake Partners' investment in SenseTime supports a firm that develops advanced surveillance technology. This technology is utilized by the Chinese state to implement mass surveillance and repression against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, making the investment ethically problematic and contributing to authoritarian practices.

NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights – Silverlake in China: Investor Responsibility for State Surveillance in Xinjiang
MAY

01

2018

Silver Lake Investment in SenseTime Raises Human Rights Concerns
-34.28

In May 2018, Silver Lake Partners participated in a $620 million funding round for SenseTime, an AI company that later became associated with surveillance technologies utilized in Xinjiang. Critics argue that this investment indirectly supports state surveillance practices which have been implicated in human rights abuses against the Uyghur population.
-70

Provision of Repressive Technologies

June 18

Silver Lake's early investment in SenseTime is scrutinized because the company's technology has been later used in repressive surveillance systems in Xinjiang. From an anti-fascist perspective, backing firms whose products facilitate state oppression raises serious human rights concerns.

NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights – Silverlake in China: Investor Responsibility for State Surveillance in Xinjiang