Insight Partners
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Private Equity |
Founded | 1995 |
Founders | Jeff Horing Jerry Murdock |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
AUM | $30 billion |
Number of employees | 150+ |
Website | insightpartners |
Insight Partners (originally known as Insight Venture Partners) is an American venture capital and private equity firm based in New York City. The firm invests in growth-stage technology, software and Internet businesses.[1][2]
History
Insight Partners was founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. Since its inception, Insight Partners has raised more than $23 billion[3] of capital to invest, including $4.75 billion in 2015.[4] In March 2019, Insight Venture Partners changed its name to Insight Partners.[5] In October 2019, the firm established an office in Tel Aviv. [6]
Investment approach and portfolio
Insight Partners has raised ten funds and invested in more than 300 companies.[7] The firm has investments in 65 countries on six continents.[8]
Investments include Anaqua,[9] Appriss,[10] Cvent,[11] Campaign Monitor,[12] Diligent,[13] Docker,[14] Drillinginfo,[15] E2open,[16] EveryAction,[17] FireMon,[18] Fourth bought from ECI Partners,[19] HelloFresh,[20] Hootsuite,[21] Indiegogo,[22] iParadigms,[23] Kaseya,[24] LogTrust,[25] Mimecast,[26] Ministry Brands,[27] Numetric,[28] Qualtrics,[29] Receipt Bank,[30] Shopify,[31] Sisense[32], SpotHero,[33] Tenable,[34] Tricentis,[35] Augury,[36] Tritech,[37] Twitter,[38] Tumblr.[39] Unitrends,[40] Veeam,[41] and Workforce.[42]
Insight's investments include growth equity, capital for M&A, buyouts, take-privates, pre-IPO rounds and recapitalizations. The firm engages in majority and minority investments.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) reported over $100 million invested in two Insight funds by 2011, with internal rate of return over 20%.[43]
Awards and recognition
Insight Partners' work has been recognized on several awards and rankings, including the Forbes Midas List[44], Forbes 30 Under 30: Venture Capital[45] and the Private Equity International Awards: PEI 300.[46] In 2017, Business Insider ranked Insight Partners #7 on the outlet's list of most prominent venture capital investors in Europe.[47]
References
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners Raises A Whopping $2.57 Billion For Next Fund". Tech Crunch. May 28, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners Closes Sixth Fund at USD1.25bn". Press release. Private Equity Wire. June 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Bullhorn Partners with Insight Ventures to Power Next Phase of Its Growth". www.businesswire.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners rakes in $4.75B for two new funds". New York Business Journal. Aug 11, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid. "PayIt, a payments platform designed for public services, raises $100M+ from Insight Partners". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Louch, William (28 October 2019). "Insight Partners Opens Its Doors in Tel Aviv Amid Tech Boom". WSJ Pro Private Equity. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ (https://www.insightpartners.com), Insight Venture Partners 2017 (2017-07-18). "SpotHero Secures $30 Million to Accelerate Market Expansion, Business Partnerships and Product Innovation | Press | Insight Venture Partners". Insight Venture Partners. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Insight Venture Partners - About". Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Beacon Equity Sells Anaqua To Insight Venture". Value Walk. July 24, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "With new equity partner, Appriss plans several acquisitions in 2015". bizjournals.com. July 2, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Cvent Receives $136 Million Investment Led by New Enterprise Associates and Insight Venture Partners". Cvent. July 20, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Australia's Campaign Monitor Raises $250 Million from Insight". The Wall Street Journal. April 16, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners to Buy New Zealand Software Firm Diligent". The Wall Street Journal. February 14, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Docker Raises $95M Series D Round For Its Container Platform". Tech Crunch. April 14, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "PE-backed Drilling Info to buy GlobalView Software". The PE Hub Network. October 13, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners to Buy E2open for $273 Million". The Wall Street Journal. February 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ GmbH, finanzen.net. "EveryAction Receives Growth Investment From Insight Venture Partners | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners acquires majority interest in security intelligence company FireMon". June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Elizabeth (June 23, 2015). "British restaurant IT supplier in US sale". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "HelloFresh Cooks Up $50 Million Series D From Insight Venture Partners". Tech Crunch. June 18, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "HootSuite Raises $165M Series B Round From Insight, Accel And OMERS To GO Large On Enterprise Social Media Monitoring". Tech Crunch. August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Indiegogo Raises $15 Million Underscoring Strong Crowdfunding Growth". Indiegogo. June 6, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners Confirms Deal to Buy iParadigms". The Wall Street Journal. June 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners Acquires Kaseya". July 1, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "LogTrust Announces $35 Million in Funding from Insight Venture Partners - Logtrust". www.logtrust.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Mimecast secures $62 Million Investment from Insight Venture Partners". Mimecase. September 27, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners to Back Software Provider Ministry Brands". The Wall Street Journal. October 31, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Numetric. "Leading Business Analytics Platform, Numetric, Raises Nearly $13M to Bring Better, Faster Business Analytics to the Masses". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Qualtrics' Ambitions Don't Stop With $150 Million In Funding". Forbes. September 24, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Bell, Henry. "Receipt Bank Raises $50 million Series B Funding from Insight Venture Partners". Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Shopify Raises $100M to Drop The 'E' And Become The Commerce Company That Spans On And Offline". Tech Crunch. December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Partners 2019 (https://www.insightpartners.com/), Insight (2018-09-12). "Sisense Announces Closing Of $80 Million Investment, Continues Hyper Growth to Help Businesses Instantly Mashup Data and Embed Insights Everywhere | News & Press". Insight Partners. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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- ^ Matney, Lucas. "On-Demand Parking Service SpotHero Raises $20M In Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- ^ "Tenable raises $250 million in record cyber funding round". Reuters. November 10, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Venture Partners invests $165 million in automated testing startup Tricentis". Tech Crunch. January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Augury raises $25 million for AI that predicts equipment failure from ultrasonic vibrations". Venture Beat. January 31, 2019.
- ^ "FFL exits public safety firm TriTech". The PE Hub Network. November 21, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Meet Twitter's Newest Investor: Insight Venture Partners". The Wall Street Journal. September 28, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "Tumblr Lands $85 Million in Funding". The New York Times. September 26, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ "All-In-One Backup Provider Unitrends Acquired By Insight Venture Partners". CRN. October 31, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Insight Partners to Acquire Swiss Cloud Data Management Leader Veeam in a Transaction Valued at Approximately US$5 Billion". Veeam Software. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "WorkForce Software Receives Majority Equity Investment Insight Venture Partners". FinSMEs. April 24, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "AIM Program Fund Performance Review". CalPERS. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ "Midas List 2019". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2017: Venture Capital". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "PEI 300 | Top private equity firms". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ Price, Rob. "RANKED: The 22 most prominent venture capital investors in Europe in 2017". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-01-28.