Insight Partners


Insight 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.

History

Insight Partners was founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. Since its inception, Insight Partners has raised more than $30 billion in capital commitments, including $9.5 billion in its Fund XI in 2020. In March 2019, Insight Venture Partners changed its name to Insight Partners. In October 2019, the firm established an office in Tel Aviv.

Investment approach and portfolio

Insight Partners has raised eleven funds and invested in more than 400 companies. The firm has investments in 65 countries on six continents.
Investments include Anaqua, Appriss, Cvent, Campaign Monitor, Diligent, Docker, Drillinginfo, E2open, EveryAction, FireMon, Fourth bought from ECI Partners, HelloFresh, Hootsuite, Indiegogo, iParadigms, Kaseya, LogTrust, Mimecast, Ministry Brands, Numetric, Qualtrics, Receipt Bank, Shopify, Sisense, SpotHero, Tenable, Tricentis, Augury, Tritech, Twitter, Tumblr. Unitrends, Veeam, and Workforce.
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 reported over $100 million invested in two Insight funds by 2011, with internal rate of return over 20%.

Awards and recognition

Insight Partners' work has been recognized on several awards and rankings, including the Forbes Midas List, Forbes 30 Under 30: Venture Capital and the Private Equity International Awards: PEI 300. In 2017, Business Insider ranked Insight Partners #7 on the outlet's list of most prominent venture capital investors in Europe.