Insight Venture Partners

Insight Venture Partners
Private
Industry Private Equity, Venture Capital
Founded 1995 (1995)
Founder Jeff Horing
Jerry Murdock
Headquarters 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, U.S.
Total assets $13 billion
Number of employees
 60+
Website insightpartners.com

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]

Founding & history

Insight Venture Partners was founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. Since its inception, Insight Venture Partners has raised more than $13 billion of capital to invest, including $4.75 billion in 2015.[3]

Investment approach & portfolio

Insight Venture Partners has raised nine funds and invested in more than 250 companies. The firm has investments in 65 countries on six continents.[4] Investments include Achieve3000,[5] Alibaba,[6] Anaqua,[7] Appriss,[8] Cvent,[9] Campaign Monitor,[10] Diligent,[11] Docker,[12] Drillinginfo,[13] E2open,[14] Firemon,[15] Fourth,[16] HelloFresh,[17] Hootsuite,[18] Indiegogo,[19] iParadigms, [20] Kaseya, [21] Mimecast,[22] Ministry Brands, [23] Qualtrics,[24] Shopify,[25] Tenable,[26] Tricentis, [27] Tritech,[28] Twitter,[29] Tumblr.[30] Unitrends,[31] and Workforce.[32]

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.

Awards and recognition

Insight Venture 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 Venture Partners #7 on the outlet’s list of most prominent venture capital investors in Europe.

Additionally, Fortune magazine listed Insight Venture Partners as one of the top-performing 20 funds as determined by cumulative distribution divided by called capital from 2000-2011.[33][34]

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%.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners Raises A Whopping $2.57 Billion For Next Fund". Tech Crunch. May 28, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners rakes in $4.75B for two new funds". New York Business Journal. Aug 11, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners - About". Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Achieve 3000 overview". Crunchbase. March 14, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Alibaba Backer Insight Venture Said to Seek $4 Billion". Bloomberg Technology. October 31, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Beacon Equity Sells Anaqua To Insight Venture". Value Walk. July 24, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "With new equity partner, Appriss plans several acquisitions in 2015". bizjournals.com. July 2, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Cvent Receives $136 Million Investment Led by New Enterprise Associates and Insight Venture Partners". Cvent. July 20, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Australia’s Campaign Monitor Raises $250 Million from Insight". The Wall Street Journal. April 16, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners to Buy New Zealand Software Firm Diligent". The Wall Street Journal. February 14, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Docker Raises $95M Series D Round For Its Container Platform". Tech Crunch. April 14, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ "PE-backed Drilling Info to buy GlobalView Software". The PE Hub Network. October 13, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners to Buy E2open for $273 Million". The Wall Street Journal. February 5, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners acquires majority interest in security intelligence company FireMon". June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  16. ↑ "British restaurant IT supplier in US sale". The Telegraph. June 23, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  17. ↑ "HelloFresh Cooks Up $50 Million Series D From Insight Venture Partners". Tech Crunch. June 18, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "Indiegogo Raises $15 Million Underscoring Strong Crowdfunding Growth". Indiegogo. June 6, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners Confirms Deal to Buy iParadigms". The Wall Street Journal. June 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners Acquires Kaseya". July 1, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Mimecast secures $62 Million Investment from Insight Venture Partners". Mimecase. September 27, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners to Back Software Provider Ministry Brands". The Wall Street Journal. October 31, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Qualtrics' Ambitions Don't Stop With $150 Million In Funding". Forbes. September 24, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  25. ↑ "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.
  26. ↑ "Tenable raises $250 million in record cyber funding round". Reuters. November 10, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Insight Venture Partners invests $165 million in automated testing startup Tricentis". Tech Crunch. January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  28. ↑ "FFL exits public safety firm TriTech". The PE Hub Network. November 21, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Meet Twitter's Newest Investor: Insight Venture Partners". The Wall Street Journal. September 28, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Tumblr Lands $85 Million in Funding". The New York Times. September 26, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  31. ↑ "All-In-One Backup Provider Unitrends Acquired By Insight Venture Partners". CRN. October 31, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  32. ↑ "WorkForce Software Receives Majority Equity Investment Insight Venture Partners". FinSMEs. April 24, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  33. ↑ "2016 Midas Newcomers: The Latest VCs to Strike Gold In Tech". Forbes. March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Exclusive: Returns for Brand Name VC Funds". Forbes. March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  35. ↑ "AIM Program Fund Performance Review". CalPERS. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
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