Insight Partners

Assets

Funds raised by the fund under its management at the beginning of 2020 exceed $20 billion. Insight has 300 invested companies in 65 countries.

Insight Venture Partners is headquartered in New York City.

History

2022

Investing in Teleport

On May 3, 2022, Teleport, which has Russian roots, announced the attraction of $110 million in investments and was valued at $1.1 billion and became another Silicon Valley unicorn. The Series C round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Insight Partners as well as existing investors Kleiner Perkins and S28 Capital. More details here.

Investing in PlanRadar

On January 20, 2022, the company, PlanRadar which developed the largest To Europe digital platform for managing projects in the sector and, announced a constructions real estate round financings worth 69 million with Insight Partners and Quadrille Capital. United States dollars More. here

Investing in the UK Checkout payment platform

In mid-January 2022 Checkout , as part of the Series D funding round, she raised $1 billion. The company's valuation grew to $40 billion, which is 167% higher than in 2021. Checkout was invested by Altimeter Dragoneer, Franklin Templeton, GIC, Insight Partners, Qatar Investment Authority,, Tiger Global Oxford Endowment Fund, as well as existing investors Blossom Capital, Coatue Management, the fund, Endeavor Yuri Milner DST Global Catalyst and Capital More. here

Investing in French online bank for freelancers Qonto

In early January 2022, an online bank for freelancers Qonto raised about 486 million euros in the Series D financing round. The valuation startup of this investment transaction increased to 4.4 billion euros. The latest investment round was led by Tiger Global and. The TCV round also featured some new investors such as Alkeon, Eurazeo,, KKR Insight Partners, Exor Seeds, Guillaume Pousaz, Gaingels and Ashley Flucas. Existing investors Valar, Alven, DST Global Yuri Milner and also Tencent invested in Qonto. More. here

2021

Investing in Filipino fintech startup Mynt

Fintech developer Mynt became the first Filipino startup with an estimate of $1 billion. This happened in early November 2021 after raising $300 million from a group of investors, which included Warburg Pincus and Insight Partners. The new round of financing, which confirms the rapid growth of the financial services and digital banking market in the Philippines, raised Mynt's valuation to $2 billion. More details here.

Investing in the Indian financial services marketplace Cred

On October 19, 2021, Cred announced the attraction of $251 million in investments. According to the results of this round of financing, the startup was estimated at $4.01 billion. The funds received are planned to be used to expand the existing range of products and financial offers for customers. The funding round was led by Tiger Global and Flacon Edge Capital funds. Two new investors also took part in the deal: London-based Marshall Wace and Steadfast Capital. Other participants in this round of funding were existing investors Insight Partners, Coatue Management, Sofina, RTP Global and Yuri Milner's DST Foundation. More details here.

Investing in Deci Deep Learning Implementation Platform

On October 20, 2021, Deci announced it would raise $21 million in investment as part of the Series A round, which was led by New York venture capital fund Insight Partners. In addition, Fort Ross Ventures, Square Peg, Emerge, Jibe Ventures, Samsung Next and Vintage Investment Partners took part in the deal. More details here.

Investing in passenger services inDriver

In September 2021, InDriver founder Arsen Tomsky announced that a few months earlier the company had raised $150 million and was valued at $1.23 billion. Investors in the passenger transportation service included Insight Partners (lead investor), Bond Capital and General Catalyst. More details here.

Investing in Alma Mental Health Specialist Selection Service

In early September 2021, Alma raised $50 million as part of the investment round of Series C. Round led the Insight Partners fund with the participation of Optum Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Sound Ventures, BoxGroup, as well as the foundation of VKontakte co-founder Vyacheslav Ventrilashvili. More details here.

Investing in Explorium Data Collection Platform

In mid-June 2021, the Israeli data collection platform Explorium completed a series C funding round, in which it raised $75 million. The investment round was led by Insight Partners, and existing investors also invested in Explorium: Fort Ross Ventures, Zeev Ventures, Emerge, F2 Capital, 01 Advisors, Dynamic Loop Capital. More details here.

Investing in Fridge No More food delivery service

In the middle of March, 2021 the delivery service of products founded by Russians in New YorkeFridge No More attracted $15.4 million, including from Insight Partners. The company plans to use the funds received to attract additional staff and expand operations in New York and the East Coast. More details here.

2020

Investing in the developer of the Calm meditation application

In early December 2020, the developer of the application for meditation, sleep and relaxation Calm attracted new investments and were valued at $2 billion. The main investors were Goldman Sachs Group Lightspeed Venture Partners, TPG and Insight Partners. More. here

Completion of Veeam Software Acquisition Transaction

On March 2, 2020, Veeam Software announced that Insight Partners had completed the acquisition of the company, which was announced on January 9, 2020. The transaction amounted to about $5 billion. More details here.

Purchase of Veeam Software for $5 billion

On January 9, 2020, Veeam Software was announced to be sold to Insight Partners for $5 billion. As a result of this deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter, the manufacturer of software for backing up virtual machines and monitoring virtual environments will become an American company. Previously, its headquarters was located in Switzerland. More details here.

2019

Opening an office in Israel

In October 2019, an office was opened in Tel Aviv (Israel).

$500 million investment for Veeam Software

On January 16, 2019, Veeam Software announced it would receive a $500 million investment from the Insight Venture Partners Venture Fund with the active participation of a strategic investor in the Canadian Pension Plan Board of Trustees (CPPIB). More details here.

2014: Since the launch of the fund, more than 200 startups have been invested

Insight Partners logo in 2015

According to 2014 data, since its existence, Insight Venture Partners has invested more than 200 startups operating in the field of software at the stage of growth, e-commerce, the Internet, as well as data-related services.

2004: Sale of a stake in Aelita Software with a ratio of 4.7 to the purchase price

By 2004, Aelita Software pushed two of its closest competitors and came close to the leader of the segment - Quest Software. But Aelita employed 300 programmers in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and Quest only 100 people in Canada. Aelita made more software products and released them to the market faster.

"We were bought because we were afraid that we would get ahead of them," says Timashev. In 2004, recent competitors hit hands: Aelita Software was sold for $115 million.

Insight received $47 million. "A reasonable return on investment," Maxwell says. - On average, the companies in which we invested brought us a fivefold return. In this case, the coefficient was 4.7. "

Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev got about half of the total amount ($57.5 million).

2002: Investment in Aelita Software

Scott Maxwell, then operations director of Insight Venture Partners, and later managing partner of venture capital fund Open View Ventures, met Ratmir Timashev at the end of 2001. "We searched for objects for investments and contacted the creators of Aelita Software," Maxwell said. As a result, Aelita Software received $10 million in exchange for a little more than a third of the shares.

1995: Foundation of the Fund

Insight Partners (formerly Insight Venture Partners) was founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock in New York (USA).