Insight Partners
New York–based global software investor founded in 1995, partnering with high-growth technology and software companies from venture through growth equity and buyouts.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
1995
Headquarters
New York, NY
AUM
$20B+
Rounds they lead
Series A
Series B+
Rounds they invest
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Insight Partners as an investor (21 total).
- Alluxio Open-source data orchestration software for large-scale analytics and AI workloads.
- Apollo GraphQL platform (Apollo GraphOS) for unified API development at enterprise scale.
- Census Reverse ETL platform syncing warehouse-modeled data into CRMs, ad tools, and other business apps.
- Command Zero AI agents that automate SOC investigations — alert triage to analyst-ready reports.
- Convex Reactive TypeScript backend — database, serverless functions, and real-time sync in one platform.
- Doxel Computer-vision construction progress tracking — robots and drones vs. BIM plans.
- DriveWealth API-based brokerage infrastructure for embedded investing — fractional trading and securities rails for fintechs and brands.
- Fanatics Licensed sports merchandise e-commerce and collectibles platform.
- Kpler Brussels-based physical trade intelligence platform tracking global commodity and maritime flows.
- Orchestra Bio Agentic R&D operations platform unifying scientific, financial, and operational planning for biotechs.
- Overwolf In-game creation platform — mods, overlays, and UGC monetization via CurseForge.
- PayIt Digital government services and payments platform for agencies and residents.
- PlanetScale Serverless MySQL-compatible database platform with branching and Vitess scaling.
- Promptfoo Open-source LLM evaluation and red-teaming toolkit for enterprise AI safety.
- Ramp AI-powered finance platform combining corporate cards, expense, bill pay, procurement, and accounting automation.
- Reforge Professional education platform for growth, product, and marketing leaders.
- Sourcegraph Code search and AI coding assistant (Cody) for enterprise codebases.
- Teleport Identity-based secure access to servers, Kubernetes, databases, and internal apps.
- Wiz Cloud security platform for CNAPP — posture, workload, and cloud detection.
- Wonderful Enterprise AI agent platform with locally embedded deployment teams across 30+ markets.
- Zenefits SMB HR, benefits, and payroll SaaS — acquired by TriNet in 2022, now TriNet HR Plus.
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FAQs about Insight Partners
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
Per our directory, Insight leads Series A and growth rounds (Series B+) and also participates at seed. Publicly the firm is best known for ScaleUp software investing—companies with meaningful revenue scaling toward IPO or strategic exit.
Insight does not publish one check size. Our directory lists $20B+ AUM; our Insight Partners growth-equity playbook cites approximately $90B AUM as of 2026 with checks that scale from venture through multi-hundred-million growth equity. Founders should expect stage-appropriate deployment, not a seed-microfund model.
Insight Partners is headquartered in New York City. It invests globally across the U.S., Europe, Israel, and other markets—software is the unifying thesis, not a single geography.
Our directory tags enterprise-saas. Insight's public focus includes application software, vertical SaaS, cybersecurity, data platforms, and AI-native B2B software—often via its Insight Onsite operating team for go-to-market and M&A support.
Insight frequently leads growth rounds and can anchor large Series B+ processes. It also co-invests at earlier stages and has executed take-privates alongside minority growth investments.
Startups in our directory with Insight Partners listed include Wiz (/startup/wiz), Sourcegraph (/startup/sourcegraph), PlanetScale (/startup/planetscale), Fanatics (/startup/fanatics), Census (/startup/census), and Teleport (/startup/teleport).
Growth-stage founders with scaling software businesses can engage through insightpartners.com. Insight evaluates companies with traction metrics (often $10M+ ARR for core growth bets per our playbook). Warm intros from operators, bankers, or portfolio CEOs are common.
See our NYC Insight Partners growth-equity playbook and the Jan 2026 article on Insight closing $12.5B in new capital (nyc-vc-fund-news-2025-01-16-insight-12-5b). Our NYC Series A data guide also lists Insight among larger NYC growth investors.