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Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software-focused venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. The firm invests in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies at every stage from early (Series A) through growth and late-stage pre-IPO, deploying checks that range from roughly $5M up to $500M+ and pairing capital with a dedicated in-house operations team (Insight Onsite) that provides talent, sales, marketing, and product expertise to accelerate scaling. Sector emphasis spans enterprise software broadly, including cybersecurity, fintech, AI/ML, DevOps, data infrastructure, and healthtech. With approximately $90B in regulatory assets under management as of 2025 and more than 875 companies backed worldwide, Insight is one of the largest technology investors in the world, with a portfolio and exit history that includes Twitter, Shopify, DocuSign, Wix, SentinelOne, HelloFresh, N26, Alteryx, and AppDynamics.

796 portfolio companies 796 publish APIs here 12 properties
Venture CapitalGrowth EquityPrivate EquitySeries AGrowthSoftwareEnterpriseCybersecurityFintechArtificial IntelligenceDevOpsData InfrastructureHealth TechNew YorkNorth America
Portfolio Strength across 355 profiled portfolio companies on the network
63 top-rated API companies 25 exemplar · 38 strong
121 agent-ready companies 9 agent-native · 112 agent-ready
Average quality of the book:
Composite thin 40.2
Agent-Readiness agent-aware 24.0

Firms are ranked by cumulative portfolio strength — how many highly-rated API companies they've backed, weighted by tier across composite quality and agent-readiness. The averages below are a secondary read on the typical company in the book.

Insight Partners has 796 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 357 (45%) publish APIs indexed here. The remaining 439 are tracked as profiles without a published API on the network.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are OpenAI, Acronis, Gainsight, Optimizely, LaunchDarkly.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 25 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 38 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 121 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Lightrun1 API54.2Rocketlane1 API54.2fiddler.ai1 API53.8Calm1 API53.6Alasco3 APIs53.4CompanyCam1 API53.4Socotra1 API53.2fermyon2 APIs52.9PicsArt (Socialin)4 APIs52.9Skilljar1 API52.9Epignosis (TalentLMS, eFront, TalentCards)1 API52.7VoiceGenie1 API52.7QuotaPath1 API52.4TaxJar1 API52.4SolarWinds5 APIs52.2Astronomer1 API52.1GetPaid1 API52.1Luciq1 API52.0Govly1 API51.9Lightricks2 APIs51.8SpecterOps1 API51.8Sweep2 APIs51.6Wallapop3 APIs51.5PlanRadar1 API51.4DoControl1 API51.3Kubeshop3 APIs51.3Delinea (FKA ThycoticCentrify)1 API50.7Transmit Security7 APIs50.7Qualtrics3 APIs50.6Yoobic1 API50.6LeaseAccelerator1 API50.3Duck Creek Technologies1 API50.1SafetyCulture1 API50.1BrightEdge1 API49.8Fairmarkit2 APIs49.6WorkSpan11 APIs49.3deepdub2 APIs49.2Leapsome2 APIs48.7UserTesting2 APIs48.6Rithum1 API48.0Templafy2 APIs47.8Fastino Labs1 API47.7Wealth-X1 API47.5Root (fka Slim.ai)1 API47.3Checkmarx3 APIs47.2Cognigy1 API47.2esper1 API47.0Ninety.io1 API47.0Dataiku3 APIs46.6Instructure, Inc. (NYSE:INST)1 API46.6Tavily1 API46.5AMCS Group6 APIs46.4sanas2 APIs46.4Sparetech2 APIs46.3Yext9 APIs46.3SonarSource33 APIs46.2Filigran2 APIs45.7Lakeside Software2 APIs45.7Linktree2 APIs45.7Slice2 APIs45.6Laminar3 APIs45.3Alteryx1 API45.2ORY17 APIs45.2Optibus1 API45.1Automattic1 API44.9AssemblyAI1 API44.7Cloudsmith1 API44.5SmartBear Inc.1 API44.4CARTO1 API44.3Spacelift1 API44.2Papaya Global1 API44.0Famous1 API43.9SingleStore (fka MemSQL)2 APIs43.8Automile1 API43.7run.ai1 API43.5Weights & Biases1 API43.4Ably2 APIs43.1Element51 API43.1Kaseya1 API43.1middesk1 API43.1Agora1 API43.0Dremio1 API43.0M3ter1 API42.7commercetools3 APIs42.6Skyflow2 APIs42.6Splitwise1 API42.6shutterstock.com1 API42.5MV sistemas18 APIs42.4Nuvemshop Tiendanube1 API41.9Aqua Security8 APIs41.6Coda1 API41.6Cosmo Tech7 APIs41.6Delve1 API41.5SaaS Alerts1 API41.4Tropic1 API41.4Harver1 API41.3Prophecy.io5 APIs41.3Indiegogo1 API41.2Litmus Automation3 APIs41.2Sisense1 API41.2Docker1 API41.0Runware1 API41.0Detectify1 API40.8e2open1 API40.7VTS1 API40.7Apollo GraphQL3 APIs40.5Turnitin (iParadigms)2 APIs40.5Lytx42 APIs40.4Devtron1 API40.3Acuant4 APIs40.2Flip3 APIs40.2PlexTrac, LLC1 API40.2Veeam Software2 APIs40.2Unitrends1 API40.1TaxBit1 API40.0Finout1 API39.9Weavix1 API39.8Aptean1 API39.7iSpot.tv2 APIs39.7Ensighten1 API39.6Tailscale1 API39.5
Thin 105 Limited public surface area
Kpler1 API39.2Skytap1 API39.2CentralReach1 API39.1Kintsugi1 API39.1Trengo1 API39.0Banked1 API38.9SmartSheet1 API38.9Altruist2 APIs38.6Jama Software1 API38.1SEDNA1 API37.8Camunda1 API37.6Delivery Hero1 API37.6Staffbase1 API37.6Vector Solutions1 API37.6GCash1 API37.3LearnWorlds1 API37.2Xendit1 API37.2Atlan3 APIs37.1Promptfoo6 APIs36.9Sift1 API36.9Zuva1 API36.9Ambassador Labs1 API36.7simscale1 API36.7Bullhorn1 API36.6Mutiny HQ1 API36.6Hour One2 APIs36.5Tonic1 API36.5Authorize.net1 API36.3Restream1 API36.3Rasgo1 API36.0Materials Zone1 API35.7Metabase1 API35.6Honeycomb.io1 API35.3Pomelo1 API35.3SpotHero1 API35.1CivicPlus1 API35.0Insurely1 API34.8OpenWeb1 API34.82X1 API34.7Devo6 APIs34.5SmartRecruiters3 APIs34.5Storable1 API34.5nCino1 API34.3wisetack1 API34.3Octopus Deploy1 API34.2Kubit AI, Inc.1 API34.1Whop1 API34.1bardeen1 API34.0CertiK1 API34.0Pipefy1 API33.7Employment Hero1 API33.6Fleetworthy3 APIs33.3Torq1 API33.3y42 (fka datos intelligence)1 API33.3Teleport1 API33.2CoreView (FKA 4ward365)1 API32.7Fourth7 APIs32.5Motive1 API32.3BlueOcean2 APIs32.2Flipp (Wishabi)2 APIs32.2Project441 API32.0Corelight (fka Broala)1 API31.5Pragma2 APIs31.3Writer1 API31.3PlanetScale1 API31.2Despegar.com6 APIs31.1USADATA, Inc.1 API31.0AnyDesk1 API30.9Sourcegraph10 APIs30.9Trust3 AI1 API30.4TradingView2 APIs30.2Perimeter 811 API30.1Winn.ai1 API30.1BeyondTrust6 APIs30.0Anaconda (fka Continuum Analytics)2 APIs29.9Cycode1 API29.9Udemy3 APIs29.9Hypercore1 API29.6sentinelone1 API29.5Promethium1 API29.2Dotmatics (FKA Insightful Science GraphPad)4 APIs29.1Newegg1 API29.1PlainID1 API29.1Reforge1 API29.0Bit1 API28.9Liblab4 APIs28.8Seated (fka Voco)1 API28.8Coverforce1 API28.7ELLKAY2 APIs28.5StackBlitz2 APIs28.5PayCargo, LLC1 API28.34M Analytics1 API28.0Nextdoor1 API28.0Leo Labs1 API27.3OverDrive3 APIs27.3Parallels (SWSoft)1 API27.3Proscia2 APIs27.3Adaptive Shield1 API27.2Incredibuild1 API27.0SimpleNexus1 API27.0LeanIX1 API26.9Visual Layer1 API26.8Datafy1 API26.4Electronic payment Exchange Inc1 API26.4Trivago1 API26.4
Emerging 57 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 9 Almost no public developer surface
Unrated 2 Not yet scored

Properties

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Team

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Content

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Firm

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Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 697 portfolio companies with APIs in the catalog, backed by Insight Partners, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
697
of 796 on the roster
Mean Kin Score
26.1
+1.7 vs catalog 24.4
Mean Agent Readiness
12.6
-0.1 vs catalog 12.7
Spread
1.2–82.9
median 20.4 · σ 19
How the 697 split by band
Exemplar 25Strong 38Developing 122Thin 112Emerging 199Minimal 201
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Access Clarity 31.4 27.2 +4.2 697
Developer Ergonomics 26.8 23.8 +3 697
Operational Transparency 16.6 14.4 +2.2 697
Discoverability 62.1 61.5 +0.6 697
Contract Governance 7.2 6.6 +0.6 697
Contract Quality 19.6 20.4 -0.8 697

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 14% 11% +3
MCP server (first-party) 16% 13% +3
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 13% 12% +1
Security 97% 96% +1
Arazzo workflows 2% 2% 0
Governance rules 11% 13% -2

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 OpenAI 82.9
  2. 2 Acronis 81.3
  3. 3 Gainsight 80.9
  4. 4 Optimizely 78
  5. 5 LaunchDarkly 77.9
  6. 6 Anthropic 77.8
  7. 7 Relevance AI 76.3
  8. 8 RudderStack 76.2
  9. 9 Cvent 75.2
  10. 10 Pluralsight 73.9
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 Relevance AI 65.3
  2. 2 Resolve 64.2
  3. 3 Optimizely 62.5
  4. 4 ClickHouse 61.8
  5. 5 Explorium 59.9
  6. 6 Karumi 59.4
  7. 7 Qonto 59.2
  8. 8 Knak 58.8
  9. 9 Postman 57.6
  10. 10 RudderStack 57.2
This roster declares 796 members; 774 resolve to a provider in the catalog and 697 carry a score (90%). The figures above describe the scored members only.Generated from the catalog build of 22 September 2026, across 27674 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: insight-partners
name: Insight Partners
description: >-
  Insight Partners is a global software-focused venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1995
  by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London,
  Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. The firm invests in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies at
  every stage from early (Series A) through growth and late-stage pre-IPO, deploying checks that range from
  roughly $5M up to $500M+ and pairing capital with a dedicated in-house operations team (Insight Onsite)
  that provides talent, sales, marketing, and product expertise to accelerate scaling. Sector emphasis
  spans enterprise software broadly, including cybersecurity, fintech, AI/ML, DevOps, data infrastructure,
  and healthtech. With approximately $90B in regulatory assets under management as of 2025 and more than
  875 companies backed worldwide, Insight is one of the largest technology investors in the world, with a
  portfolio and exit history that includes Twitter, Shopify, DocuSign, Wix, SentinelOne, HelloFresh, N26,
  Alteryx, and AppDynamics.
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.insightpartners.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Growth Equity
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Growth Equity
  - Private Equity
  - Series A
  - Growth
  - Software
  - Enterprise
  - Cybersecurity
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - DevOps
  - Data Infrastructure
  - Health Tech
  - New York
  - North America
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Growth Equity
  - Private Equity
  - Series A
  - Growth
  - Software
  - Enterprise
  - Cybersecurity
  - Fintech
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - DevOps
  - Data Infrastructure
  - Healthtech
  - New York
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/insight-partners-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/team/
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/onsite/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/
  - type: News
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/search/?tax=idea_types&term=news,press
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.insightpartners.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/contact/
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/insight-partners
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insight-partners
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/insightpartners
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Early (Series A), Growth (Series B-D), Late-stage / pre-IPO"
      - "Typical check: ~$5M-$500M+"
      - "Sectors: enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI/ML, DevOps, data infrastructure, healthtech"
      - "Geography: Global; US-based with offices in New York, London, Tel Aviv, Palo Alto"
      - "AUM: ~$90B regulatory assets under management (2025, self-reported)"
      - "Portfolio: 875+ companies backed worldwide"
      - "Founded: 1995"
      - "HQ: New York, New York, USA"
    sources:
      - https://www.insightpartners.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight_Partners
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Insight Partners
    url: https://www.insightpartners.com/

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