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.
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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.
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x-category: Growth Equity
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
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- Venture Capital
- Growth Equity
- Private Equity
- Series A
- Growth
- Software
- Enterprise
- Cybersecurity
- Fintech
- Artificial Intelligence
- DevOps
- Data Infrastructure
- Healthtech
- New York
- North America
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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'
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