Founded in New York in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock with a then-novel idea: a fund exclusively dedicated to software scale-ups, sourced through systematic outbound calling. It grew into one of the largest software investors in the world.
Growth-stage software specialist writing large checks at high velocity, supported by "Insight Onsite," a 100+ person operational scaling team; also does buyouts.
B2B software and SaaS, cybersecurity, data/AI, fintech
Shopify, Twitter, Qualtrics, monday.com, Wiz, HelloFresh, Datadog
Shopify IPO, Qualtrics ($8B to SAP), Wiz ($32B agreed sale to Google, the largest cybersecurity deal ever), monday.com IPO
Insight coined and trademarked the term "ScaleUp" for the post-product-market-fit software companies it targets.
| Company | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic AI | 2 rounds | $43B |
| Databricks AI | 3 rounds, 2 led | $15B |
| Checkout.com Fintech | 2 rounds | $1.3B |
| FTX Web3 | 1 round | $900M |
| Ramp Fintech | 1 round | $750M |
| Builder.ai AI | 3 rounds, 1 led | $590M |
| Nuvemshop E-Commerce | 1 round, 1 led | $500M |
| Ayar Labs DeepTech | 1 round | $500M |
| Kiteworks cybersecurity | 1 round, 1 led | $465M |
| Chargebee SaaS B2B | 3 rounds, 1 led | $430M |
| project44 Logistics | 1 round | $420M |
| Dataiku AI | 1 round | $400M |
| Filevine LegalTech | 1 round, 1 led | $400M |
| SonarSource DevTools | 1 round | $388M |
| Postman DevTools | 2 rounds, 2 led | $375M |
| Slice Fintech | 3 rounds, 2 led | $295M |
| Choco FoodTech | 4 rounds, 1 led | $273.6M |
| Staffbase HR Tech | 2 rounds | $260M |
| Vinted Marketplace | 1 round | $250M |
| Gelato E-Commerce | 1 round, 1 led | $240M |
| Cognigy ai_ml | 3 rounds, 1 led | $203M |
| Workato SaaS B2B | 1 round | $200M |
| Kpler SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $185M |
| Genesis Global DevTools | 1 round | $176M |
| Apna HR Tech | 2 rounds, 1 led | $170M |
| Wallapop Marketplace | 1 round | $157M |
| Factory DevTools | 1 round | $150M |
| Wonderful AI | 1 round, 1 led | $150M |
| Torq Cybersecurity | 1 round | $140M |
| commercetools SaaS B2B | 1 round | $140M |
| Incredibuild DevTools | 1 round, 1 led | $140M |
| Bizzabo SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $138M |
| CredAvenue Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $137M |
| Lansweeper SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $130M |
| TaxBit Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $130M |
| ScaleOps DevTools | 1 round, 1 led | $130M |
| Moonfare Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $125M |
| Glia SaaS B2B | 2 rounds, 2 led | $123M |
| Aily Labs AI | 3 rounds, 2 led | $120.5M |
| Leapsome HR Tech | 2 rounds, 2 led | $120M |
| Gtmhub SaaS B2B | 1 round | $120M |
| Afresh AI | 1 round | $115M |
| parcelLab SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $112M |
| Canary Technologies SaaS B2B | 2 rounds, 1 led | $110M |
| Teleport Cybersecurity | 1 round | $110M |
| BharatPe Fintech | 1 round | $108M |
| PSPDFkit DevTools | 1 round, 1 led | $108M |
| Writer AI | 1 round | $100M |
| Bubble DevTools | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Unit Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Inspiren Healthtech | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| FanCraze Web3 | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Jedox SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Perimeter 81 Cybersecurity | 1 round | $100M |
| Filigran Cybersecurity | 2 rounds, 1 led | $93M |
| Acceldata DevTools | 2 rounds, 1 led | $85M |
| Beauty Pie Consumer | 1 round, 1 led | $83.8M |
| Camunda SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $82M |
| CarOnSale Marketplace | 1 round | $81.2M |
| Contentstack SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $80M |