Insight Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Venture Capital Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Insight Partners has acquired 10 companies. It has also invested in 5 others.

Insight Partners’ most common sectors for investment aresoftware (42%) and information technology (24%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include venture (28%) and growth capital (26%). In total, Insight Partners has invested in 22 US states and 14 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2021 when it acquired Inovalon Holdings for $7.3B.

In the last 3 years, Insight Partners has exited 15 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (43%). Insight Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2024 when it sold Recorded Future for $2.7B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity130
    • M&A Buy Activity90
    • M&A Sell Activity40
  • Total Sectors Invested 11
  • Total Countries Invested 14
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 66
  • M&A Advisors 18

Insight Partners

Insight Venture Management, LLC

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor,
New York, New York 10036
United States
(212) 230-9200
www.insightpartners.com
growth@insightpartners.com

Insight Partners is a growth capital investment firm focused on early to later stage investments principally in the software sector. Insight Partners was formed in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Information Services, Internet Software and Services, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Secondary Buyout, Venture

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US, Canada, United Kingdom, Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (3.4/yr) # 73 3 5 4 3 2 90
vol $11.9B $1.1B $13.3B $4.4B $30.7B
Sell (3.6/yr) # 22 3 6 3 1 5 40
vol $1.9B $1.2B $3.9B $6.9B
  130

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Cosmo Tech SAS 2024-12-02 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Lyon, France · www.cosmotech.com
Tricentis USA Corp. 2024-11-26 - Growth Capital
Austin, Texas · www.tricentis.com
WorkForce Software LLC 2024-10-15 - Trade Sale
Livonia, Michigan · www.workforcesoftware.com
LiveAction, Inc. 2024-10-03 - Trade Sale
Palo Alto, California · www.liveaction.com
Recorded Future, Inc. 2024-09-12 2.7B USD Trade Sale
Somerville, Massachusetts · www.recordedfuture.com
AMCS Group 2024-08-14 - Secondary Sale
Limerick, Ireland · www.amcsgroup.com
Jama Software, Inc. 2024-03-14 1.2B USD Secondary Sale
Portland, Oregon · www.jamasoftware.com
Exiger LLC 2023-12-19 - Secondary Buyout
New York, New York · www.exiger.com
Alteryx, Inc. 2023-12-18 4.4B USD Going Private
Irvine, California · www.alteryx.com
Flipp Corp. 2023-08-16 - Secondary Sale
Toronto, Ontario · www.flipp.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Aptean, Inc. 2012-08-07 JobRouter AG 2024-12-05 49
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.aptean.com Mannheim, Germany · www.jobrouter.de
CivicPlus, Inc. 2021-05-13 PASS cost-recovery solutions 2024-10-07 3
Manhattan, Kansas · www.civicplus.com Boulder, Colorado
Bullhorn, Inc. 2017-10-23 Textkernel B.V. 2024-06-18 13
Boston, Massachusetts · www.bullhorn.com Amsterdam, Netherlands · www.textkernel.com
Aptean, Inc. 2012-08-07 Momentis 2024-02-14 48
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.aptean.com Montreal, Quebec · www.momentis.com
CivicPlus, Inc. 2021-05-13 Monsido LLC 2023-11-14 1
Manhattan, Kansas · www.civicplus.com Manhattan, Kansas · www.monsido.com
Network Merchants LLC 2017-09-07 Sphere Commercial Division 2023-10-12 5
Schaumburg, Illinois · www.nmi.com Nashville, Tennessee
Professional Datasolutions, Inc. 2016-05-24 Blue Cow Software LLC 2023-02-15 25
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.pdisoftware.com Middleton, Massachusetts · www.bluecowsoftware.com
Network Merchants LLC 2017-09-07 Agreement Express, Inc. 2022-12-06 4
Schaumburg, Illinois · www.nmi.com Vancouver, British Columbia · www.agreementexpress.com
Aptean, Inc. 2012-08-07 Groupe Mistral 2022-12-01 47
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.aptean.com Clermont-Ferrand, France · www.mistral.fr
Aptean, Inc. 2012-08-07 Merlin Business Software Ltd. 2022-10-24 46
Alpharetta, Georgia · www.aptean.com Chesterfield, United Kingdom · www.merlinbusinesssoftware.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Software 21 (40%) 5.5B (27%) 38 (42%) 12.7B (41%)
Information Technology 14 (26%) 8.5B (41%) 21 (23%) 10.3B (34%)
Internet Software and Services 11 (21%) 624M (3%) 21 (23%) 1.5B (5%)
Information Services 2 (4%) 6.0B (29%) 3 (3%) 6.2B (20%)
E-Commerce 1 (2%) - 2 (2%) -
Business Services 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Consumer Services 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Gaming - - 1 (1%) -
Life Science 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Retail - - 1 (1%) -
Staffing 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Total 53 $20.6B 91 $30.7B

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 41 (77%) 19.4B (94%) 72 (79%) 29.5B (96%)
  California 9 (17%) 10.4B (51%) 19 (21%) 12.6B (41%)
  Florida 6 (11%) - 8 (9%) -
  Massachusetts 3 (6%) - 7 (8%) 780M (3%)
  New York 6 (11%) 624M (3%) 6 (7%) 624M (2%)
  Texas 1 (2%) - 5 (5%) 7.1B (23%)
  Georgia 3 (6%) 1.1B (5%) 4 (4%) 1.1B (4%)
  New Jersey 3 (6%) - 4 (4%) -
  Illinois 3 (6%) - 3 (3%) -
  Kansas 2 (4%) - 2 (2%) -
  District of Columbia - - 2 (2%) -
  Maryland 1 (2%) 7.3B (35%) 1 (1%) 7.3B (24%)
  Tennessee 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Ohio 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Nebraska 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Colorado 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
  Washington - - 1 (1%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (1%) -
  Rhode Island - - 1 (1%) -
  North Carolina - - 1 (1%) -
  Michigan - - 1 (1%) -
  Kentucky - - 1 (1%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (1%) -
Ireland 1 (2%) - 4 (4%) -
Sweden 2 (4%) 1.2B (6%) 2 (2%) 1.2B (4%)
United Kingdom 2 (4%) - 2 (2%) -
Switzerland 2 (4%) - 2 (2%) -
  Ohio 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
France 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Germany 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Belgium 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Denmark 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Norway 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Canada - - 1 (1%) -
  Ontario - - 1 (1%) -
China - - 1 (1%) -
Israel - - 1 (1%) -
Slovenia - - 1 (1%) -
Total 53 $20.6B 91 $30.7B

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Venture 14 (26%) - 25 (27%) -
Growth Capital 14 (26%) - 23 (25%) -
Secondary Buyout 11 (21%) 1.2B (6%) 22 (24%) 2.2B (7%)
Going Private 5 (9%) 19.4B (94%) 7 (8%) 26.6B (87%)
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (4%) - 5 (5%) 1.9B (6%)
Consolidation 3 (6%) - 3 (3%) -
Divestiture 2 (4%) - 3 (3%) -
Recapitalization 1 (2%) - 2 (2%) -
Acquisition Financing 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) -
Total 53 $20.6B 91 $30.7B

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 18 (45%) 2.4B (34%)
Trade Sale 6 (15%) 1.8B (26%)
Trade Sale - Public Company 4 (10%) 2.7B (38%)
IPO 4 (10%) -
Merger 3 (8%) -
Divestiture 1 (3%) 130M (2%)
Recapitalization 1 (3%) -
Sold to Management 1 (3%) -
SPAC 1 (3%) -
Stake Sale 1 (3%) -
Total 40 $6.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Evercore Group
 3
William Blair
 3
J.P. Morgan Securities
 2
Legal Deals
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
 16
Goodwin Procter
 2
Kirkland & Ellis
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 7 $28.0B
$100M to $1B 5 $2.6B
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $30.7B
Largest Inovalon Holdings, Inc.
$7.3B (2021-08-19)
sell # Total
> $1B 4 $6.8B
$100M to $1B 1 $130M
< $100M 1 $43M
TOTAL $6.9B
Largest Recorded Future, Inc.
$2.7B (2024-09-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
24%
22 (24%)
Strategic(s)
3%
3 (3%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
48%
19 (48%)
Strategic(s)
40%
16 (40%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Venture Capital Firm

Size

Mega

PE Assets

80.0B USD

Established

1995

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

Jeff Horing

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Adam Berger

Managing Director

AJ Malhotra

Managing Director

Allyson White

Managing Director

Andreas Beroutsos

Managing Director

FAQ

When was Insight Partners founded?

Insight Partners was founded in 1995.

What type of investor is Insight Partners?

Insight Partners is a venture capital firm.

Where is Insight Partners headquartered?

Insight Partners is headquartered in New York, New York.

How much capital does Insight Partners have under management?

Insight Partners has 80.0B USD under management.

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