Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 that acts as a software investor, partnering with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm concentrates on Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare, providing capital and hands-on support to help management teams scale. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has more than $75 billion in assets under management, has invested in over 750 companies worldwide, and more than 55 portfolio companies have reached an IPO.

Abdi Adan

Analyst

Anika Agarwal

Managing Director

Liad Agmon

Managing Director

Aditya Agrawal

Associate

Praveen Akkiraju

Managing Director

Past deals in Germany

Qualifyze

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2017, Qualifyze operates an online B2B platform connecting buyers and sellers of raw materials. It specializes in providing audit reports created by external auditors to pharmaceutical and food companies, maintaining a database of over 2,000 suppliers worldwide. The platform offers features such as ingredient search, supplier audits for decision-making, and customized ingredient alternatives based on user quality requirements.

Cognigy

Series C in 2024
Founded in 2016, Cognigy is a global provider of conversational AI automation solutions. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, with offices worldwide, the company offers Cognigy.AI, an enterprise platform enabling automated customer and employee communications via intelligent voice- and chatbots. Its solutions support multiple languages and channels, improving user experiences and reducing operational costs.

Acceldata

Series C in 2023
Founded in 2018, Acceldata develops an enterprise data observability platform designed to help businesses build and operate great data products. Its platform offers services including data warehousing, security, preparation, IoT for consumer and commercial applications, and acquisition, enabling clients to stream, collect, process data, build data clusters, view insights, optimize workflows, and proactively manage performance, security, and data quality.

Container xChange

Venture Round in 2022
Container xChange is an online platform based in Hamburg, Germany, that facilitates the repositioning of shipping containers by connecting container owners with users. Founded in 2015, the platform serves as a neutral marketplace where participants can engage directly without the involvement of brokers. It allows users to utilize third-party ocean containers for their freight while offering their own containers to others, helping to reduce costs associated with empty repositioning. The platform enhances efficiency by streamlining logistics processes and simplifying contractual relationships. Key features include global visibility of container availability, automated transaction identification, and comprehensive online support for managing container logistics. Additionally, Container xChange provides tools for data management and integrated reporting, making it a valuable resource for various stakeholders in the shipping and logistics industry, including carriers and freight forwarders.

Wandelbots

Series C in 2022
Wandelbots GmbH, headquartered in Dresden, Germany, specializes in robotic software that simplifies the programming of industrial robots. The company offers a no-code solution called Wandelbots Teaching, which allows users to teach robots through demonstration-based technology using sensor-attached wearables. This innovative approach enables individuals without programming expertise to train robots efficiently, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with automation processes. Wandelbots' technology supports various robot brands, including Universal Robots and Yaskawa, and is utilized by prominent companies such as VW, Bayer, and Fraunhofer. Since its establishment in 2017, Wandelbots has rapidly grown to over 170 employees, securing substantial funding and awards for its contributions to the robotics field. The company continues to expand its market presence and establish partnerships with system integrators across Germany, Europe, and the USA.

AnyDesk

Series C in 2021
AnyDesk is a German company founded in 2014 that specializes in remote desktop access software. Its platform has gained significant popularity, with over 100 million downloads globally and an additional 5 million users each month. The software is distinguished by its proprietary codec, DeskRT, which facilitates virtually latency-free collaboration, enabling users to access devices seamlessly from any location. AnyDesk's technology supports stable remote control and efficient data transmission, making it ideal for various business applications. The company has rapidly established itself as one of the fastest-growing firms in Germany, recognized for its innovative approach to remote desktop solutions.

SimScale

Series C in 2021
SimScale GmbH is a Munich-based company that operates a cloud-based engineering simulation platform designed for engineers, designers, scientists, and students. Founded in 2012, SimScale allows users to test, validate, and optimize product designs by offering a comprehensive suite of simulation tools in fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and thermodynamics, all accessible through a standard web browser. The platform enables users to create models, perform simulations, and analyze results efficiently. Additionally, SimScale supports users in the process of computer-aided design (CAD) by facilitating mesh creation and analysis setup. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including HVAC, automotive, aerospace, and healthcare, as well as providing online support, training, and consulting services to enhance user experience.

Y42

Series A in 2021
Y42 is a Berlin-based company founded in 2020 that operates a fully managed Modern DataOps Cloud platform. It is designed to assist organizations in creating production-ready data pipelines using Google BigQuery or Snowflake cloud data warehouses. Y42's platform offers a no-code business intelligence solution, enabling users to efficiently integrate, transform, orchestrate, and visualize their data from multiple sources. The company emphasizes data accessibility and governance, fostering enhanced collaboration among data teams. By streamlining the data management process, Y42 empowers organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions rapidly and effectively.

Acceldata

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2018, Acceldata develops an enterprise data observability platform designed to help businesses build and operate great data products. Its platform offers services including data warehousing, security, preparation, IoT for consumer and commercial applications, and acquisition, enabling clients to stream, collect, process data, build data clusters, view insights, optimize workflows, and proactively manage performance, security, and data quality.

commercetools

Series C in 2021
Founded in Germany in 2006, commercetools operates a cloud-native platform that empowers businesses to deliver scalable and adaptable digital commerce experiences. Its composable approach enables enterprises to quickly test and integrate new trends and technologies across various touchpoints, from web and mobile to point of sale. Serving major global brands, commercetools is recognized as a market leader in enterprise commerce technology.

Chrono24

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2003, Chrono24 operates a global online marketplace for buying and selling luxury watches. It connects over 30,000 private sellers and professional dealers, offering more than 500,000 watches from various brands to over 20 million watch enthusiasts monthly.

SmartRecruiters

Series E in 2021
Founded in 2010, SmartRecruiters offers a comprehensive cloud-based recruiting platform designed to streamline the entire hiring process. Its platform provides tools for applicant tracking, candidate sourcing and engagement, collaborative hiring, assessment, offer management, and recruitment analytics. The company also offers services such as implementation, training, optimization, and certification.

Cognigy

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2016, Cognigy is a global provider of conversational AI automation solutions. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, with offices worldwide, the company offers Cognigy.AI, an enterprise platform enabling automated customer and employee communications via intelligent voice- and chatbots. Its solutions support multiple languages and channels, improving user experiences and reducing operational costs.

commercetools

Funding Round in 2021
Founded in Germany in 2006, commercetools operates a cloud-native platform that empowers businesses to deliver scalable and adaptable digital commerce experiences. Its composable approach enables enterprises to quickly test and integrate new trends and technologies across various touchpoints, from web and mobile to point of sale. Serving major global brands, commercetools is recognized as a market leader in enterprise commerce technology.

Exclaimer

Private Equity Round in 2020
Exclaimer, established in 2003, specializes in cloud-based email utility software solutions. Headquartered in Farnborough, UK, with offices globally, the company provides patented email signature management, email archiving, and other utility solutions. Its award-winning platform enables businesses to manage email signatures centrally, ensuring consistent branding, delivering marketing campaigns, and facilitating regulatory compliance. Exclaimer serves over 65,000 organizations worldwide, including prominent clients like Sony, Mattel, and the Government of Canada.

LeanIX

Series D in 2020
LeanIX GmbH is a software-as-a-service company specializing in enterprise architecture management. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bonn, Germany, with additional offices in Boston, Munich, Utrecht, and Hyderabad, LeanIX provides a comprehensive solution that helps organizations manage their IT inventory, reporting, and collaboration needs. The platform enables users to create, coordinate, and track content while generating management-oriented reports in various formats. Additionally, LeanIX supports the planning of management objects, such as providers and services related to applications. The company's offerings cater to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large corporations across diverse industries, facilitating faster, data-driven decision-making in IT.

N26

Series D in 2020
N26 offers mobile banking solutions in the European Union, providing international money transfers, investments, overdraft facilities, and cash withdrawals/deposits at stores. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013 by Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf.

Lakeside Software

Private Equity Round in 2020
Lakeside Software, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, offers a cloud‑based Digital Experience Cloud powered by SysTrack. The platform collects and analyzes data from endpoints to provide visibility into end‑user experience and business productivity. It supports continuous user segmentation, need‑based procurement, proactive support, SLA transparency, budget rationalization, application license utilization, desktop transformation, help desk optimization, application and hardware performance management, and risk visualization. Customers use the solution for end‑user experience management, digital workplace planning, IT asset optimization, remote work management, and proactive service desk operations. The company operates globally with offices in the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany.

SimScale

Series C in 2020
SimScale GmbH is a Munich-based company that operates a cloud-based engineering simulation platform designed for engineers, designers, scientists, and students. Founded in 2012, SimScale allows users to test, validate, and optimize product designs by offering a comprehensive suite of simulation tools in fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and thermodynamics, all accessible through a standard web browser. The platform enables users to create models, perform simulations, and analyze results efficiently. Additionally, SimScale supports users in the process of computer-aided design (CAD) by facilitating mesh creation and analysis setup. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including HVAC, automotive, aerospace, and healthcare, as well as providing online support, training, and consulting services to enhance user experience.

AnyDesk

Venture Round in 2020
AnyDesk is a German company founded in 2014 that specializes in remote desktop access software. Its platform has gained significant popularity, with over 100 million downloads globally and an additional 5 million users each month. The software is distinguished by its proprietary codec, DeskRT, which facilitates virtually latency-free collaboration, enabling users to access devices seamlessly from any location. AnyDesk's technology supports stable remote control and efficient data transmission, making it ideal for various business applications. The company has rapidly established itself as one of the fastest-growing firms in Germany, recognized for its innovative approach to remote desktop solutions.

Hundred

Seed Round in 2019
Hundred is a Berlin-based technology company operating in the online nutrition sector. It specializes in offering personalized vitamin and supplement solutions designed to help individuals achieve their health goals. By providing daily packs tailored to each user's lifestyle and health objectives, Hundred delivers convenient nutrient mixes in easy-to-carry pouches. The company emphasizes 100% personalization and transparency, adopting a holistic approach that encompasses overall wellness. Its services include personalized health consultations focused on four wellness pillars, quarterly health assessments to refine individual plans, and ongoing support from nutritionists through chat. Through these offerings, Hundred aims to simplify the complexity of nutrition and empower consumers to make informed health choices.

commercetools

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in Germany in 2006, commercetools operates a cloud-native platform that empowers businesses to deliver scalable and adaptable digital commerce experiences. Its composable approach enables enterprises to quickly test and integrate new trends and technologies across various touchpoints, from web and mobile to point of sale. Serving major global brands, commercetools is recognized as a market leader in enterprise commerce technology.

Kasten

Series A in 2019
Kasten, Inc. is a company focused on data management solutions designed for modern cloud-native infrastructures, particularly in the Kubernetes environment. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, with an additional office in Draper, Utah, Kasten specializes in addressing the data management challenges that enterprises face when operating applications on Kubernetes. Its flagship product, Kasten K10, is a comprehensive data management platform that offers features such as backup and restore, disaster recovery, and application mobility. The platform is designed to provide enterprise operations teams with a user-friendly, scalable, and secure system, enabling them to manage their Kubernetes applications with enhanced operational simplicity. Kasten operates as an independent business unit within Veeam Software Group GmbH.

N26

Series D in 2019
N26 offers mobile banking solutions in the European Union, providing international money transfers, investments, overdraft facilities, and cash withdrawals/deposits at stores. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013 by Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf.

SmartRecruiters

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2010, SmartRecruiters offers a comprehensive cloud-based recruiting platform designed to streamline the entire hiring process. Its platform provides tools for applicant tracking, candidate sourcing and engagement, collaborative hiring, assessment, offer management, and recruitment analytics. The company also offers services such as implementation, training, optimization, and certification.

N26

Series D in 2019
N26 offers mobile banking solutions in the European Union, providing international money transfers, investments, overdraft facilities, and cash withdrawals/deposits at stores. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013 by Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf.

LeanIX

Series C in 2018
LeanIX GmbH is a software-as-a-service company specializing in enterprise architecture management. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bonn, Germany, with additional offices in Boston, Munich, Utrecht, and Hyderabad, LeanIX provides a comprehensive solution that helps organizations manage their IT inventory, reporting, and collaboration needs. The platform enables users to create, coordinate, and track content while generating management-oriented reports in various formats. Additionally, LeanIX supports the planning of management objects, such as providers and services related to applications. The company's offerings cater to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large corporations across diverse industries, facilitating faster, data-driven decision-making in IT.

Blinkist

Series C in 2018
Blinkist is a Berlin-based company that condenses key insights from over 2500 best-selling non-fiction books into concise 15-minute reads or listens. It offers a convenient way to acquire knowledge on-the-go, with content available in both text and audio formats.

Blinkist

Series B in 2017
Blinkist is a Berlin-based company that condenses key insights from over 2500 best-selling non-fiction books into concise 15-minute reads or listens. It offers a convenient way to acquire knowledge on-the-go, with content available in both text and audio formats.

Tricentis

Series B in 2017
Tricentis develops enterprise software test automation solutions, accelerating digital transformation by increasing release speed, reducing costs, and improving software quality. It offers a range of tools including agile test management, visual reporting, API testing, service virtualization, and AI-powered impact analysis for SAP updates.

Unitrends

Venture Round in 2016
Unitrends, Inc. is a developer and provider of comprehensive enterprise backup and continuity solutions based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Founded in 1989, the company offers a range of products designed to protect and recover data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Its flagship Recovery Series backup appliance integrates enterprise backup, ransomware detection, and cloud continuity into a single platform. Additional offerings include specialized backup software for VMware, automation tools for cloud migration, and solutions for long-term data retention and compliance management. Unitrends also provides Recovery-as-a-Service, advanced security features utilizing machine learning, and analytics to enhance disaster recovery planning. The company markets its products through a network of partners both in the United States and internationally, enabling clients to focus on their core business while ensuring robust data protection. Unitrends operates as a subsidiary of Kaseya Limited.

SmartRecruiters

Series C in 2016
Founded in 2010, SmartRecruiters offers a comprehensive cloud-based recruiting platform designed to streamline the entire hiring process. Its platform provides tools for applicant tracking, candidate sourcing and engagement, collaborative hiring, assessment, offer management, and recruitment analytics. The company also offers services such as implementation, training, optimization, and certification.

Chrono24

Series A in 2015
Founded in 2003, Chrono24 operates a global online marketplace for buying and selling luxury watches. It connects over 30,000 private sellers and professional dealers, offering more than 500,000 watches from various brands to over 20 million watch enthusiasts monthly.

DaWanda

Venture Round in 2015
DaWanda GmbH is an online marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, specializing in unique and handmade products. Founded in December 2006, the platform connects professional artisans, artists, and designers with consumers seeking distinctive items. DaWanda's extensive product range includes clothing, footwear, accessories, jewelry, furniture, toys, and homeware, allowing users to search by category, price, discount, and other preferences. The site also offers a dedicated section for gift ideas tailored to different recipients and occasions. Additionally, DaWanda provides DIY tutorials, enriching the shopping experience for customers interested in creativity and craftsmanship. The marketplace caters to a diverse clientele with a focus on handmade goods, promoting individual expression and sustainable fashion.

Invaluable

Series D in 2014
Invaluable is a leading online marketplace for fine art, antiques, and collectibles. The platform connects buyers with thousands of auction houses, dealers, and galleries worldwide, enabling online bidding, fixed-price sales, and related e-commerce and marketing services. It offers auction management software and tools that help sellers reach global audiences, expand their customer base, and manage consignments. Through its marketplace, Invaluable supports access to a broad range of categories including paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, jewelry, collectibles, and Asian art. Headquartered in Boston with offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, and Australia, the company has established itself as a key hub for the art market online.

Unitrends

Acquisition in 2013
Unitrends, Inc. is a developer and provider of comprehensive enterprise backup and continuity solutions based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Founded in 1989, the company offers a range of products designed to protect and recover data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Its flagship Recovery Series backup appliance integrates enterprise backup, ransomware detection, and cloud continuity into a single platform. Additional offerings include specialized backup software for VMware, automation tools for cloud migration, and solutions for long-term data retention and compliance management. Unitrends also provides Recovery-as-a-Service, advanced security features utilizing machine learning, and analytics to enhance disaster recovery planning. The company markets its products through a network of partners both in the United States and internationally, enabling clients to focus on their core business while ensuring robust data protection. Unitrends operates as a subsidiary of Kaseya Limited.

trivago

Venture Round in 2010
Trivago operates a global hotel search platform headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany. It aims to be the independent source of information for travelers seeking to find the ideal hotel at the lowest rate, helping users compare hotels and prices across a large inventory. The platform provides access to hotel listings through localized websites and apps in multiple languages, enabling travelers to personalize searches and view prices from a wide range of providers. Trivago serves travelers and hotel advertisers by connecting a broad audience of potential guests with hotel information and price data across regions including the Americas, Europe, and the rest of the world, with a presence in markets such as the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Japan.

TeamViewer

Seed Round in 2005
TeamViewer is a German software company that develops cloud-based remote connectivity and collaboration solutions for worldwide use. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Göppingen, it offers products that enable remote desktop access, enterprise-grade device management, augmented reality-assisted remote support, and secure IoT connectivity. Core offerings include TeamViewer for remote access to desktops and devices, Tensor for large-scale enterprise connectivity, Pilot for AR-enabled remote assistance, IoT for monitoring and operating machines remotely, Remote Management for centralized management and protection, Servicecamp for service desk workflows, and Blizz for online collaboration and communications. These tools serve small and medium-sized businesses as well as larger enterprises, helping users connect across distances to solve problems, support operations, and collaborate effectively.
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