Insight Capital

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm established in 1995, specializing in growth-stage investments in the software, internet, and data services sectors. Headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, the firm manages over $75 billion in assets and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide. Insight Partners focuses on partnering with high-growth technology and software companies that are driving significant change in their industries. The firm aims to support visionary executives by providing practical, hands-on expertise throughout their growth journey, from initial investment to public offering. With a strong commitment to fostering a culture of growth and opportunity, Insight Partners has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve IPO status.

Anika Agarwal

Managing Director

Daniel Aronovitz

Principal

Eugenia Bejar

vice_president

Trent Buenzli

vice_president

Dave Cates

Vice President

Lydia Chen

Associate

Cian Cotter

Managing Director

Jason Ewell

Venture Partner

Tyler Faught

vice_president

Brad Fiedler

Principal

Blair Flicker

MD and General Counsel

Daniel Francis

Senior Associate

Henry Frankievich

Managing Director

Matthew Gatto

Managing Director

Rachel Geller

Managing Director

Jonathan Grossman

Principal & Head of Valuation Group

Connor Guess

vice_president

Evan Hahn

Principal

Drew Harman

Venture Partner

Erica Harris

Investment Professional

Ryan Hinkle

Managing Director

Michaela Hirsh

Senior Associate

Philine Huizing

Principal

Kevin Hurth

Vice President of Capital Markets

Todd Joseph

Technology Principal

Emmet Keeffe III

Venture Partner

Matt Koran

Principal

Nikitas Koutoupes

Managing Director

Thomas Krane

Managing Director

Mark Lessing

Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director

Jeffrey Lieberman

Managing Director

Jennifer Liu

Controller

Rebecca Liu

Former Senior Analyst

Alexandra Lundin

vice_president

AJ Malhotra

Managing Director

Julian Marcu

vice_president

George Mathew

Managing Director

Stuart Mayer

Principal of Finance

Euan Menzies

Managing Partner

Dylan Morris Ph.D

Managing Director

Stu Phillips

Managing Director

Stuart G. Phillips

MD

Benjamin Pruzan

Investment Associate

Ryley Reynolds

Principal

Jared Rosen

Principal

Sophia Samutin

Investment Analyst

Ian Sandler

Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director

Hagi Schwartz

Managing Director

Peter Segall

Managing Director

Thilo Semmelbauer

Managing Director

Michael Shephard

Principal

Nicole Shimer

Principal

Dean Shu

Senior Onsite Associate

Jenna Sigman

EVP, Insight Onsite

Nicholas Sinai

Venture Partner

Theresa Smith

Sales Principal

Peter Sobiloff

Managing Director

David Spiro

Managing Director

Andrew Starker

vice_president

Gary Survis

Operating Partner

Philip Tom

Associate

Boris Treskunov

Managing Director

Michael Triplett

Managing Director

Teddie Wardi

Managing Director

Richard Wells

Managing Director

Allyson White

Vice President

Nicolas Whittenborn

VP

Jacqueline Wibowo

Investment Analyst

Max Wolff

Principal

Josh Zelman

Principal

Past deals in Fraud Detection

IDOVEN

Series A in 2022
IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.

Snappt

Series A in 2022
Snappt, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based fraud detection software tailored for the real estate sector. Founded by a group of experienced landlords dissatisfied with traditional rental application methods, the company aims to enhance the efficiency and security of the rental process. Its flagship product, Snappt, provides instant prevention of identity and financial fraud, helping landlords mitigate risks associated with tenant applications. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Snappt addresses the need for modern solutions in the real estate industry by leveraging advanced technology to streamline operations.

Sift

Series E in 2021
Sift is a technology company specializing in fraud detection and prevention through its advanced machine learning platform. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Sift's software helps businesses monitor their online traffic in real-time, providing instant alerts for fraudulent activities. The platform enables clients to send various events to receive fraud scores, utilizing a JavaScript snippet to capture on-page activities and a REST API for reporting transactions. In addition to its fraud prevention services, Sift operates as an online publisher, managing a portfolio of business communities and providing website solutions to a range of organizations, including accounting firms in the UK. With a commitment to digital trust and safety, Sift supports companies in unlocking revenue while mitigating risks associated with fraud.

Detectify

Series B in 2019
Detectify offers a SaaS-based tool for security analysis of web applications. Detectify is a service where website owners and developers can enter the domain name of a website and let Detectify analyze its security level by applying a broad range of emulated hacker attacks. Detectify then provides the owner with an easy to understand report that describes the identified vulnerabilities and their potential risk in the hands of malicious hackers.

Featurespace

Venture Round in 2019
Featurespace is the world-leader in Adaptive Behavioural Analytics and creator of the ARIC™ platform, a machine learning software system developed out of the University of Cambridge. The ARIC™ platform uses anomaly detection to analyse complex behavioural data in real time, spotting anomalies to block new fraud attacks as they occur. At the same time, Featurespace recognises genuine customers without blocking their activity. ARIC™ reduces the number of genuine transactions incorrectly identified as fraud by over 70%, enabling businesses to accept more revenue. Head quartered in Cambridge, UK, and Atlanta, GA, U.S. Featurespace has deployed the ARIC™ platform to organisations that have services or products deployed in over 180 countries. Customers include Betfair, Vocalink/Zapp, Worldpay, and TSYS, the largest third-party processor of Visa® and MasterCard® credit cards in the U.S.

Sift

Series D in 2018
Sift is a technology company specializing in fraud detection and prevention through its advanced machine learning platform. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Sift's software helps businesses monitor their online traffic in real-time, providing instant alerts for fraudulent activities. The platform enables clients to send various events to receive fraud scores, utilizing a JavaScript snippet to capture on-page activities and a REST API for reporting transactions. In addition to its fraud prevention services, Sift operates as an online publisher, managing a portfolio of business communities and providing website solutions to a range of organizations, including accounting firms in the UK. With a commitment to digital trust and safety, Sift supports companies in unlocking revenue while mitigating risks associated with fraud.

Detectify

Series A in 2018
Detectify offers a SaaS-based tool for security analysis of web applications. Detectify is a service where website owners and developers can enter the domain name of a website and let Detectify analyze its security level by applying a broad range of emulated hacker attacks. Detectify then provides the owner with an easy to understand report that describes the identified vulnerabilities and their potential risk in the hands of malicious hackers.

Sift

Series C in 2016
Sift is a technology company specializing in fraud detection and prevention through its advanced machine learning platform. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Sift's software helps businesses monitor their online traffic in real-time, providing instant alerts for fraudulent activities. The platform enables clients to send various events to receive fraud scores, utilizing a JavaScript snippet to capture on-page activities and a REST API for reporting transactions. In addition to its fraud prevention services, Sift operates as an online publisher, managing a portfolio of business communities and providing website solutions to a range of organizations, including accounting firms in the UK. With a commitment to digital trust and safety, Sift supports companies in unlocking revenue while mitigating risks associated with fraud.

ThreatTrack

Seed Round in 2013
ThreatTrack specializes in helping organizations identify and stop Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), targeted attacks and other sophisticated malware designed to evade the traditional cyber-defenses deployed by businesses, enterprises and government agencies around the world. ThreatTrack develops advanced cybersecurity solutions that analyze, detect and remediate the latest malicious threats.

Acuant

Private Equity Round in 2013
Acuant Inc. specializes in identity verification solutions, offering a range of software and hardware that captures and processes data from various identification documents. Their key products include idScan, which recognizes and extracts information from drivers' licenses, passports, and medical insurance cards, and MedicScan, which utilizes optical character recognition to streamline data entry in patient management systems. Acuant's technology also encompasses document authentication, age verification, fraud prevention, and compliance with regulations such as KYC and AML. Additionally, the company provides high-speed imaging devices like SnapShell and ScanShell for efficient data capture. Their solutions cater to diverse sectors, including automotive, eCommerce, financial services, healthcare, and hospitality, and are available both online and internationally. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Culver City, California, Acuant was previously known as Card Scanning Solutions Inc. before rebranding in 2014.