Insight Venture Partners

Buynomics GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Cologne, Germany, specializes in developing and distributing pricing machine software and innovative AI solutions. The company creates Virtual Customers that simulate the buying behavior of real consumers, allowing businesses in the consumer-packaged goods and telecommunications sectors to gain accurate insights into customer preferences. By leveraging big data analytics and computer simulations, Buynomics enables its clients to make informed decisions regarding pricing, promotions, product offerings, and trade terms. This holistic approach links critical revenue levers and provides actionable recommendations, facilitating data-driven commercial strategies that promote profitability and sustainability.

Cosmo Tech is a global technology company that helps the C-suite make optimal business decisions. The company was founded in 2010 by Michel Morvan and Hugues de Bantel. Then known as The CoSMo Company, the Lyon-based startup quickly established itself as a global reference in the modeling and simulation of complex systems. The company’s innovative approach to complexity and capacity to model any complex system in any industry quickly set the company on the path to success. Cosmo Tech has been recognised publicly for its industry-validated software including being named a Cool Vendor in Data Science by Gartner in 2016, recognised as France’s Most Innovative Software Company by EY and Syntec in 2016, named to the Cleantech Global 100 in 2017, and named to both the Red Herring 100 Europe and Red Herring 100 USA lists in 2017. In 2014 the company raised $5.2 million in Series A funding, expanded operations to the US, and opened its San Francisco office. In 2017 the company raised an additional $3.1 million in a follow-on round and was rebranded as Cosmo Tech. Today Cosmo Tech has a diverse team of more than 70 employees serving clients in Europe and North America.

Buynomics GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Cologne, Germany, specializes in developing and distributing pricing machine software and innovative AI solutions. The company creates Virtual Customers that simulate the buying behavior of real consumers, allowing businesses in the consumer-packaged goods and telecommunications sectors to gain accurate insights into customer preferences. By leveraging big data analytics and computer simulations, Buynomics enables its clients to make informed decisions regarding pricing, promotions, product offerings, and trade terms. This holistic approach links critical revenue levers and provides actionable recommendations, facilitating data-driven commercial strategies that promote profitability and sustainability.

Gamma Technologies is a company that specializes in the development of multi-physics computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation software tailored for various industries, including automotive, marine, power generation, and aerospace. The company's flagship product, GT-SUITE, is a comprehensive simulation software that enables users to model a wide range of physical phenomena, such as fluid flow, thermal systems, and mechanical and electrical processes. With an extensive library of physics-based modeling templates, GT-SUITE allows clients to accurately simulate and analyze engineering systems like vehicles, engines, and powertrains. This innovative software significantly enhances productivity by providing detailed insights into complex engineering challenges.

nTopology, Inc. is an engineering software company that develops tools for manufacturing, focusing on design, simulation, and advanced manufacturing processes. Its flagship product, nTopology, allows engineers to create lightweight and optimized parts tailored to their functional requirements. The platform includes features such as Lightweighting, Architected Materials, Topology Optimization, Additive Manufacturing, and Design Analysis, which help eliminate geometry bottlenecks and enhance collaboration among teams. nTopology serves various industries, including aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer products, and education. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company aims to streamline workflows and integrate synthesized geometry with simulation data to produce manufacturing-ready models.

SimScale GmbH operates an engineering simulation platform that enables engineers, designers, scientists, and students to test, validate, and optimize their designs. The platform integrates various simulation tools for fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and thermodynamics within a single user interface, allowing users to create models and simulate their applications. It facilitates the analysis of computer-aided design (CAD) models by enabling users to generate meshes, set up analyses, and evaluate results. SimScale also offers online support, training, and consulting services. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including HVAC, automotive, aerospace, and healthcare, among others. Founded in 2012 and based in Munich, Germany, SimScale provides a cloud-based simulation tool that fosters collaboration within a community of innovators, aiming to streamline the product development process.

nTopology, Inc. is an engineering software company that develops tools for manufacturing, focusing on design, simulation, and advanced manufacturing processes. Its flagship product, nTopology, allows engineers to create lightweight and optimized parts tailored to their functional requirements. The platform includes features such as Lightweighting, Architected Materials, Topology Optimization, Additive Manufacturing, and Design Analysis, which help eliminate geometry bottlenecks and enhance collaboration among teams. nTopology serves various industries, including aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer products, and education. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company aims to streamline workflows and integrate synthesized geometry with simulation data to produce manufacturing-ready models.

SimScale GmbH operates an engineering simulation platform that enables engineers, designers, scientists, and students to test, validate, and optimize their designs. The platform integrates various simulation tools for fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and thermodynamics within a single user interface, allowing users to create models and simulate their applications. It facilitates the analysis of computer-aided design (CAD) models by enabling users to generate meshes, set up analyses, and evaluate results. SimScale also offers online support, training, and consulting services. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including HVAC, automotive, aerospace, and healthcare, among others. Founded in 2012 and based in Munich, Germany, SimScale provides a cloud-based simulation tool that fosters collaboration within a community of innovators, aiming to streamline the product development process.

Shunra is the industry-recognized leader in Application Performance Engineering (APE) and a pioneer in WAN Emulation. Shunra's customers include 75 of the Fortune 100 with some of the most complex and sophisticated networks in the world. Shunra's APE solutions discover, predict, emulate and analyze the performance of applications over WAN, Web, Mobile and Cloud networks prior to deployment. Shunra delivers dramatic cost savings through customized performance insight, enabling pre-deployment remediation and optimization. Customers include Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Best Buy, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Citibank, eBay, FedEx, GE, IBM, ING Direct, Intel, Marriott, MasterCard, McDonalds, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, Oracle, Pepsi, Pfizer, Siemens, Target, Thomson Reuters, TJX, Verizon, Walt Disney and the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Shunra is headquartered in Philadelphia and privately held.