Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.

Abdi Adan

Analyst

Anika Agarwal

Managing Director

Liad Agmon

Managing Director

Aditya Agrawal

Associate

Praveen Akkiraju

Managing Director

Past deals in Virtualization

Run:AI

Series C in 2022
Run:AI is a technology company based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing application software that creates an abstraction layer for analyzing computational workloads and optimizing their execution through graph-based parallel computing algorithms. Run:AI's platform streamlines AI infrastructure management by enabling efficient resource allocation, particularly for GPUs and other hardware used in AI projects. Its tools facilitate workload scheduling and resource pooling, allowing organizations to enhance their AI capabilities and accelerate development cycles. By leveraging deep learning and parallel computing technologies, Run:AI provides a high-performance compute virtualization layer that optimizes and manages training workloads, ultimately helping clients reduce inefficiencies and conduct experiments more cost-effectively.

Laminar

Series A in 2021
Laminar is a company that specializes in data leakage protection for cloud environments. Its Cloud Data Security Platform offers continuous discovery and classification of data, providing full visibility into data flows. This solution enables organizations to secure and control their data, improving their risk posture while allowing for real-time leak detection and remediation without disrupting data operations. Laminar's technology supports agentless and asynchronous monitoring of various data sources and egress channels, ensuring authorized data movements and alerting users to potential issues. Founded in 2020 by a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals, Laminar aims to help businesses adapt to cloud-native environments by enhancing data governance and privacy monitoring, ultimately allowing them to reduce their attack surface and regain control over their data.

Granulate

Series B in 2021
Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd. is an Israeli company established in 2018, specializing in AI-powered optimization software. Its platform focuses on enhancing the performance of applications by optimizing machine processes at the kernel and operating system levels. The Granulate solution offers real-time, continuous optimization for specific and repetitive tasks, ensuring high performance and scalability. The software’s agents can be installed on any Linux server and are compatible with various architectures, including data centers and multi-cloud environments. By analyzing resource usage patterns, these agents intelligently adjust resource allocation to alleviate performance bottlenecks, ultimately enabling businesses to improve application performance while reducing operational costs.

Run:AI

Series B in 2021
Run:AI is a technology company based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing application software that creates an abstraction layer for analyzing computational workloads and optimizing their execution through graph-based parallel computing algorithms. Run:AI's platform streamlines AI infrastructure management by enabling efficient resource allocation, particularly for GPUs and other hardware used in AI projects. Its tools facilitate workload scheduling and resource pooling, allowing organizations to enhance their AI capabilities and accelerate development cycles. By leveraging deep learning and parallel computing technologies, Run:AI provides a high-performance compute virtualization layer that optimizes and manages training workloads, ultimately helping clients reduce inefficiencies and conduct experiments more cost-effectively.

Granulate

Series A in 2020
Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd. is an Israeli company established in 2018, specializing in AI-powered optimization software. Its platform focuses on enhancing the performance of applications by optimizing machine processes at the kernel and operating system levels. The Granulate solution offers real-time, continuous optimization for specific and repetitive tasks, ensuring high performance and scalability. The software’s agents can be installed on any Linux server and are compatible with various architectures, including data centers and multi-cloud environments. By analyzing resource usage patterns, these agents intelligently adjust resource allocation to alleviate performance bottlenecks, ultimately enabling businesses to improve application performance while reducing operational costs.

MayaData

Venture Round in 2020
MayaData, Inc. is a developer of virtualized file and block storage software solutions specifically designed for private cloud, backup, file sharing, and archival applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Reading, United Kingdom, and Bengaluru, India, the company offers products such as ElastiStor 2.0, a ZFS-based storage solution that enhances management and performance in cloud environments, and OpenEBS.io, an open-source project focused on containerized storage. MayaData's MDAP commercial offering facilitates the adoption of stateful workloads in Kubernetes environments, leveraging OpenEBS and other tools to provide developers and DevOps teams with the ability to manage their own storage seamlessly across various deployment scenarios. Additionally, the company manufactures a range of appliances, including ElastiStor FX-2, FX-4, A50, and A10, designed for easy integration into diverse virtualization environments.

Mirantis

Series B in 2015
Mirantis is a technology company that provides software, services, and training to help organizations build and operate production-grade open source cloud environments. It offers OpenStack distribution software, container technologies, and a cloud platform that enables on-premises, public, and edge deployments with a unified experience. Its solutions include a container management and orchestration platform, a cloud-native platform for Kubernetes workloads, and tools that automate configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management across clouds. The company emphasizes eliminating infrastructure complexity, supporting both legacy and modern workloads, and enabling developers and operators with self-service capabilities. It provides turnkey OpenStack appliances, Dev/Test and training services, and professional services for assessment, migration, and driver development. Mirantis also focuses on hybrid cloud integration, edge cloud use cases, and CSP networks with NFV, along with guided training such as Spinnaker Fundamentals to support cloud-native continuous delivery. Overall, Mirantis aims to help organizations ship code faster and operate consistently across data centers, public clouds, and the edge through an integrated cloud experience.

5nine Software

Venture Round in 2014
5nine Software, Inc. specializes in developing security and management software solutions specifically for Microsoft Hyper-V. The company offers a range of products, including 5nine Manager for Hyper-V management and monitoring, 5nine V2V Easy Converter for migrating VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V, AWS, and Azure, and 5nine Cloud Security, which provides multi-tenant security and compliance solutions. Targeting small to medium businesses, large enterprises, and hosting providers, 5nine Software aims to deliver innovative and user-friendly software that reduces costs, enhances productivity, and mitigates security risks. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Middletown, New Jersey, the company operates in North America and Europe. As of December 2019, 5nine Software operates as a subsidiary of Acronis International GmbH.

Mirantis

Series B in 2014
Mirantis is a technology company that provides software, services, and training to help organizations build and operate production-grade open source cloud environments. It offers OpenStack distribution software, container technologies, and a cloud platform that enables on-premises, public, and edge deployments with a unified experience. Its solutions include a container management and orchestration platform, a cloud-native platform for Kubernetes workloads, and tools that automate configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management across clouds. The company emphasizes eliminating infrastructure complexity, supporting both legacy and modern workloads, and enabling developers and operators with self-service capabilities. It provides turnkey OpenStack appliances, Dev/Test and training services, and professional services for assessment, migration, and driver development. Mirantis also focuses on hybrid cloud integration, edge cloud use cases, and CSP networks with NFV, along with guided training such as Spinnaker Fundamentals to support cloud-native continuous delivery. Overall, Mirantis aims to help organizations ship code faster and operate consistently across data centers, public clouds, and the edge through an integrated cloud experience.

PHD Virtual Technologies

Series C in 2013
PHD Virtual Technologies, established in 2006, specializes in high-performance and scalable backup and monitoring solutions for virtual IT environments. The company is recognized as a pioneer in Virtual Backup Appliances and offers its award-winning PHD Virtual Backup solution, which supports over 3,500 enterprises worldwide in achieving unlimited scalability, high availability, and cost-effective backup and recovery for VMware and Citrix XenServer virtual machines. In addition to its backup services, PHD Virtual provides the PHD Virtual Monitor, an end-to-end solution for monitoring virtual, physical, and application infrastructures within VMware and Citrix environments. The company also offers a range of free virtualization utilities to facilitate the administration and management of virtualized environments, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing data protection and operational efficiency.

PHD Virtual Technologies

Series B in 2011
PHD Virtual Technologies, established in 2006, specializes in high-performance and scalable backup and monitoring solutions for virtual IT environments. The company is recognized as a pioneer in Virtual Backup Appliances and offers its award-winning PHD Virtual Backup solution, which supports over 3,500 enterprises worldwide in achieving unlimited scalability, high availability, and cost-effective backup and recovery for VMware and Citrix XenServer virtual machines. In addition to its backup services, PHD Virtual provides the PHD Virtual Monitor, an end-to-end solution for monitoring virtual, physical, and application infrastructures within VMware and Citrix environments. The company also offers a range of free virtualization utilities to facilitate the administration and management of virtualized environments, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing data protection and operational efficiency.

Parallels

Venture Round in 2009
Parallels, Inc. is a company specializing in virtualization technology and Mac management solutions for consumers, businesses, and service providers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Parallels offers a range of products, including Parallels Desktop for Mac, which enables users to run Windows applications, and Parallels Access, allowing remote access to computers. The company's offerings also include Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM, which assists IT departments in managing Mac devices, and Parallels Remote Application Server for secure access to desktops and applications. Additionally, Parallels provides tools like Parallels Toolbox to streamline computing tasks and Parallels Mobile Device Management for controlling mobile data. With a global reach across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, Parallels serves a diverse clientele. The company, originally known as SWsoft, Inc., rebranded in 2008 and is now a subsidiary of Corel Corporation.

DataCore

Venture Round in 2008
DataCore Software Corporation is an independent software vendor that specializes in storage virtualization and management solutions for information technology organizations globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company offers a range of products, including SANsymphony V10, which enhances IT infrastructure performance by virtualizing storage hardware, and DataCore Virtual Desktop Server, designed for virtual desktop infrastructure applications. Additionally, DataCore provides advanced solutions such as DataCore ONE, a cloud-based predictive analytics engine, and vFilO, a technology for managing and optimizing distributed data across on-premises and cloud environments. The company serves diverse industries, including aerospace, healthcare, finance, and education, and markets its offerings through authorized distributors and integration partners worldwide. DataCore has established strategic partnerships, including one with Huawei, and maintains support and training facilities in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

PlateSpin

Venture Round in 2005
PlateSpin Ltd. provides a unified suite of solutions to help enterprises adopt, manage and extend their use of server virtualization in the data center. PlateSpin's patent-pending conversion and optimization technology liberates software from hardware platforms, allowing servers to be streamed over the enterprise network from any source to any destination. This freedom of movement ensures the best fit between server resource supply and application workload demands. Global 2000 companies use PlateSpin solutions to lower costs and solve today's most pressing data center initiatives such as server consolidation, disaster recovery and hardware migration.

Parallels

Venture Round in 2005
Parallels, Inc. is a company specializing in virtualization technology and Mac management solutions for consumers, businesses, and service providers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Parallels offers a range of products, including Parallels Desktop for Mac, which enables users to run Windows applications, and Parallels Access, allowing remote access to computers. The company's offerings also include Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM, which assists IT departments in managing Mac devices, and Parallels Remote Application Server for secure access to desktops and applications. Additionally, Parallels provides tools like Parallels Toolbox to streamline computing tasks and Parallels Mobile Device Management for controlling mobile data. With a global reach across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, Parallels serves a diverse clientele. The company, originally known as SWsoft, Inc., rebranded in 2008 and is now a subsidiary of Corel Corporation.
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