Venture capital fund · 21 deals
New York, OS
Every published round Insight Partners took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Insight Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beewise | 2025, Series D+ | 1 | 0 | |
| Devicie | 30 Aug 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Employment Hero | Another Australian company backed by TCV | Jul 2021, Series D+ | 2 | 1 |
| EQL | 12 Apr 2022 | 1 | 1 | |
| Go1 | Startup that reached unicorn status in 1H 2021 | 9 May 2023, undisclosed | 1 | 0 |
| Gridsight | AI-powered capacity management platform for energy grids | 1 Sep 2026, Series B | 2 | 2 |
| LawVu | Legal technology platform providing a single workspace for in-house legal teams | Dec 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Linktree | Mar 2021, Series B | 2 | 0 | |
| MEQ Solutions | Red meat analysis and verification platform | 15 Dec 2025, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Octopus Deploy | Startup reported to have reached unicorn status, valuation unconfirmed | Apr 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| Relevance AI | Dec 2021, Seed | 4 | 1 | |
| Roller | 13 Nov 2023 | 1 | 1 | |
| SafetyCulture | Workplace safety and operations software company. | May 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| Wonderful | Mar 2026, Series B | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Insight Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Insight Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Insight Partners did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Connor Guess | Vice-president | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Beef Central / Grain Central |
| Daniel Aronovitz | Managing Director | roboticsbusinessnews.com, pulse2.com |
| Jeff Horing | Managing Director | insightpartners.com, wonderful.ai |
| Rachel Geller | MD (former) | Startup Daily (1 Sep 2026), SmartCompany (22 Dec 2023), Startup Daily (13 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (10 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (10 Nov 2023) |
| Thilo Semmelbauer | Managing Director | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Insight Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of the week's Australia and New Zealand raises: Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI secure the biggest cheques, Drumbeat and GonGlobal add smaller sums, and ten AI startups join Airwallex's Latitude 37 program.
Gridsight, whose platform maps electricity grid capacity for utilities in real time, has raised a $26 million Series B round with Insight Partners leading, to fund its push into the US market.
Also thesaasnews.com
Energy AI startup Gridsight, co-founded by NSW childhood friends, has raised a $36 million round led by New York's Insight Partners as it expands into the US; Endeavour Energy is among its customers.
Australian grid-analytics startup GridSight raised a $36 million Series A led by Insight Partners, funding US expansion of its AI platform that helps utilities integrate renewables and modernise operations.
Artesian writes that Galileo Ventures' second fund has closed $15 million of a $30 million target, counting Artesian and Innovation Victoria among its backers, and has made a first investment in Fluent BCI.
Also Galileo Ventures portfolio·Dealroom·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Dealroom
Index Ventures' post announces Wonderful's $150 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, with Insight Partners leading and Index, IVP, Bessemer and Vine Ventures participating.
Wonderful announced a $150 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, with Insight Partners leading and four earlier backers returning, to scale its enterprise AI platform across more than 30 markets.
Also wonderful.ai·insightpartners.com·indexventures.com·aibusinessreview.org
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.
Melbourne agtech MEQ Solutions has secured a US$15 million Series A from New York venture firm Insight Partners to grow its team and industry reach for its AI meat-grading system.
Adelaide-founded agtech MEQ Solutions has raised a US$15 million Series A from New York VC Insight Partners to grow its team and expand its AI red meat grading and verification technology.
Also Startup Daily·Beef Central / Grain Central·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Breakthrough Victoria is putting $75 million into five venture capital funds, including Virescent, SYNthesis BioVentures, Scale and Galileo, each of which has pledged a quarter of its capital to Victorian startups.
Breakthrough Victoria makes cornerstone investments totalling $75 million into five venture capital funds spanning climate-tech, biotech, diversity-focused and health sciences investing.
Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand funding rounds, headlined by Heidi Health and Octopus Deploy, also covering Nexl, OpenSolar, Lucent and PAM, with past acquisitions of Stella AI, MagicBrief and Codefresh noted.
Brisbane DevOps company Octopus Deploy raised from Insight Partners in 2024, then bought American competitor Codefresh; the piece details valuation, ownership and financial performance since its 2021 raise.
Vector Capital will acquire Showpad and merge it with Bigtincan, which it took private in April for about $183 million; the combined business keeps the Showpad brand.
Tracxn figures show Australian tech funding reached $1.8 billion by mid-2025, powered by large late-stage rounds at Protecht, Airwallex, Harrison AI and Advancell, while seed and early-stage raising fell away sharply.
Beewise closed a $50 million Series D to advance its AI-powered BeeHome, with participation from Fortissimo Capital, Insight Partners and other investors.
AI agent platform Relevance AI has closed a Bessemer-led Series B with its earlier backers reinvesting, and is rolling out new agent-building tools while expanding its American go-to-market presence.
Employment Hero acquires Canada's Humi for $112m and, filings show, paid $43.4m for Ben Thompson's Employment Innovations; the story also recalls its 2023 Series F and investor clash.
Brisbane DevOps software firm Octopus Deploy has bought San Francisco competitor Codefresh, reportedly paying US$28 million; the deal adds revenue and Kubernetes capability while Codefresh's venture backers face a loss.
A year-end SmartCompany roundup counting down 2023's ten largest Australian startup raises, headed by Employment Hero's $263m Series F, with investor details and commentary on fewer mega-rounds and continued under-representation of women co-founders.
OneVentures realised $116.2 million selling its Employment Hero stake in a secondary deal, and its managing director Michelle Deaker is leaving the HR platform's chair role while staying on the board.
Seven Australian startups together banked over $90 million in the past seven days across venue software, hydrogen aviation, social media, craft brewing, plastics alternatives, aged-care robotics and accountant training.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
Venue-management software firm Roller has raised $78.5 million led by Insight Partners, one of the year's biggest raises, following earlier rounds in 2018 and 2022, with a managing director set to join its board.
Peak XV, the former Sequoia India, has picked Relevance AI and Mercu for the ninth Surge cohort, while recalling earlier Australian investments including HealthEngine, Checkbox, Nugit and the collapsed delivery firm Voly.
Employment Hero raised a $263 million Series F led by TCV, reaching a $2 billion valuation, with existing backers reinvesting; Skykraft announced a $120 million raise.
Also employmenthero.com
Australian HR software firm Employment Hero has banked a large Series F led by US investor TCV, lifting its valuation towards $2 billion, with several existing backers also taking part.
Sydney HR-and-payroll firm Employment Hero announced a TCV-led Series F reaching unicorn valuation; the profile covers its products, remote workforce and global ambitions, citing rival raises.
Australian learning platform Go1 is buying Berlin's Blinkist to grow its corporate training offering; deal terms are undisclosed, though Blinkist backer Insight Partners is taking $30 million of Go1 equity alongside the purchase.
Also SmartCompany·Techboard
Analysis of venture investment in AI-powered cybersecurity, citing large 2022 rounds for Salt Security, Velas and SparkCognition, SentinelOne's acquisition of Attivo Networks, and investors' views on the technology's limits.
Sydney device-security software firm Devicie has raised a $14 million Series A led by Insight Partners with CyberCX, after an earlier seed round, to fund overseas growth and team expansion.
Also Startup Daily
Advanced Navigation, with Malcolm Turnbull on its board, is seeking $80-135 million; the piece recalls its 2019 $20 million Series A and Minderoo's strategic investment.
Also @AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
Kaseya has agreed to acquire Datto for US$6.2 billion, funded by an equity consortium including Insight Partners, TPG Capital, Temasek and Sixth Street. The article also recalls Datto's earlier acquisitions, merger and NYSE listing.
Also ARN (ARNnet)
Melbourne startup EQL raised A$25 million led by Insight Partners and AirTree Ventures, with angels and family offices participating, to grow sales teams and improve its product-launch platform.
Insight Partners and AirTree have added NZ$20 million to LawVu's Series A, lifting the New Zealand legal software firm's total funding, with Insight's large recent cheques into SafetyCulture and Octopus Deploy also noted.
US IoT security vendor Armis has launched a Melbourne APAC office and hired nine staff under former Nutanix manager Andrew Draper; the piece also recalls its 2020 acquisition and 2021 investment round.
SafetyCulture buys safety app SHEQSY for $6 million. The piece also recalls its EdApp takeover, seed backing of SHEQSY, and an $8 million Series A in Unleash Live.
Melbourne link-management startup Linktree has raised a $152 million Series B extension at a claimed $1.8 billion valuation, led again by Index Ventures and Coatue, a year after its $59 million Series B.