Insight Venture Partners is an American private equity and venture capital firm based in New York, New York. The firm focuses exclusively on investing in technology, software and Internet-enabled businesses and currently has a capital base of approximately $13 billion for this purpose. The company has invested in well-known companies such as Twitter, Chegg, Tumblr, Flipboard, Zumba, SpareFoot, Quest Software, Jagex, Virgin Pulse, Hootsuite and Hotel Urbano, a company established in Brazil. Insight’s investments include growth equity, capital for M&A, buyouts, take-privates, pre-IPO rounds and recapitalizations. The firm engages in majority and minority investments, and purchases both primary and secondary shares. Insight provides significant consulting resources to portfolio companies thro