# Jeff Horing
Jeff Horing is a venture capital and private-equity investor who cofounded Insight Venture Partners (now [Insight Partners](https://www.edgepedia.org/insight-partners)) in 1995 and has served as one of its managing directors ever since. He is known for investing in enterprise software, data, and analytics companies, with deals including AirWatch (acquired by [VMware](https://www.edgepedia.org/vmware) for $1.5 billion in January 2014), [Darktrace](https://www.edgepedia.org/darktrace), Alteryx, Wix, Shutterstock, and Wiz.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/) • [2](https://colossus.com/episode/building-insight-partners/)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Role | Cofounder and managing director, Insight Venture Partners (Insight Partners), since 1995[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/) |
| Prior firms | Warburg Pincus; Goldman Sachs[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) |
| Education | B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management[3](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/jeffrey-horing-insight-partners/1073428) |
| Notable investments | AirWatch, Darktrace, Alteryx, Wix, Shutterstock, monday.com, nCino, JFrog, TeamViewer, Wiz, Greenfield Online; more than 250 companies[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/) • [4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) |
| Board chair | monday.com, since May 20, 2017[5](https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/monday-com/people/jeff-horing) |
| Capital raised | More than $65 billion in commitments across Insight's funds, per a firm-supplied speaker bio[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) |
## Early life and education
Horing holds a B.S. from the [Wharton School](https://www.edgepedia.org/wharton-school) of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the [MIT Sloan School of Management](https://www.edgepedia.org/mit-sloan-school-of-management).[3](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/jeffrey-horing-insight-partners/1073428)
## Career
Before founding Insight, Horing worked at [Warburg Pincus](https://www.edgepedia.org/warburg-pincus) and [Goldman Sachs](https://www.edgepedia.org/goldman-sachs).[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) In 1995 he cofounded Insight Venture Partners, and he has been a managing director of the firm ever since, as he confirmed in a long-form interview with Patrick O'Shaughnessy on the Colossus "Invest Like the Best" podcast in September 2025.[2](https://colossus.com/episode/building-insight-partners/)
**Investment focus.** Horing's stated focus is data, analytics, mobile, and infrastructure, and SaaS software, across Europe, North America, and Israel.[3](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/jeffrey-horing-insight-partners/1073428) He champions Insight Onsite, a dedicated team of more than 130 advisors and practitioners the firm uses to help portfolio companies scale.[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/)
**Firm scale.** Under Horing's leadership, Insight has raised more than $65 billion in capital commitments across a series of funds, according to a firm-supplied speaker biography.[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) An older Equilar profile put the figure above $30 billion.[3](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/jeffrey-horing-insight-partners/1073428)
## Notable investments and exits
Horing has invested in more than 250 companies, per a firm-supplied biography.[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/) The deals with dated, sourced outcomes are:
- **AirWatch**, acquired by VMware for $1.5 billion in January 2014; Insight's stake and return were not disclosed.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
- **Shutterstock**, which went public in 2012.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
- **Wix**, which went public in 2013.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
- **Alteryx**, which went public in March 2017.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
- **Darktrace**, where Horing personally led a $75 million Series D round in July 2017.[1](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
Horing told CTech/Calcalist in 2025 that Wiz "looked expensive every round," and the company was then in the process of being acquired by Google for approximately $32 billion.[6](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg) Other named investments include monday.com, nCino, JFrog, TeamViewer (acquired by Permira), and Greenfield Online (later acquired by Microsoft, per the firm-supplied bio).[4](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/)
## Board seats and public positions
Horing has served on monday.com's board of directors since May 20, 2017 and is chairperson of the board.[5](https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/monday-com/people/jeff-horing) His past board service includes nCino (February 2015 until December 2025), WalkMe (until November 2024), [Alteryx](https://www.edgepedia.org/alteryx) (until March 2024), and JFrog (until December 2023).[5](https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/monday-com/people/jeff-horing)
## Recent developments
- Insight closed its 13th fund in January 2025 with $12.5 billion in committed capital, most of it available for investment.[6](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg)
- The pending approximately $32 billion Google acquisition of Wiz stands out among exits, alongside Horing's cited sales of Own to [Salesforce](https://www.edgepedia.org/salesforce), Run:AI to Nvidia, and WalkMe to SAP.[6](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg)
- Horing said 87% of Insight's investments in Israel have been in early-stage startups, and the firm had made 15 AI-related investments in Israeli companies at the time of the interview.[6](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg)
- Insight's board service footprint shifted: Horing's tenures on JFrog (December 2023), Alteryx (March 2024), WalkMe (November 2024), and nCino (December 2025) boards all ended.[5](https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/monday-com/people/jeff-horing)
- Liad Agmon stepped down as a managing director at Insight, while the firm continues to operate an Israeli office led by Dani Aronovitz.[6](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg)
## References
1. [Jeff Horing | Team | Insight Partners](https://www.insightpartners.com/team/jeff-horing/)
2. [Building Insight Partners — Colossus, Invest Like the Best, September 16, 2025](https://colossus.com/episode/building-insight-partners/)
3. [Jeffrey L. Horing — Equilar ExecAtlas](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/jeffrey-horing-insight-partners/1073428)
4. [Jeff Horing — ScaleUp:AI speaker bio](https://scaleup.events/speakers-25/jeff-horing/)
5. [Jeff Horing, Chairperson of the Board, monday.com Ltd. — VectorShift](https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/monday-com/people/jeff-horing)
6. [Insight Partners' Jeff Horing: "Wiz looked expensive every round, but in hindsight..." — CTech/Calcalist](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkarqovxgg)
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