E90 - Institutionalised Investing across the Globe w/Insight Partners' Deven Parekh

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Deven Parekh, Managing Director at Insight Partners.

Insight Partners is a global software investment firm, which has one of the largest venture & private equity funds with over $90 Billion in Assets Under Management, having recently announced its new fund of $20Bn, headquartered in New York. Insight has invested in some of the most generation defining companies of our time across the globe including the likes of Twitter, Shopify, Checkout.com, Monday.com, Calm, Alibaba, Postman, BrowserStack, and many more.

Deven is one of the veterans of the global investing ecosystem and has 22 years of partnering with phenomenal companies & founders. Through his illustrious career, Deven has partnered with companies such as Alibaba, Checkout.com, WeWork, Calm, Twitter, Slice, Chargebee, and many more.

This was one of the most distinguished conversations from the Venture World on the podcast. I am certain that the next 50 minutes will give you a deep understanding of Institutionalised Global Investing as we know it.

1. (03:37) : The ideology of Insight Partners expanding their Investing across the globe (China, Israel, India, etc.)

2. (07:53) : How has Venture Investing evolved across the last 25 years?

3. (11:23) : Incredible Software Tech Investing Focus & Investing across stages from a Single Fund

4. (14:43) : Insight Partners on investing in other geographies without necessary physical presence

5. (16:39) : The Importance of the Sourcing Team & Scale Up Team (On-site) at Insight Partners

6. (19:29) : What is Deven's method on picking winners in Venture, especially considering that it is a sport of identifying Outliers?

7. (23:55) : What do some of the most successful founders radiate in terms of energy and in terms of key traits?

8. (27:29) : How does an experienced VC not let experience become a bottleneck?

9. (31:39) : How does Deven scale experience at the fund level?

10. (35:11) : Decoding Deven's intellectual curiosity across the last 22+ years and more!

11. (37:31) : Understanding the global investing outlook for the Indian Ecosystem from Deven's perspective!

12. (42:18) : How has Deven scaled over the years through his journey of being one of the most phenomenal Venture Investors of our team?

13. (46:09) : What is Balance and How is it different for everyone?

14. (49:09) : How does Relationship Building work in Venture?

15. (52:22) : Conclusion

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