Deven Parekh on the State of Startup Investing

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Barry speaks with Deven Parekh, Managing Director at Insight Partners, a growth equity investment fund based in New York City. Since joining Insight in 2000, he has made more than 140 investments in enterprise software, data, and consumer internet businesses globally. Deven also currently serves as a Board Member for the Council on Foreign Relations, NYU Langone Health, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center. In this episode, they discuss the every-changing world of venture and private equity.

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1:20.8	What can I say about Devin Perrek, managing director at Insight Partners, major venture capital slash private equity shop that has had
1:30.8	just countless, countless exits.
1:33.9	He was an early investor in Twitter, Buddy Media, Evasman, Appris Insights, WebSite Pros,
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1:42.1	They focus on software, which is much broader and more varied than
1:47.3	you might imagine.
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1:59.0	They will help provide liquidity for a company that's looking for a partial exit,
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