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Richard Wells

Managing Director at Insight Partners

New York, New York

Overview 

Richard Wells is the Managing Director at Insight Partners in New York, overseeing strategic partnerships, corporate development, and portfolio management. With an MBA from Harvard Business School and a background in investing in companies like Sonar and OneTrust, he has demonstrated expertise in driving successful mergers and acquisitions and guiding start-ups towards growth and profitability.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2005 - Current

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup companies.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2022

The Honor Foundation gave me the tools, mentorship, and resources to help make my transition successful.

  • Investor

    2024

Comply365 is a software company that offers a full suite of enterprise mobility software and solutions.

Raised $14,000,000.00 from Luminate Capital Partners.

  • Investor

    2022

Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms.

Raised $105,500,000.00 from Booz Allen Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, Insight Partners, J. Hunt Holdings and General Advance.

  • Investor

    2021

HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping.

Raised $412,300,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.

  • Investor

    2021

Zone & Company Software Consulting is a sales, implementations, services, and custom development

Raised $85,077,430.00 from Insight Partners and Business Growth Fund.

  • Investor

    2021

Esper is a platform for Android enterprise device management and DevOps to ensure device security.

Raised $101,724,998.00 from Insight Partners, Root Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Madrona.

  • Investor

    2021

Rebellion Defense's mission is to help the US and its partners outpace tomorrow's adversary.

Raised $150,000,000.00 from Shield Capital, Insight Partners, Lupa Systems, Innovation Endeavors, Venrock and Declaration Partners.

  • Board Member

    2020

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