Celebrating ScaleUp Milestones – 2025

May 30, 2025| 1 min. read

May was a winning month for Insight’s portfolio! Congratulations to our portfolio companies who were recognized for their achievements. 

Cynomi won the SC Award for Best Risk or Policy Management Solution of 2025 for its automated vCISO platform.

Exiger was named a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management Solutions, the first-ever Magic Quadrant for this market.

Hinge Health celebrated its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

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April

Beewise was named a 2025 BloombergNEF Pioneers winner in the Climate Adaptation category. Beewise created the BeeHome™, an AI and robotics-powered hive, as a climate adaptation solution for beekeepers looking to protect their colonies from collapse, and for growers looking to improve their crop yields with reliable pollination.

Jona Schaeffer, Founder & CEO of hallo theo, was recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Technology category.

Optimizely was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Content Management Systems, Q1 2025—nine months after launching the SaaS version of its CMS with an embedded visual builder.

CB Insights launched its ninth annual AI 100, which ranks the top emerging AI companies. This year’s winners, including Insight portfolio companies CrewAI, Evinced, Fiddler, Overjet, and Skyflow, are helping shape the future of intelligent systems in their industries.

Forbes released its seventh annual AI 50 list, which spotlights promising privately held AI companies around the world. Insight portfolio companies Databricks, Stackblitz, and Writer were recognized for their strong leadership, business model, and innovative use of AI to solve real-world challenges across industries.

March

Optimizely was recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Content Marketing Platforms for the eighth consecutive year.

SecureW2’s JoinNow Platform won 10 awards in the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including top honors in categories such as Passwordless Authentication, Network Security Policy Management, Certificate-Based Authentication, and BYOD Solutions.

Inc. announced the Female Founder 500, an annual list that recognizes women entrepreneurs making an impact on business. Insight is proud to have several portfolio leaders on the list, including Grace Chang, Founder & CEO of Kintsugi; May Habib, Co-founder & CEO of Writer; Neha Sampat, Founder & CEO of Contentstack; and Wardah Inam, Founder & CEO of Overjet.

Wing VC unveiled its seventh annual Enterprise Tech 30, which identifies promising private companies across the enterprise technology spectrum. Insight investments Abnormal Security, CrewAI, Databricks, Island, Stackblitz, Tailscale, and Wiz were named to the list.

February

Bianca Anghelina, CEO of Aily Labs, was named to the 2025 CNBC Changemakers list, recognizing women whose leadership and accomplishments are making an impact and inspiring their teams, customers, and the world.

Cycode was recognized as a Representative Provider for the Gartner® Innovation Insight™ for Application Security Posture Management, 2025 Report.

Optimizely was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Experience Platforms. The company was positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis and highest on the Ability to Execute axis.

Torq and Writer were both recognized on Business Insider’s list of startups to bet your career on in 2025.

January

Checkmarx and Tricentis were both recognized in the 2024 DevOps Dozen Awards by the Techstrong Group. Checkmarx One won the award for Best DevSecOps Solution and Tricentis SeaLights won the award for Best Testing Service / Tool.

Optimizely CEO Alexander Atzberger was named to The Software Report’s list of the Top 50 Software CEOs of 2024, recognizing executives for their exceptional leadership and unwavering commitment to driving innovation.