The data management firm Veeam said that Insight Venture Partners has invested $500 million with participation from strategic investor Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the company. Veeam will leverage Insight Venture Partners' internal business strategy arm, Insight Onsite, and capital to accelerate its expansion through both organic growth and M&A activities, said a statement.
Switzerland headquarter Veeam is a privately held software companies that develop backup, disaster recovery and intelligent data management software. The firm has about $1 billion in sales and more than 325,000 customers and it claims to add 50,000 new customers every year. The company has been growing organically over the last 12 years in a rapidly expanding cloud data management market that enterprises annually spend an estimated $30 billion to address.
“We have a long-standing relationship with Jeff Horing and Michael Triplett from Insight Venture Partners, having worked with them since 2002 when Insight invested in our first company, Aelita Software,” said Ratmir Timashev, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President (EVP), Sales and Marketing, at Veeam.
“Back then, we relied on Insight to provide strategic counsel and support, and after we sold that company to Quest Software in 2004, we continued our relationship. Over the years, Insight has been a trusted advisor to Bill Largent, Andrei Baronov and me, even acquiring a minority share in Veeam back in 2013. Today, Veeam is leading the data management space, with more than 325,000 customers, 60,000 partners, 82% of the Fortune 500 relying on our solutions, and with industry analysts heralding us as Leaders across all sectors; with Insight and CPPIB's, investment I know we will take this to the next level,” said Timashev.
Founded in 2006, Veem has made rapid strides in the Availability business, with almost 80% penetration with the fortune 500 corporations worldwide. In India, the company is highly channel-focused for reaching out to the broad SAARC and India market through partner community.
“Over the past decade, Veeam has established itself as the premier vendor for on-premises backup and recovery software, and is now #1 in the market for providing data management for public and private cloud environments. Only great companies like Amazon and Apple have been able to pivot into market leading positions in multiple markets, and Veeam now joins this elite group,” commented Michael Triplett, Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners, and member of the Board of Directors at Veeam.
