Aayush Setty
Investment Analyst
Insight Partners
Insight Investment Analyst focused on health, bio, digital health, and health IT opportunities.
Bio
Professional summary
Deven Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Partners and has been with the firm since 2000. His official profile describes his work as focused on e-commerce and application software businesses globally. Public board and profile sources also associate him with application software, consumer internet and data-oriented companies. He has been recognized by industry lists including Forbes Midas List, GrowthCap, CB Insights and AlwaysOn. His portfolio history includes consumer, marketplace and software companies such as Chargebee, Chrono24, DistroKid, Vinted, Twitter, Buddy Media, Nextdoor, Alibaba.com and Newegg.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
growth equityscale-up
Sector
e-commerceapplication softwareconsumer internetdata software
Thesis
global e-commerce businessesapplication software businessesconsumer internet platforms
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
ChargebeeChrono24DistroKidVintedTwitterBuddy MediaNextdoorAlibaba.comNeweggCheggFanatics
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with durable software or marketplace growth, especially if the company is already showing repeatable demand and can credibly scale across geographies or customer segments. A strong approach would connect the company’s traction to Insight’s experience with global e-commerce, application software and consumer internet scale-ups.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference Insight’s global application software and e-commerce focus.
- 2Tie the pitch to marketplace or consumer internet scale patterns seen in companies such as Vinted, Fanatics or Nextdoor.
- 3Mention the Columbia Business School conversation if the pitch relates to AI, scale-ups or software investing.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Featured in a March 2026 Columbia Business School Capital for Good episode on software, startups, scale-ups and AI.
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