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Ryan Hinkle

Ryan Hinkle

Managing Director·Insight Partners

Bio

Professional summary

Ryan Hinkle joined Insight Partners in 2003 and is now a Managing Director. His official profile states that he has worked across many industries, geographies and deal structures, including SaaS, internet and infrastructure software companies. It also says he has led or participated in more than 30 investments across growth equity, leveraged buyouts, growth buyouts and platform roll-ups. Public sources associate him with Exiger, where Insight partnered on an AI supply-chain risk and resilience software investment. His profile is relevant for founders with software companies that can support multiple deal structures and international scale.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

growth equitybuyoutplatform roll-up

Sector

SaaSinternet softwareinfrastructure softwaresupply-chain risk software

Thesis

SaaS companies across multiple geographiesinternet and infrastructure softwaregrowth equity and buyout transactions

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Exiger

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Lead with a clear software growth story plus transaction readiness: strong retention, expansion potential, scalable unit economics and a credible plan for international or platform growth. He appears especially relevant where a company can fit either a growth-equity path or a more structured software platform transaction.

Personalization hooks

  1. 1Reference his official SaaS, internet and infrastructure software scope.
  2. 2Emphasize geography expansion if traction spans North America, Europe or Australia.
  3. 3Use Exiger as a hook if the company touches risk, resilience, AI or supply-chain software.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Quoted in the Carlyle and Insight Partners investment announcement for Exiger, an AI-enabled supply-chain risk and resilience software company.

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