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Eran Zinman
Co-Founder & CEO Monday.com*

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Recorded Future

Scaling the World's Leading Threat Intelligence Platform

Recorded Future delivers threat intelligence powered by patented machine learning to significantly lower risk. We empower organizations to reveal unknown threats before they impact business, and enable teams to respond to security alerts 10 times faster. To supercharge the efforts of analysts and SOC teams, our technology automatically collects and analyzes intelligence from technical, open, and dark web sources. Recorded Future delivers measurably more context than threat feeds alone, updates in real time so intelligence stays relevant, and packages information ready for human analysis or instant integration with existing security technology. 86% of the Fortune 100 use Recorded Future. 



Addressing Key Challenges


- Growing Demand for Threat Intelligence: Organizations faced escalating cybersecurity threats, driving the need for more comprehensive, real-time intelligence solutions.

- Product Innovation & Technical Development: To remain competitive, Recorded Future needed to continuously evolve its platform, incorporating advanced analytics and new threat intelligence capabilities.

- Global Expansion: Rapid growth required a scalable global go-to-market (GTM) strategy and the capital to expand operations across international markets.



How Insight Partners Helped


- Strategic M&A: Insight Onsite supported the acquisitions of Gemini Advisory, SecurityTrails, and Hatching, expanding Recorded Future’s capabilities and solidifying its position as one of the most comprehensive threat intelligence platforms in the industry.

- Revenue Growth Acceleration: Insight’s strategic oversight helped Recorded Future increase revenue by 1300% over the investment period.

- Customer Base Expansion: Facilitated 350% growth in the customer base across 75 countries, leveraging Insight Onsite’s expertise in market penetration and sales execution.



Key Results


- $780M Acquisition by Insight Partners—the largest-ever deal in the threat intelligence sector.

- 1300% Revenue Growth driven by strategic guidance and operational scaling.

- Global Expansion to 75+ Countries, significantly increasing market penetration.

- Strengthened Product Offerings through strategic acquisitions, enhancing Recorded Future’s threat intelligence capabilities.



"We needed help to build and scale all that machinery. Insight helped with a thousand small things that contributed to a lot overall."*


- Christopher Ahlberg, CEO​, Recorded Future



(*Disclaimer)

Investment Team Michael Triplett Thomas Krane
Initial Investment October 2017
Status Current Investment

Milestones

2017
Insight Partners led Recorded Future's $25M Series E round
2019
Insight Partners acquires Recorded Future for $780M
2020
Mastercard announces agreement to acquire Recorded Future for $2.65B