Nikitas Koutoupes

Managing Director
Assistant: Erica Harris

Nikitas Koutoupes

Nikitas Koutoupes joined Insight in 2001. He focuses on investments in application software, especially in education technology, sales & marketing automation and construction. He currently works with 4M, Campaign Monitor, CommerceIQ, Conga, Copado, Epignosis, LearnWorlds, OwnBackup, RapidSOS, Versatile and WINT. 
 
Nikitas’ prior investments at Insight include CloudCraze (acquired by Salesforce), Virgin Pulse (acquired by Marlin Equity), Capella University (IPO, NASDAQ: CPLA), Exact Target (IPO, NYSE: ET, acquired by Salesforce), eVestment (acquired by Nasdaq), Football Fanatics (acquired by GSI Commerce), Frontline (acquired by Thoma Bravo), and Greenfield Online (IPO, acquired by Microsoft). For the first decade of his tenure at Insight, Nikitas helped start and co-managed Insight Onsite.
 
Prior to Insight, Nikitas co-founded and was the Chief Financial Officer of CTSpace, a software company which became part of Insight’s portfolio and was subsequently acquired by McLaren Software. He started his career with McKinsey & Company, where he worked on strategy, turnaround, M&A, and corporate finance engagements. He also contributed to a major research initiative entitled “The War For Talent.”
 
Nikitas received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. He earned a BA from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, graduating summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. Nikitas is fluent in Greek and speaks conversational French. He is a persistent runner and cyclist, and has a keen interest in the philosophy of physics.  Born and raised in Greece, Nikitas lives in Manhattan, where he and his wife play zone defense with their three children.