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  At Insight Ventures, our mission is to bring together the Fortune 1000 IT Executive with Early Stage Technology and the Venture Community, driving mutual benefit and success for all.
 
The CIO's challenge is to understand what new technology is coming down the pike, when to adopt it and how it affects today's IT roadmap.
The CIO Reality
The CIO's office is barraged with early stage companies trying to get a toe in the door; our members receive, on average, over 150 cold calls per week. Today's IT executive needs an effective way to separate the wheat from the chaff. Our team's "CIO's-in-Residence", former CIO's from some of the biggest companies, are integrally involved in screening and mentoring early stage companies so that our members see only the most interesting solutions -- a consistent flow of pre-screened and pre-qualified companies, presented in an efficient manner.
Understanding and Solutions
CIO's want to understand from their peers what solutions are the most compelling and when these solutions are likely to be "enterprise ready". Insight Venture's unique format promotes exchange of ideas among this prestigious peer network. Our members hear from people they trust, IT executives who have earned their grey hair running the biggest IT shops in the country.
A Valuable Channel
CIO's don't have an effective channel to VC's to let them know what tomorrow's solutions need to look like. Too often these relationships are one-way; providing due diligence help, marketing feedback and pipeline development for VC's and their portfolio companies, but little in value for the CIO. By providing specific feedback as well as high level guidance, our members have an effective way to influence the companies of tomorrow.
 
 
The challenge for early stage companies has always been rapidly understanding the market , recognizing appropriate positioning and generating interest. Early stage solutions run the risk of expending hard won capital on development of features that are unique or specific to the few companies with whom they are friendly, but of little value to the broader community. With Insight Ventures, young companies now can efficiently understand, reach, and generate critical momentum within their market.

Working with our panel of CIO's is not just a series of one-off interactions but an opportunity to build mind share and momentum. At the core of this solution is our CIO Advisory Panel, a peer network of over 45 IT executives from the country's biggest companies.

Mentorship
Our CIO panel is 'self selected' -- they have opted to join because they are interested in early stage technologies. This means not only are they interested in learning about the breadth of early stage solutions but also in working with and mentoring select companies.
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Our own "CIO's-in-Residence", industry veterans, thought leaders and former CIO's, provide our clients with breadth of insight into the working CIO's mindset, enabling them to truly understand and execute moving forward.
Easy Entry
The Insight Ventures process is designed to be start-up friendly, both in the amount of resources required by the early stage company to participate but also in the pricing of the program.
 
 
Venture Capitalists are the strategic pathfinders to tomorrow's successful ideas. Top VC's frequently reach out to their own rolodex of C-level executives to understand where the emerging opportunities are. Conversely, broad-thinking C-level executives frequently reach out to VC's to help them understand where the emerging solutions are. Insight Ventures brings these two groups together in a structured program.
Successful Forum
At Insight Ventures, we believe a program that stimulates the ultimate customer's thinking on specific solutions is the most effective forum in which to distill and discuss the key requirements of tomorrow's solutions.
Real Efficiency
Today's venture capitalists are overcommitted trying to effectively introduce, qualify and shepherd multiple personal relationships for multiple portfolio companies. With Insight Ventures, venture capitalists won't have to overuse their key relationships while accelerating their portfolio companies.


 

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