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Richard Wells

Investor

Managing Director at Insight Partners

New York, New York

Writes $10M – $350M checks · typically $25M

About

Richard Wells, whose mixed Ecuadorian and white American heritage informs advocacy on representation, is a software investor who led an initiative to back emerging managers and underrepresented venture capitalists.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechFuture of WorkHealthtech

Experience

  1. Insight PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2005 — present
  2. Jump - Advisor AIInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  3. ExaCare AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  4. InstaLILY AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  5. DatabricksInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  6. HawkEye 360Investorcurrent2021 — present
  7. commercetoolsBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  8. SonarSourceBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  9. Semper Fi FundBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  10. The Honor FoundationBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  11. Council on Foreign RelationsMembercurrent2026 — present
  12. Riverdale Country SchoolBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  13. OnebriefInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  14. Flightkeys GmbHInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  15. Comply365Investorcurrent2024 — present
  16. Shift5Investorcurrent2022 — present
  17. Zone & CoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  18. EsperInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  19. ExclaimerBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  20. OneTrustBoard Membercurrent2019 — present

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2003 — 2005
  2. The Wharton SchoolBS, Economics1995 — 1999

Skills & more

Management9Strategy4Strategic Planning1SaaS9Salesforce.com3Enterprise Software2Software as a Service (SaaS)1Strategic Partnerships13Corporate Development2Start-ups16Mergers & Acquisitions1Business Strategy2
+10 morePortfolio ManagementProduct ManagementProduct MarketingBusiness DevelopmentSalesEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalDue DiligenceGo-to-market StrategyCloud Computing

From Richard's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Shared employers

Also worked at HawkEye 36011

George BarnesPresident, Cyber Practice at Red Cell IncubationVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture PartnersKirsten Bartok TouwCo-Founder & Managing Partner at NEW VISTA CAPITALPeter BordesManaging Partner at Trajectory VenturesLudwig SchulzeBoard Director at Alumni VenturesMark SpotoManaging Partner at Razor's Edge Ventures

+ 5 more

Also worked at Flightkeys GmbH3

Alexander Moser-ParapatitsInvestor at AMAG Austria MetallDionne ChingkoeManaging Director at Insight PartnersHenry FrankievichManaging Director at Insight Partners

Also worked at OneTrust3

Tim McAdamGeneral Partner, Senior Advisor at TCVSriram IyerInvestor at FirsthandVCMatthew RobinsonPartner at TCV

Also worked at PrecisionLender1

Henry FrankievichManaging Director at Insight Partners

Colleagues at Insight Partners

Aayush Setty
Analyst at Insight Partners
Abdi Adan
Investor at Insight Partners
Adam Berger
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Adam Domingoes
Senior Associate at Insight Partners
Adam Vartabedian
Investor at Insight Partners
Aidan Waldman
Investor at Insight Partners
Aiden Aceves
Vice President at Insight Partners
AJ Malhotra
Managing Director at Insight Partners