Alex Crisses also invests in online gaming and “freemium” software companies via Insight. Insight is a growth-oriented investor. They focus on expansion and late stage software, internet, and data-enabled businesses.

In 2005, TeamViewer was founded in Uhingen, Germany. TeamViewer is a proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer among computers. The primary focus of the application is remote control of computers.

Alex Crisses sourced and led Insight Venture Partners’ investments in GFI Software. GFI is a leading provider of network security, content security and messaging software. GFI is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. They have won the Microsoft Fusion (GEM) Packaged Application Partner of the Year award.

At Insight, Alex Crisses is a Managing Director. He specializes in internet and infrastructure software investments. Furthermore, Mr. Crisses is an essential advisor of new team associates at the firm. He is part of the management team that manages the firm’s analyst recruiting and training program.

SolarWinds is a foremost provider of Windows-based network management, network monitoring and network discovery software. Customers select SolarWinds to lessen network downtime, change and improve staff efficiency, manage network compliance and monitor network performance.

A graduate out of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics, Alex Crisses is a Principal at Insight. His work experience before joining Insight Venture Partners included working as an investment-banking analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Global Energy and Power Group.

Nexon is a South Korean video game developer and publisher of online games and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Founded in Seoul in 1994, Nexon also created the free-to-play and micro-transaction business model.

Alex Crisses sourced and led Insight’s investments in TeamViewer and GFI Software where he oversaw the two companies’ merger. He headed the acquisition of Hounddog Technologies to create GFI Max. GFI MAX RemoteManagement(TM) offers backup and antivirus software and award winning hosted remote management and monitoring (RMM) constructed especially for IT Support Companies as well as MSPs.

Alex Crisses invested in 6waves, a leading worldwide publisher of gaming applications on the Facebook platform. He was on the Company’s Board of Directors. 6waves’ objective is to publish the next generation of social games. They are collaborating with developers internationally to build a portfolio of content that addresses each and every platform, language, and genre.

Ticket Monster is the largest supplier of daily deals in Korea. They’re the country’s biggest social buying site. Ticket Monster was acquired by LivingSocial in August 2011. LivingSocial is the social commerce leader powering LivingSocial Deals. LivingSocial is part of Insight’s portfolio of companies.