Alex Crisses also invests in “freemium software” and online gaming enterprises via Insight Venture Partners. Insight is a growth-oriented investor. The firm concentrates on data-enabled, internet, and expansion and late stage software companies.
TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. TeamViewer is a proprietary computer software package for file transfer, web conferencing, online meetings, desktop sharing, and remote control among computers. The primary emphasis of the application is remote control of computers.
Alex Crisses sourced and led Insight Venture Partners’ investments in GFI Software. GFI is a top provider of network security, content security and messaging software. GFI is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The Company has won the Microsoft Fusion (GEM) Packaged Application Partner of the Year award.
At Insight, Alex Crisses is a Managing Director. He concentrates on infrastructure software and internet investments. Furthermore, Mr. Crisses is a key mentor of new team members at Insight. He is part of the management team that manages the firm’s training and analyst recruiting process.
SolarWinds is a major provider of Windows-based network discovery, network monitoring, and network management software. Customers choose SolarWinds to lessen network downtime, monitor network performance, manage network compliance and change and improve staff efficiency.
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 Venture Partners. His experience previous to joining Insight Venture Partners included being employed as an investment-banking analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Global Energy and Power Group.
A previous investment of Alex Crisses is the company Ticket Monster. Founded in 2010, Ticket Monster is Korea’s biggest provider of daily deals. They currently offer a deal-a-day in local cities, and use their customer base and platform as a focused lead-generation tool for local businesses.
Alex Crisses, via Insight Venture Partners, centers on infrastructure software. Insight, founded in 1995, collaborates with and supports experienced management as well as entrepreneurs. They are an entrepreneur-focused, financially flexible investor.
Alex Crisses believes in the mission of not-for-profit Minds Matter, a New York City-based charitable organization for disadvantaged high school students. Minds Matter’s objective is to enhance the lives of accomplished high school students from low-income families. This is by way of expanding their dreams and getting them ready for college success.
Additionally, Alex Crisses invested in Cvent, an organization in the Software-Enabled Service sector. Cvent is the world’s largest meetings management technology company. They provide web-based software for meeting site selection, online event registration, event management, e-mail marketing, and web surveys.