{"id":35239,"date":"2018-02-03T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=35239"},"modified":"2018-02-02T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:29:16","slug":"insight-ventures-to-support-recruiting-startup-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/insight-ventures-to-support-recruiting-startup-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Insight Ventures to support Recruiting Startup of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over 20 years, this leading venture capital firm has raised more than $13 billion, and invested in over 250 growth-stage companies. Now, Insight Ventures Partners is getting in on the ground floor, banking on the company that will become SmartRecruiters\u2019 Startup of the Year.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a tech company finding your feet in a shaky economy, chances are you\u2019ve fantasized about being midwived to the big-time by someone like <\/span>Insight Ventures Partners<\/span><\/a>. With 3.6 billion Fund X dollars in the latest round of funding towards their nearly 413 billion, this 74-exit, 100-employee VC counts companies like <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Ali Baba<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Flipboard<\/span><\/a> among its myriad beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

With portfolio operations in 65 countries, these are the guys that can take you from the kids\u2019 table to the high-roller suite. Since 1995, Insight\u2019s speciality has been growth-stage internet and software companies, the venerable firm will be putting their money behind a startup, we just don\u2019t know which one yet. Because first, there will be a contest to name the Recruiting Startup of the Year, a feat of strength to be battled out at Hiring Success 18, March 12-14 in San Francisco <\/span><\/p>\n

So now, with our latest Hire18 partner on board, be sure to <\/span>register here<\/span><\/a> to join in the fun, and let\u2019s take a look at some of the confirmed entrepreneurs who\u2019ll be vying to be first-in-line at the ear of the venerable Insight Ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n

StormX<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Finance: Raised $200m through ICO. <\/span><\/p>\n

Founder: Simon Yu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Function: Micro-tasking and ad tech on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blippar<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Finance: Raised $100m. <\/span><\/p>\n

SVP: Lisa Hu, employee #20 scaled to 250. Went to LBS, U Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Function: Expanding the reach of Augmented Reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncommon<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Finance: Raised $10-$20m. <\/span><\/p>\n

Founder: Amir Ashkenazi, who also founded Shopping.com, acquired by eBay. <\/span><\/p>\n

Function: Sourcing pre-qualified and pre-interested candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n

CodeFights<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Finance: Raised $12m. <\/span><\/p>\n

Founder: Tigran Sloyan, math olympian, TEDx speaker, went to MIT. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For over 20 years, this leading venture capital firm has raised more than $13 billion, and invested in over 250 growth-stage companies. Now, Insight Ventures Partners is getting in on the ground floor, banking on the company that will become SmartRecruiters\u2019 Startup of the Year. If you\u2019re a tech company finding your feet in a […]","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":35240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"series":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/insight-logo-with-hariline.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Podcast-icon.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hiring-success-podcast\/id1472174987","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXJpbmdzdWNjZXNzcG9kY2FzdC5jYXN0b3MuY29tL2hpcmluZy1zdWNjZXNzLXBvZGNhc3Q","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"soundcloud":{"key":"soundcloud","url":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smartrecruiters\/sets\/hiring-success-podcast-1","label":"SoundCloud","class":"soundcloud","icon":"soundcloud.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3bM8YzLjM2G9qJXLBBySaB","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast","embedCode":"

Insight Ventures to support Recruiting Startup of the Year<\/a><\/blockquote>