Sunday, November 22, 2009

Deven Parekh and Insight Venture Partners Focus on Internet Enabled Businesses

Deven Parekh has been a managing director of Insight Venture Partners since 2000. This venture capital company focuses on business software and internet -enabled businesses especially domain related internet companies. More recently, the company has focused on domain-rich internet ventures which own literally thousands of keyword rich domain names.

Deven Parekh completed his BS in Economics at the University of Philadelphia Wharton School of Business. He received the Henry Crown Fellowship of the Aspen Institute, an institute dedicated to training leaders whose ideals and ideas define a good society and to fostering values-added leadership. Henry Crown was a Chicago businessman committed to honor, integrity, industry, and philanthropy. Parekh is experienced in mergers and acquisitions. He worked in the M & A activities at the Blackstone Group and later worked as M & A principal at the New York based merchant banking firm of Berenson Minella & Company. At Insight Venture Partners, Deven Parekh is a managing director and is active in the M & A activities of the company alongside founders, Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. Among Parekh's community projects is Publicolor, a company dedicated to helping disadvantaged and disaffected adolescents through the use of color, paint and art to enhance the learning environment.

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