Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Larry Handen is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners and has more than 20 years of experience in the software, Internet, and technology services industries as a principal investor, operator, and consultant.

During his career, Larry has been involved as a principal investor in more than 125 M&A and equity financing transactions, and served on the Board of Directors of more than 30 companies throughout the Americas, Eastern & Western Europe,and Australia. Additionally, he has advised over 100 other companies in various capacities.


Some of Larry’s former portfolio companies include Primavera (acquired by Oracle), Greenfield Online (IPO acquired by Microsoft), Netsmart (acquired by Genstar Financial), Guardant (acquired by VeriSign), DivX (IPO acquired by Rovi), Commvault (IPO, NASDAQ:CVLT), SecureInfo (acquired by Kratos Defence), Digital Harbor (acquired by Norkom Technologies), Beatport (acquired by SFX Entertainment), Entercept (acquired by MacAfee), and Dynamicsoft (acquired by Cisco).

He currently serves on the board of directors at 3P Learning, Bionexo, Card Scanning Solutions, DriveCam, MV Sistemas, Overdrive, Photobox, Privalia, and Studio Moderna.


Prior to joining Insight, Larry was a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners and a General Partner at UBS Capital where he led the firm’s Internet, Software & Services Group. Previously, he was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC), now IBM Global Services. While at PwC, Larry led a practice specializing in corporate-wide growth and recovery solutions for companies in the technology, information, communications, and entertainment industries.


Larry received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Bucknell University and a MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

He currently serves on the Board of the New York Venture Capital Association.