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Insight Partners Deven Parekh - navigating global markets in uncertain times

Word of DaaS with Auren Hoffman Episode 183

Deven Parekh is Managing Director at Insight Partners, a global software investment firm with over $90B in assets under management. Since joining in 2000, he has led investments in companies including Twitter, DocuSign, Alibaba, and JD.com.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Deven and Auren discuss:

  • Why gross retention beats net retention
  • AI adoption vs previous tech cycles
  • European tech's struggle to match US
  • Board decks that actually work


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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)