Emmet B. Keeffe III joined Insight Partners in 2014 as the Founder of Insight IGNITE and an Operating Partner. He is passionate about helping large global companies cross the Digital chasm by delivering market insights from the firm’s investment process and global awareness of transformative software technologies that are core to Digital business growth.
Emmet brings extensive experience as an entrepreneur to advise portfolio CEOs on sales, marketing, and business development growth strategies. He serves as Board Director at Laminar, Pollinate, Devo, Tricentis and Resolve, Board Observer at A.Team, Transmit Security, Armis, Noname Security and Anjuna and a Growth Advisor at Diligent and many others within the Insight Partners portfolio.
An entrepreneur at the core, Emmet co-founded iRise in 1998 with a vision to dramatically accelerate Digital software delivery by transforming how business and IT stakeholders communicate about requirements for complex business software. iRise invented the market for “Collaborative Visualization”, was a pioneer of the low code / no code movement and established more than 1,000 customers worldwide. Throughout the course of his career, Emmet has developed a massive personal ecosystem and nurtures relationships with thousands of C-level executives at global companies and entrepreneurs around the world.
While running technology at LEGO, a friend dropped Emmet’s name in the hat as a potential name for the lead charter in the first LEGO movie and the rest was history. Everything is awesome!
Emmet brings extensive experience as an entrepreneur to advise portfolio CEOs on sales, marketing, and business development growth strategies. He serves as Board Director at Laminar, Pollinate, Devo, Tricentis and Resolve, Board Observer at A.Team, Transmit Security, Armis, Noname Security and Anjuna and a Growth Advisor at Diligent and many others within the Insight Partners portfolio.
An entrepreneur at the core, Emmet co-founded iRise in 1998 with a vision to dramatically accelerate Digital software delivery by transforming how business and IT stakeholders communicate about requirements for complex business software. iRise invented the market for “Collaborative Visualization”, was a pioneer of the low code / no code movement and established more than 1,000 customers worldwide. Throughout the course of his career, Emmet has developed a massive personal ecosystem and nurtures relationships with thousands of C-level executives at global companies and entrepreneurs around the world.
While running technology at LEGO, a friend dropped Emmet’s name in the hat as a potential name for the lead charter in the first LEGO movie and the rest was history. Everything is awesome!
On a personal level, Emmet is passionate about wellbeing, international peace and sustainability. He is the Chairman & Co-Founder of The Contentment Foundation, a nonprofit organisation with a vision to provide a sustainable wellbeing curriculum to one billion teachers, children, families and employees around the globe. Emmet is also a Strategic Advisor to Peace One Day, a Board Trustee at the Royal Society Southeast Asia Rain Forest Research Programme (SEARRP) and a Resident Expert at the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. In addition, Emmet is passionate about motorsports and is a Co-Owner of the Campos Racing team which competes for the FIA Formula 2, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 4 and F1 Academy championships and is also the Founder of UPSHIFT Ventures, a motorsports business.
In recognition for his work with large global companies on digital change and personal nonprofit commitment to the Contentment Foundation, the Lord Mayor of the City of London bestowed upon Emmet the Freedom of the City of London honour for which he is deeply humbled and grateful.
Emmet holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. He currently lives in London and enjoys his family, two Italian Spinone dogs, silent walks in the park, traveling, photography, skiing, driving race cars and playing the drums.
In recognition for his work with large global companies on digital change and personal nonprofit commitment to the Contentment Foundation, the Lord Mayor of the City of London bestowed upon Emmet the Freedom of the City of London honour for which he is deeply humbled and grateful.
Emmet holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. He currently lives in London and enjoys his family, two Italian Spinone dogs, silent walks in the park, traveling, photography, skiing, driving race cars and playing the drums.