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Nicole Shimer

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Insight Partners source, reviewed October 8, 2026: Nicole Shimer joined Insight in 2016 and invests across Series A through pre-IPO software companies. She has deployed over $1 billion across more than 20 investments, partnering closely with founders across a range of markets and geographies. Her track record includes identifying and supporting category-defining enterprise software businesses. Portfolio investments include TaxJar (acquired by Stripe), Featurespace (acquired by Visa), and Duck Creek (IPO). She graduated from Brown University, where she studied Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Economics, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. She remains active in the Brown community, serving on the University’s Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and advising the course The Entrepreneurial Process. Her work has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), VC Journal Rising Stars (2023), and Venture Forward’s LGBTQ+ Investors to Watch (2023). Outside of work, she is a certified yoga teacher and an avid traveler.