

Episerver is the perfect addition to our portfolio, and we look forward to working with the talented team on the next phase of this incredible opportunity.”
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“As a firm that specializes in partnering with innovative software companies we’ve made a significant commitment to accelerate growth. “Episerver is at the center of a global digital transformation market that IDC expects to reach $1.7 trillion through 2019 and is expertly helping businesses of all sizes to digitize, optimize and personalize customer experiences,” said Deven Parekh, Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners. On the heels of what the company coined its “Year of Hyper Growth,” Episerver expects this transaction to propel its global growth strategy and market presence, and dramatically expand adoption for its Digital Experience Cloud™ platform. Outside of work, Sarah is passionate about spending time with her two young daughters, cooking, golf, and fitness.Episerver, the company transforming digital experiences, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners, a New York based global private equity firm focused on high-growth investments in the technology sector, in a transaction valuing Episerver at USD $1.16 billion. Sarah was born and raised near Akron, OH, and now lives in Westchester, NY. Recently, she was featured in Buyouts Insider’s Women in Private Equity feature article, where she discusses the role of mentorship in her private equity career. Sarah is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Joseph Wharton Scholar. Prior to co-founding Level, Sarah was a Senior Associate at Insight Venture Partners, where she worked as a member of the investment team with companies including Achieve3000 (differentiated instruction for K-12 acquired by McGraw Hill), eVestment Alliance (financial data vendor acquired by NASDAQ), and IAG Research (advertising effectiveness data acquired by Nielsen). Her current and past investing experience includes BoardEffect (board portal software acquired by Diligent in 2016), Criteria Corp (employee assessment software recapitalized by Sumeru Equity Partners in 2019), EHS Insight (Environmental, Health, and Safety software for high-risk industries), Hoxhunt (next-generation cybersecurity awareness training), HVR (data integration software acquired by Fivetran in 2021), Lytho (workflow and DAM software for creative and marketing teams), MomentFeed (digital marketing for multi-location brands acquired by Uberall in 2021), Optimere (governance platform for regulated communicators acquired by CivicPlus in 2022), Onit (enterprise legal management software acquired by K1 in 2018), Security Journey (secure coding training for developers), SiteHawk (chemical data management acquired by Sphera in 2019), and Wombat (cybersecurity awareness training acquired by Proofpoint in 2018). She has been investing in growth-stage software and technology businesses since 2003.


Sarah is a co-founder and Partner at Level.
