Bain Capital Ventures

Investor type

VC

Founded

1984

AUM

$10 000 M

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Series A Seed Series B Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

North America Europe Africa Asia
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

BCV helps founders build iconic businesses that transform the way we live and work. We invest in B2B software startups from seed to growth across our four domains of Fintech, Commerce, Apps, and Infra. For over 20 years and with over $10B under management, BCV has helped launch and commercialize more than 400 companies, including Attentive, Bloomreach, Clari, Docusign, Flywire, LinkedIn, Moveworks, Rapid7, and Redis. BCV has offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, and Boston, and you can follow us on Twitter @BainCapVC.

Industry

HealthTech PropTech / ConTech Infrastructure Technology MedTech Healthcare Services Fintech Financial Services E-commerce/Marketplace Education Software Security SaaS Other Mobile/Apps Internet and Web Services Digital Consumer Services (B2C) Biotechnology AI Media and Entertainment Real Estate Transportation Marketing and Advertising Telecommunications

Bain Capital Ventures Funds

Name Type
Questionare
Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
Bain Capital Asia Fund III LP
Private Equity (PE)
Media and Entertainment
Real Estate
SaaS
Security
Software
Transportation
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$3000 M
December 2015
Bain Capital Fund VIII
Venture Capital (VC)
Marketing and Advertising
Real Estate
SaaS
Security
Software
Transportation
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$650 M
November 2018
Bain Capital Fund growth stage
Venture Capital (VC)
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Security
Software
Telecommunications
Transportation
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$350 M
May 2021
Bain Capital Fund seed and Series A
Venture Capital (VC)
Healthcare Services
Real Estate
SaaS
Security
Software
Transportation
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$900 M
May 2021

Contacts

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Partner
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Ajay Agarwal Partner
Partner
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FAQs about Bain Capital Ventures

Bain Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Series A, Seed, Series B and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Bain Capital Ventures is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Bain Capital Ventures was founded in 1984.
Bain Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups in HealthTech, PropTech / ConTech, Infrastructure, Technology, MedTech, Healthcare Services, Fintech, Financial Services, E-commerce/Marketplace, Education, Software, Security, SaaS, Other, Mobile/Apps, Internet and Web Services, Digital, Consumer Services (B2C), Biotechnology, AI, Media and Entertainment, Real Estate, Transportation, Marketing and Advertising, Telecommunications.
Bain Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia.
Bain Capital Ventures invests in companies and startups at Series A, Seed, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Bain Capital Ventures usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Bain Capital Ventures has around $10 000m assets under management.
Bain Capital Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2021-05-21
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