Bain Capital Life Sciences IV

United States

Seed

About Bain Capital Life Sciences IV

Bain Capital Life Sciences IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in Biotech, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Biotech

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Operational founder; industrial/tech/healthcare; scale-ready; execution-first

Growth & Venture

Life Sciences

Healthcare AI

Tech Opportunities

Real Assets & CRE

Decarbonization

Digital Infrastructure

Asia-Pacific Credit

Industrial & Manufacturing

Fiber Broadband

Bullish Signals

Global platform: PE, VC, Credit, Real Assetsexternal

New Abu Dhabi office opened April 2026external

40+ year track record, multi-strategyexternal

Active Life Sciences exits & launchesexternal

Healthcare AI Summit hosted; deep convictionlinkedin

New healthcare PE hire: Michael Horowitztwitter

Australia PE expansion: WealthPerpetual acquisitiontwitter

Active European PE deals: Tingstad investmenttwitter

Tech Opportunities team active post-sellofftwitter

Real Estate team hosts 100-student CRE summitlinkedin

Three record distribution years; strong realizationslinkedin

AI as value-creation lever across portfoliolinkedin

Healthcare AI: CounselHealth, Clover Health investmentstwitter

Aerospace & defense: FDH Aero partnership growthtwitter

Real estate: flex living, asset management focustwitter

Aircraft finance: JB Aircraft Finance LLC launchtwitter

Decarbonization: Ahlstrom, Fedrigoni biomethane leadershiptwitter

Consumer software: XTEL trade promotion carve-outtwitter

Retail: $1B open-air retail platform, 18 assetstwitter

Asia PE VI: $10.5B closed, 20-year regional presencetwitter

Asia-Pac credit: $60T market, only 5% penetratedtwitter

Southeast Asia data centers: 50% capacity growth next 5yrtwitter

OpenAI partnership: Deployment Company AI servicestwitter

Operational discipline replaces macro tailwinds reliancelinkedin

$1.5B Eaton Fiber/Verizon broadband expansion investmenttwitter

Vitabiotics acquisition: UK #1 vitamin brand, 55yr heritagetwitter

SupplyOn investment: 220M+ SME procurement networktwitter

Industrial platform: 140+ investments, $42B deployedtwitter

Europe: €1B invested across Living/Logistics/Digital/Hospitalitytwitter

$42M+ cumulative Pan-Mass Challenge cancer research supportlinkedin

Marine turbomachinery: Global shipping, naval, data center playtwitter

Contrarian Signals

Mega-fund — small checks unlikelyexternal

Complex platform; long decision cyclesexternal

Broad mandate dilutes VC focusexternal

Heavy PE/credit focus; VC secondarytwitter

Macro tailwinds fading; execution now bottlenecklinkedin

Founder Do's

Show seed-to-scale growth potential

Bring deep sector expertise

Align on long-term value creation

Demonstrate sustainability awareness

Leverage cross-platform collaboration fit

Highlight AI-native or AI-transformation angle

Focus on operational excellence & execution

Build trust & consumer brand loyalty

Founder Don'ts

Avoid short-term exit narratives

Don't ignore ESG/impact angle

No niche without scalable vision

Key GPs & Partners

Chris Gordon

Partner

Private EquityValue CreationOperational Excellence

Paul Moskowitz

Partner

Private EquityValue Creation

Amrita Sankar

Director

SustainabilityImpactESG

Ryan Cotton

Partner

Real EstateCREAsset Management

David Gross

Partner

Private MarketsSector ExpertiseCapital Flexibility

JWD

Jennifer Wilson Davis

Partner

Private EquityPortfolio GrowthLeadership

Darren Abrahamson

Partner

TechSoftwarePrivate Equity

Jonathan Lavine

Partner

AI InvestingPrivate CreditGlobal PE

Michael Horowitz

Partner

HealthcareSpecial SituationsNorth America

John Wright

Partner

CreditAsset-Based FinanceGlobal

Rafael Mason

Partner

DEIFinance AccessMentorship

Marc Touboul

Partner

CreditEuropean MarketsCLOs

Angelo Rufino

Partner

CreditAsset-Based FinanceCapital Markets

Tom Maughan

Partner

Private CreditUK MarketsSector Expertise

Martha Kelley

Partner

Real EstateAsset ManagementOperational Expertise

Andrew Schantz

Partner

Private CreditAsia-PacificDirect Lending

Cecile Belaman

Partner

Private MarketsAI ApplicationTransformation

Drew Chen

Partner

Digital InfrastructureData CentersAsia

Martha Kelley

Partner

Real EstateAsset ManagementOperational Excellence

Gauthier Reymondier

Partner

European CreditDirect LendingStability

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$3000M

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Key People

Matthew Calistri, Allyson Rinderle

Chris GordonPartner

Paul MoskowitzPartner

Amrita SankarDirector

Ryan CottonPartner

David GrossPartner

Jennifer Wilson DavisPartner

Darren AbrahamsonPartner

Jonathan LavinePartner

Michael HorowitzPartner

John WrightPartner

Rafael MasonPartner

Marc TouboulPartner

Angelo RufinoPartner

Tom MaughanPartner

Martha KelleyPartner

Andrew SchantzPartner

Cecile BelamanPartner

Drew ChenPartner

Martha KelleyPartner

Gauthier ReymondierPartner

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