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Bain Capital Ventures' newest flagship fund

Geography: United States
Stage: Growth
Fund size: $1.6B
Focus
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Bain Capital Ventures' newest flagship fund

AI applications, AI infrastructure, commerce, fintech, industrials, security, and healthcare, oriented around a "life after AGI" thesis Geography: U.S.-based, with offices in the Bay Area, New York, and Boston.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Ambitious B2B AI founders, seed to growth, enterprise-ready

AI & enterprise software

robotics

legal tech

AI infra & power

seed to growth

Bullish Signals

$1.6B Fund XI just raisedexternal

MaintainX acquired $3.6B by Autodeskexternal

Moveworks acquired by ServiceNowexternal

Active seed + growth dealflow visibleexternal

Legora Series D: collaborative AI lawyersexternal

Portfolio founders praise PE network accessexternal

Contrarian Signals

Heavy Bain platform may slow decisionsexternal

Enterprise focus limits consumer betsexternal

Founder Do's

Leverage BCV's PE network for pilots

Expect hands-on recruiting help

Expect partner-led customer intros

Show ambition toward large markets

Access Hive platform for scaling

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect passive capital

Don't pitch without enterprise angle

Don't skip platform team resources

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$1.6B

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Merritt HummerPartner

Enrique SalemPartner

Aaref HilalyPartner

Slater StichPartner

Allison BraleyPartner

Tom DotanPartner

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