VC
United States
Last Deal Sept 2026

Bain Capital Ventures

Check Size
€1M – €40M
Outreach
Cold Email OK

Investment Focus

Geographic Focus

Investment Thesis

Multi-stage venture firm with deep sector expertise and operational resources from the broader Bain Capital platform.

How to Pitch Bain Capital Ventures

Cold Email Works
Bain Capital Ventures is open to unsolicited pitches. A short, specific email is the fastest way in.

Who To Contact

Aaref Hilaly
Partner
Infrastructure
Applied AI
Ajay Agarwal
Partner
Physical AI
Applied AI
Source

Recent Deals

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Activity Trend

Light data

Last 90d

2

Prior 90d

0

Year ago

0

YC Portfolio Overlap

Bain Capital Ventures backed 1 Y Combinator company.

Legora
Legora

The agentic operating system for legal work

Winter 2024
B2B

Portfolio Highlights

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Team

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Aaref Hilaly
Partner

Works with builders leveraging AI to solve previously unaddressed problems, former Sequoia partner.

Infrastructure
Applied AI
Checked Oct 2026
Ajay Agarwal
Partner

Focuses on early stage physical AI investments across robotics, logistics and related software.

Physical AI
Applied AI
Checked Oct 2026
Christina Melas-Kyriazi
Partner

Focuses on early-stage investments in AI applications, former product leader at Affirm.

Applied AI
Health
Checked Oct 2026
Enrique Salem
Partner

Invests in early-stage infrastructure software companies with specialization in cybersecurity.

Infrastructure
Security
Checked Oct 2026
Kevin Zhang
Partner

Partners with founders building for the real world from inception.

Applied AI
Physical AI
Checked Oct 2026
Matt Harris
Partner

30 years investing in fintech founders creating changes in payments, lending, capital markets and insurance.

Applied AI
Checked Oct 2026
Merritt Hummer
Partner

Partners with B2B SaaS founders at growth stage focused on horizontal application software.

Applied AI
Checked Oct 2026
Rak Garg
Partner

Focuses on supporting founders at frontier of cyber-security, space, defense and industrial capacity.

Infrastructure
Applied AI
Security
Checked Oct 2026
Scott Friend
Partner

Invests in application software companies, former seed-to-exit founder of commerce-tech analytics business.

Applied AI
Checked Oct 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Oct 2026.

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