VC firm
Bain Capital Life Sciences
Also known as Bain Life Sciences
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Boston
- Founded
- 2016
- Assets under management
- $6.3BStated by firm, as of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 4
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About
Bain Capital Life Sciences was founded in 2016 and builds on Bain Capital’s four decades of healthcare and life sciences investing across private equity, public equity, credit, venture capital, and real estate. The Life Sciences team invests in biopharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic, and life science tool companies across the globe, with a focus on companies that drive medical innovation to improve the lives of patients with unmet medical needs.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We target four types of investment opportunities: Inflection Capital, Growth Capital, Fallen Angels, and Transformation at Scale.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Investing status notes
- We partner with life science companies across the globe, with a focus on driving medical innovation throughout the value chain, to improve the lives of patients with unmet medical needs.
Funds
- Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund IV, L.P.
- Main fund
- Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund II, L.P.
- Main fund
- Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund III, L.P.
- Main fund
- Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund, L.P.
- Recorded
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