VC firm
Bain Capital Ventures
Also known as Boston Capital Ventures
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA, United States
- Assets under management
- $9.9BForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-31Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $1.9BForm ADV gross asset value, as of 2022Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 17
- baincapitalventures.com (opens in a new tab)
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- X (opens in a new tab)
- Team page (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 30 September 2026
About
Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) is the venture capital arm of Bain Capital, investing from Seed through Growth stage, and helping companies through to IPO or acquisition ('Graduated'). BCV has made 423 investments and had 89 graduations, and focuses on Applied AI, Infrastructure, Commerce, Fintech, Health, Security, and Physical AI.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Whether you’re working out of your garage or you’re ready to build a killer C-suite, we’ll meet you there with genuine curiosity, unbridled enthusiasm and a laser focus on doing whatever it takes to help your dream become reality.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Lead policy
- We incubate ideas, lead seed rounds and scale growth-stage companies.
- Investing status notes
- Portfolio database (280 companies) includes investments as recent as 2026 (e.g. 'Cape', year_of_investment 2026), and the team page lists a large current investing team.
Funds
- Bain Capital Venture Fund 2022, L.P.
- Vintage 2022Main fund
- Bain Capital Venture Coinvestment Fund IV, L.P.
- Vintage 2022Main fund
- Bain Capital Venture Coinvestment Fund III, L.P.
- Vintage 2021Main fund
- Bain Capital Venture Fund 2019, L.P.
- $650MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Bain Capital Venture Coinvestment Fund II, L.P.
- $250MVintage 2018, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Bain Capital Venture Fund 2016, L.P.
- $600MVintage 2016, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE FUND 2014, L.P.
- $650MVintage 2014, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE COINVESTMENT FUND, L.P.
- $200MVintage 2014, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Bain Capital Venture Fund 2012, L.P.
- $601MVintage 2011, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- BCV CRYPTO FUND I, L.P.
- Main fund
- BCV CRYPTO FUND I-A, L.P.
- Main fund
- BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE FUND 2005, L.P.
- Main fund
- More funds
- 5 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- BAIN CAPITAL VENTURES, LP
- CRD number
- 145652 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 801-69071
- Registration
- SEC registered
- Regulatory AUM
- $9.8Bas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 20
- Principal office
- BOSTON, MA, United States
Locations
- Office
- Palo Alto, CA, United States
- Office
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Office
- Bay Area
- Office
- Boston
- Office
- New York
Programs
- Event series
- Fintech CEO Summit (opens in a new tab)annual
- Newsletter
- BCV’s monthly newsletters (opens in a new tab)monthly
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