Bain Capital
Bain Capital is a Boston-based multi-asset alternative investment firm that sources, funds, and manages investments across private equity, venture capital, credit, and public equity. Founded in 1984, it operates globally with specialized units focused on growth and buyout investments, life sciences, and impact-oriented opportunities. The firm backs companies across sectors including healthcare and life sciences, technology, software and data services, financial services, consumer, manufacturing, and industrials, spanning from early-stage ventures to growth equity and large-scale acquisitions. It emphasizes value creation through strategic support and partnerships, leveraging deep operating experience and a global network. Its life sciences arm targets pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostic companies; the Double Impact unit pursues market-rate returns alongside measurable social and environmental benefits; Bain Capital Ventures backs technology-enabled businesses from seed to growth across enterprise software, infrastructure, and services. The firm maintains offices in Boston and major markets worldwide, aiming to deliver competitive returns while supporting innovation and economic development.
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Jennifer Davis
Partner, Private Equity, Consumer and Retail Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Liraz Evenor
Managing Director Private Equity and Director in the Consumer and Retail Vertical & Member of the Portfolio Group for North America Private Equity
Alison Holmes
Principal, Private Equity and Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical & Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Andrew Kaplan
Partner, Private Equity and Healthcare Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Christopher Kastner
Managing Director, Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity team
Phillip Loughlin
Partner, Global Head of the Financial and Business Services Vertical and Member of the Consumer / Retail Vertical
James Mackey
Principal, Private Equity and Technology Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Giacomo Massetti
Managing Director, Consumer and Industrial Verticals and Member of the European Private Equity team
Cara Nealon
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Radhika Subramanian
Principal, Consumer, Retail and Financial services and a Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity team
Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area
AutoComplete
Seed Round in 2024
AutoComplete, Inc. is an insurance-technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It focuses on integrating artificial intelligence at the point of sale, specifically targeting the substantial car insurance market valued at $311 billion. The company has developed an AI-driven platform that simplifies the process of obtaining auto protection, aiming to enhance the user experience by minimizing effort in securing automotive insurance. Through its innovative software, AutoComplete seeks to provide efficient solutions that redefine how consumers engage with auto insurance services.
Cube Dev
Series B in 2024
Cube Dev provides an open-source analytical API platform that enables internal business intelligence and customer-facing analytics through a semantic layer. The semantic layer unifies business logic, centralizes governance and security, and optimizes query performance, while supporting integration with any data endpoint. Cube Cloud offers a managed infrastructure with query inspection and tracing, monitoring, and pre-aggregation management. The platform includes visualization-agnostic tools for building user interfaces and analytical APIs, and supports modern data stores to handle large data volumes with built-in security. Cube Dev serves organizations seeking scalable, governed analytics applications.
MaintainX
Series C in 2023
MaintainX is a software-as-a-service platform that digitizes work orders and procedures for frontline and maintenance teams. The platform supports workflow digitization, collaboration, and analytics, along with environmental and training checklists, tooling and gauge reporting, auditing and inspection workflows, and quality control inspections, with capabilities to communicate and upload photos. It helps manufacturing facilities, restaurants, hotels, and other business groups streamline maintenance operations, manage asset information, and support regulatory compliance and audits. The solution emphasizes IoT-enabled features and real-time field insights to improve efficiency and reliability in maintenance, reliability, and operations. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, MaintainX provides a mobile-first platform designed to empower frontline workers with a modern digital workflow.
Bubbles
Seed Round in 2022
Bubbles is a contextual collaboration tool that enables users to communicate asynchronously by tagging content directly on their screens. The platform facilitates discussions in-context through screen, video, and audio messages, allowing team members to capture, comment, and share information without the need for account creation or installation. Bubbles promotes organic growth and viral engagement rather than relying on paid advertising. It is actively engaged on various social media platforms, including Medium, Twitter, and Product Hunt, to enhance its visibility and user interaction.
Clockwise
Series C in 2022
Clockwise Inc. develops an AI-driven software solution for efficient time management. Its flagship product, Clockwise, is a smart calendar assistant that learns user preferences and optimizes schedules to balance focused work time and meetings, preventing burnout.
Wisetack
Series B in 2021
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.
Cube Dev
Series A in 2021
Cube Dev provides an open-source analytical API platform that enables internal business intelligence and customer-facing analytics through a semantic layer. The semantic layer unifies business logic, centralizes governance and security, and optimizes query performance, while supporting integration with any data endpoint. Cube Cloud offers a managed infrastructure with query inspection and tracing, monitoring, and pre-aggregation management. The platform includes visualization-agnostic tools for building user interfaces and analytical APIs, and supports modern data stores to handle large data volumes with built-in security. Cube Dev serves organizations seeking scalable, governed analytics applications.
FOSSA
Series B in 2020
FOSSA, Inc. is an open source management platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in providing solutions for component intelligence, continuous compliance, and collaboration across teams. Its flagship product enables enterprises to track and manage open-source components within their codebase while automating the processes of license scanning and compliance. FOSSA's platform also incorporates vulnerability management features, allowing businesses to conduct license audits and vulnerability scans efficiently. By offering real-time alerts and automated remediation for third-party vulnerabilities, FOSSA facilitates compliance with open source licenses in alignment with development workflows.
Cube Dev
Seed Round in 2020
Cube Dev provides an open-source analytical API platform that enables internal business intelligence and customer-facing analytics through a semantic layer. The semantic layer unifies business logic, centralizes governance and security, and optimizes query performance, while supporting integration with any data endpoint. Cube Cloud offers a managed infrastructure with query inspection and tracing, monitoring, and pre-aggregation management. The platform includes visualization-agnostic tools for building user interfaces and analytical APIs, and supports modern data stores to handle large data volumes with built-in security. Cube Dev serves organizations seeking scalable, governed analytics applications.
Clockwise
Series B in 2020
Clockwise Inc. develops an AI-driven software solution for efficient time management. Its flagship product, Clockwise, is a smart calendar assistant that learns user preferences and optimizes schedules to balance focused work time and meetings, preventing burnout.
FOSSA
Series A in 2019
FOSSA, Inc. is an open source management platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in providing solutions for component intelligence, continuous compliance, and collaboration across teams. Its flagship product enables enterprises to track and manage open-source components within their codebase while automating the processes of license scanning and compliance. FOSSA's platform also incorporates vulnerability management features, allowing businesses to conduct license audits and vulnerability scans efficiently. By offering real-time alerts and automated remediation for third-party vulnerabilities, FOSSA facilitates compliance with open source licenses in alignment with development workflows.
Wisetack
Series A in 2019
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.
Wisetack
Seed Round in 2019
Wisetack operates a technology platform that enables in-person businesses to offer consumer-friendly financing options at the point of sale. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing software platforms, allowing businesses to provide real-time lending solutions and enhance sales.
Ike
Series A in 2019
Ike Robotics Inc., founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in the development of autonomous driving technology specifically for the trucking industry. The company focuses on creating a full-stack solution that includes mechanical, electrical, and software components, integrating sensors, computers, and actuators to facilitate safe and reliable highway freight transportation. Ike aims to enhance safety in trucking, improve the value of truck drivers, and increase overall efficiency within the industry. By leveraging advanced automation technology, Ike aspires to positively impact livelihoods, create jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As of December 2020, Ike operates as a subsidiary of Nuro, Inc.
mParticle
Series C in 2017
mParticle is a customer data platform provider that helps multi-channel consumer brands collect, unify, and activate data across web, mobile apps, and other touchpoints. The platform enables marketers, developers, product managers, and data scientists to integrate and orchestrate an organization's marketing stack, delivering a single, real-time view of customer data. It collects e-commerce transactions and various API events, supports data across devices and channels, and facilitates audience segmentation and analytics to improve personalization, engagement, and operational efficiency. The company targets industries including retail, financial services, media, travel, gaming, and dining, and supports GDPR compliance. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, it maintains additional offices in San Francisco, Bellevue, London, and Delray Beach to serve a global client base.
Zenreach
Series C in 2017
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.
FOSSA
Seed Round in 2017
FOSSA, Inc. is an open source management platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in providing solutions for component intelligence, continuous compliance, and collaboration across teams. Its flagship product enables enterprises to track and manage open-source components within their codebase while automating the processes of license scanning and compliance. FOSSA's platform also incorporates vulnerability management features, allowing businesses to conduct license audits and vulnerability scans efficiently. By offering real-time alerts and automated remediation for third-party vulnerabilities, FOSSA facilitates compliance with open source licenses in alignment with development workflows.
mParticle
Series B in 2016
mParticle is a customer data platform provider that helps multi-channel consumer brands collect, unify, and activate data across web, mobile apps, and other touchpoints. The platform enables marketers, developers, product managers, and data scientists to integrate and orchestrate an organization's marketing stack, delivering a single, real-time view of customer data. It collects e-commerce transactions and various API events, supports data across devices and channels, and facilitates audience segmentation and analytics to improve personalization, engagement, and operational efficiency. The company targets industries including retail, financial services, media, travel, gaming, and dining, and supports GDPR compliance. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, it maintains additional offices in San Francisco, Bellevue, London, and Delray Beach to serve a global client base.
Zenreach
Series B in 2016
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.
Trooly
Series A in 2016
Trooly, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company, incorporated in 2013, that operates an online platform aimed at enhancing peer-to-peer social and business interactions. As a subsidiary of Airbnb, Trooly specializes in providing Instant Trust services designed to verify, screen, and predict the trustworthiness of relationships in various contexts. By employing advanced machine learning technology, Trooly synthesizes digital footprints in real time, allowing businesses to obtain insights with greater efficacy than traditional background checks and credit scores. This system requires minimal customer data input, making it both accessible and cost-effective, with results typically delivered in around 30 seconds. Trooly’s services serve a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, peer-to-peer marketplaces, marketers, and employers, fostering better risk assessment and customer relationship management. The company operates as a consumer reporting agency, ensuring compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws while balancing transparency with respect for individual privacy.
Persado
Series C in 2016
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.
Zenreach
Series A in 2015
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.
Persado
Series B in 2015
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.
Driven
Series B in 2014
Driven, Inc. specializes in Big Data application development and performance management solutions for a global clientele. The company offers its flagship product, Driven, which is an application performance management solution designed to support DevOps teams in debugging, monitoring, and managing Big Data applications. Driven is compatible with major processing frameworks such as Apache Hive, MapReduce, Cascading, Scalding, and Apache Spark, providing organizations with essential visibility and insights to enhance application performance. Additionally, Driven, Inc. offers Cascading, a platform for building Big Data applications on Apache Hadoop, alongside various solutions for performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and analytics. The company also provides training services to ensure effective use of its offerings. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Driven, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Xplenty Ltd. Its diverse user base spans multiple industries, including social media, retail, financial services, telecommunications, bioinformatics, and geospatial sectors.
MacroMill
Acquisition in 2013
Macromill, Inc. is a global provider of marketing research and digital marketing solutions, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in Rotterdam and San Francisco. Founded in 2000, the company specializes in various research methodologies, including online surveys, qualitative and quantitative studies, and neuro research that assesses consumer reactions through neural activity. Macromill's services encompass Internet and offline research, digital marketing research, and specialized offerings such as medical research and promotion analysis. The company leverages data from social media and enterprise systems to deliver actionable insights that aid businesses in product innovation, brand engagement, and enhancing customer value. Through its comprehensive approach, Macromill aims to support leading companies in navigating the complexities of consumer behavior and market trends.
Persado
Series A in 2013
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.
TellApart
Series B in 2011
TellApart, Inc. is a company that specializes in personalized predictive marketing, providing a platform designed to enhance customer engagement and drive sales for retailers. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, TellApart's offerings include an identity network service that amalgamates online and offline data to create comprehensive customer profiles, as well as a predictive engine that assists shoppers in discovering relevant products. The platform enables personalized marketing across various digital channels, including display ads, social media, and email, ensuring that retailers can deliver tailored messages in real-time. TellApart's solutions encompass cross-device and native advertisement retargeting, audience targeting, and promotions, significantly contributing to increased revenue for numerous prominent retail brands. As of 2015, TellApart operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.
TheFind
Series C in 2007
TheFind is a shopping search engine that utilizes patented e-commerce technology to enhance the consumer shopping experience by making it easy, efficient, and enjoyable. It searches various online stores across multiple categories, including apparel, electronics, home furnishings, and more, to help users quickly find the best deals and locate hard-to-find items. The platform offers a personalized experience by learning users' preferences through their activity, likes, and purchases, subsequently showcasing products from their favorite stores and brands. Additionally, TheFind organizes shopping activities, allowing users to track their purchases, shipments, and returns seamlessly. Based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, TheFind is accessible via a mobile app for iOS and Android devices, as well as through its website.
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