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Bain Capital
Investment firm · Founded 1984 · Active in 2026
Bain Capital is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1984. The page below shows 148 Power Law outcomes from Bain Capital's portfolio — 34 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 10 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Germany. Bain ranks #239 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Bain’s biggest exits.
Bain portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Bain’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of Bain’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 18 companies where Bain is a named shareholder, worth about $5.0B in estimated equity value.
Showing the 12 largest of 18 disclosed direct holdings.
6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Bain’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Bain also appears inside investor groups in Black Forest Labs, Cognition | Devin AI, Highspot, Socure, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
+44 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
The 148 Bain Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA120
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UK5
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Germany3
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China2
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Australia2
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South Korea2
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Israel2
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Italy1
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India1
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Denmark1
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Malaysia1
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France1
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Biotech & Life Sciences36
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Fintech28
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Other B2B Software17
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Marketing17
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Cybersecurity12
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AI9
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eCommerce & Marketplaces7
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Health Tech & Medtech7
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Transportation6
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Other4
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Energy3
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Edtech1
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Series B+33
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Series A5
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Seed2
Bain's 148 Power Law outcomes.
How does Bain stack up?
Bain in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere Bain's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
260 founders across the 148 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Bain.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Bain Capital
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Bain on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Bain Capital
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Bain — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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