The CB Insights AI 100 is out. We count five BCV portfolio companies spanning sales, infrastructure, cybersecurity, healthcare, and dev tools. Honored to work alongside these teams as AI continues to change more industries. That’s always been our bet. Full list: www.cbinsights.com/research/rep...

For decades, the answer to a sales capacity problem was just… hire more salespeople. Actively was built knowing there had to be a better way. The best salespeople are still constrained by time and the number of accounts they can hold. Co-founder Mihir and BCV partner, Ajay break it down.

Don’t hire the AE (respectfully). BCV’s Joe Dimento asked 4 founders how they knew when it was time. Every single one of them waited until they could explain exactly why deals were closing and prove they could replicate it. Full story in the link below. baincapitalventures.com/insight/foun...

Insurance claims are still manual and expensive. Reserv is rebuilding the system as an AI-native TPA, improving speed and outcomes. We’ve been involved since day 0. Today: $125M Series C, 500K claims/year, path to 30M. Congrats to the team. www.theinsurer.com/ti/interview...

“You can’t fix a human capacity problem with tools that weigh on humans.” Actively was one of the first to take that problem seriously. When two dozen AEs showed up just to say thanks, co-founder & CEO, Mihir Garimella, knew they were onto something. He joins Ajay Agarwal to tell the story.

The chaos around AI and marketing is real, but Hightouch saw through it early. They understood something simple: AI only works in marketing when it runs on your actual data. They just announced a $150M Series D at a $2.75B valuation to keep growing. Full story here: www.wsj.com/cmo-today/go...

Sales eats 30–40% of every revenue dollar, yet teams are still chasing context across 15 tools. Founders Mihir Garimella and Anshul Gupta built Actively around a different idea. One persistent AI agent per account. Working your whole TAM 24/7. Today, they announced their $45M Series B.

Most people think AI is coming for someone else's job. That assumption is the trap. BCV partner Aaref Hilaly doesn't buy that, and neither do we. The rules of venture are shifting. Companies scale faster and AI is shaping investment decisions. We're experimenting at every stage to stay ahead.

After 7 failed ideas, Han hit “pivot hell”—a week of no sleep, staring at the ceiling, trying to make something work. Then Mintlify clicked. Today it powers docs for 20K+ companies, reaching 150M+ people—and increasingly, AI agents. Watch the full story ↓ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqyg...

Documentation is becoming the interface layer for AI. As agents become primary builders, they don’t browse, they parse. If docs aren’t structured & accurate, agents fail to implement your product & you lose usage. Mintlify saw this early, and they’re building the knowledge layer for AI.

The Enterprise Tech 30 list is out for 2026, and we’re proud to see four BCV portfolio companies recognized. From AI models to vertical SaaS, this year’s list spans the full enterprise stack. Congrats to Crosby, Decagon, Legora, and Mintlify, who are pushing the boundaries of enterprise software.

AI that actually thinks like you > AI that just responds to you In our latest Outlier Briefings, The Sentience Company is building models that remember your context, capture how you think and act on your behalf. We’re backing Sam Kececi and team: youtu.be/x1jtoIqrLPs

Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list is out for 2026 — great to see BCV portfolio companies recognized. Congrats to Crusoe, Docusign, Gather AI, MagicSchool, Redis, ShopMy and Unstructured for pushing their categories forward. Well-deserved for teams building and shipping at a high level.

Swish is building food delivery as a system — with kitchens, recipes, automation, and logistics designed together. We are proud to have co-led their $38M Series B. More: baincapitalventures.com/insight/swis...

Memo is a robot that uses AI to perform household tasks effectively. Today Sunday Robotics announced its Series B, and we’re proud to be investors. Training robots for the home is hard so Sunday is training robots directly on real households. More here: baincapitalventures.com/insight/robo...

RJ Scaringe built Rivian from scratch. Today we’re proud to back his next company, Mind Robotics. Mind is building the world’s leading industrial robotics platform based on a real industrial environment where systems can train, improve, & compound. Proud to partner. techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/r...

In a still-early legal AI market, practitioners told us the same thing about Legora: more production-ready outputs, stronger workflows, real product velocity. Congrats to the team on the $550M Series D. baincapitalventures.com/insight/inve...

In 2017 we invested in Passport. Now, Arrive has signed an agreement to acquire Passport, a leader in parking compliance and curbside payments. Excited for what’s next for cities and the future of mobility. www.passportinc.com/blog/arrive-...

B2B support isn’t ticketing — it’s sales, success, and finance working in the same thread. Legacy tools weren’t built for that. Today Pylon has: 1,500+ customers, 300 migrations off legacy tools, $51M raised. Watch their story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBKS...

FluxAI is helping ensure that building in hardware feels a lot more like building in code. Today, the AI-powered platform for hardware engineering announced $37M in funding, including a $27M Series B and a previously unannounced $10M Series A co-led by BCV. Proud to be in their corner.

An announcement isn’t a document: it’s a clear message & a distribution system. Most founders write something & ship it. Winners engineer a moment: one audience, one message, one action, coordinated & intentional. Read about the anatomy of an announcement: baincapitalventures.com/insight/anat...

Internships shape how you see the world and the network you’ll lean on for years to come. Write your early career story with the BCV Labs Summer Fellowship. Apply by Feb 28: baincapitalventures.com/insight/appl...

“Being naïve and thinking from first principles can actually be a superpower.” That mindset shaped how CEO and founder Celine Halioua built Loyal. Loyal is running one of the largest clinical trials ever for dogs to help extend their life longevity. More on Upstarts Media youtu.be/nU9vdakV9QY?...

We’re proud to see these BCV-backed companies on the Forbes Fintech 50 list 🏆 All are driving change in the finance industry through technology. Congrats to Relay, Reserv and Socure!

Cogent Security is building autonomous AI agents to replace broken vulnerability management with machine-speed defense. We’re proud to lead their $42M Series A. Watch CEO Vineet Edupuganti & Rak Garg breakdown what has changed in security & how Cogent is helping: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXhD...

Enterprise AI is exposing how companies operate. Pilots stall because ownership is fuzzy and data foundations crack under pressure. The teams seeing returns are anchoring use cases to real business outcomes & strengthening the infrastructure around them. baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

While most AI tries to fix humans Simile is building AI that understands them. They build digital twins that capture someone’s worldview, then simulate how customers, employees or entire populations will actually respond to change. AI is getting smarter. Simile is making it more human.

The Loyal team raised $100M more to help dogs live longer 🐾 Loyal is building what could become the first FDA-approved drug designed to extend canine lifespan. Not supplements. Real science and real regulatory rigor. Congrats to the entire Loyal team. The future of animal health just got longer.

Are you working in SF this summer? ⏰ Don’t miss your chance to spend time with fellow builders, founders & BCV Partners — shaping what’s next in tech + venture capital. Applications for the 2026 BCV Labs Summer Fellowship close on 2/28. 🔗 Apply now: job-boards.greenhouse.io/baincapitalv...

Gather AI announced its $40M Series B after a big year: doubled operational footprint, 250% bookings growth, and expansion across logistics, manufacturing, food & beverage, retail, aerospace and automotive. Congrats to the Gather AI team on a well-earned milestone 🚀

Congrats to Amanda Huang on her promotion to Principal AND inclusion on the @businessinsider.com Rising Stars of VC list 👏 From Cafe Compute to Research Roundtables, she’s been the first call for countless founders entering our orbit — building places where relationships and ideas compound.

Vention just raised their $110M Series D to continue building the future of manufacturing. The team is enabling factories to automate in weeks, not months… no small feat. Up next is physical AI research, new platform capabilities and continued expansion across North America and Europe. Here we go!

AI is changing sales dev but it won’t make humans obsolete. What we’re seeing: more AI tools = more buyer noise. For complex products and higher-ACV deals, human BDRs are still what cut through. baincapitalventures.com/insight/the-...

Congrats to Decagon on their $250M Series D. We’re proud to invest again! Customer experience is becoming core AI infrastructure & they are building the AI Concierge for business. In its first full year, the team signed 100+ customers - personalized and proactive customer experiences are here 🚀

Early stage startups don’t lack ideas. They lack time, focus and enough hands. That’s where externs shine. Through BCV’s externship program, Bain & Company externs embed for 4–6 months as owner-builders, tackling the work before it’s time to hire full-time. baincapitalventures.com/insight/how-...

🚀 Applications are open for the 2026 BCV Labs Summer Fellowship Calling all SF-based student builders who are: 🔹 Students or recent dropouts 🔹 Looking for a startup internship for Summer ‘26 🔹 Wanting to get in on SF’s startup scene 🔗 Apply now: job-boards.greenhouse.io/baincapitalv...

Showing the value of enterprise AI is hard. We sat down with 3 BCV CTO Advisory Board members deep in the trenches to unpack where real AI impact shows up Featuring perspectives from leaders at Ford, Mammoth Brands and @Box. Full story: baincapitalventures.com/insight/ente...

Some companies are built for the moment. Others are built for what’s next. Crusoe AI made a contrarian bet early: the real AI bottleneck wouldn’t be models or chips. It would be power, speed & where you build. Read about their journey: baincapitalventures.com/insight/crus...

What a year! We asked three of our partners to look back on what surprised them most and what’s next for 2026. Learn more from BCV’s year-end brain dump with Abby Meyers, Rak Garg and Saanya Ojha 👇 https://bit.ly/4pldzJf

Adaptive Security just announced its $81M Series B, marking BCV’s third investment in the founders over the years. We’re proud to support the future of security. AI impersonation is now an everyday threat: cloned voices, faked faces, real consequences. This team is helping companies fight back.

How do you know if your exec search partner is actually pulling their weight? Miranda Cornejo Piatt shares how to vet and reference check like a pro: 🔄 Responsiveness 📋 Candidate quality 🧠 Involvement 💬 Follow-through 👍 Satisfaction Full piece: https://bit.ly/4rUIUEW

When your company is big enough, your team makes decisions when you’re not in the room. Partner Leslie Crowe shares how operating principles — clear, actionable priorities — can guide those choices and help your culture scale with you. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3KLV1DA

Big news: Veza is joining forces with ServiceNow. Veza’s Access Graph made identity governance AI-native. Now, that mission scales globally with ServiceNow. Huge win for customers, security teams and the 230-person Veza crew. Congrats to the team! We're proud to have been part of the journey.

At Slush 2025, Merritt Hummer and Apollo’s Tim Zheng shared lessons from scaling GTMs in the age of AI: 🌀Compete to be different, not just to win 🧠PMF isn't enough — optimize for model + channel too 🤖GTM teams will soon be part-human, part-AI 😬Hard decisions feel unpleasant before they pay off

Humanoid robots are back in the spotlight, but are they built for real-world impact? Partner Ajay Agarwal argues that AI has enabled major strides in navigation, but manipulation remains a fundamental barrier.

Cafe Compute is coming to NeurIPS December 4! ❄️☕ Coffee, snacks, late-night hacking energy — this late-night popup is built for those who know the best ideas bloom on coffee ☕and strong curiosity 🧠 Don’t miss it: luma.com/vqfwj0wx

Art, credit markets, crypto. All shaped by two logics: 💵 Cash flows 👥 Crowds Matt Harris explores how tech is blending these into a single spectrum — and why it matters for fintech, investing & beyond. https://bit.ly/48hwSOk

Huge congrats to BCV Partner Abby Meyers on being named to the Forbes Under 30 list in Venture Capital! She’s led $190M+ in investments at BCV across breakout companies like Apollo, EvenUp & MaintainX — backed by deep, research-first conviction. A well-earned recognition 👏

Big congrats to these BCV-backed founders for landing on this year’s @Forbes Under 30 list 🏆 A well-earned spotlight on the defining work they’re building — across AI, devtools, support infra & creative tech👇

The best executive search partners don’t just source resumes, but sharpen your hiring strategy. They also: 🧠 Shape your hiring thesis 🤔 Challenge your assumptions, don’t just nod along 🔍 Vet them like any key hire. Ask for benchmarks, process & past work 👉 baincapitalventures.com/insight/bcv-...