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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 159 Power Law outcomes from Bain Capital's portfolio — 34 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 11 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.
+46 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
The 159 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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USA129
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UK5
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Germany3
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South Korea3
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China2
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Australia2
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Israel2
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Switzerland1
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Spain1
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Sweden1
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Denmark1
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Seychelles1
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Biotech & Life Sciences38
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Fintech29
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Other B2B Software17
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Marketing17
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Cybersecurity13
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AI12
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Health Tech & Medtech7
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eCommerce & Marketplaces7
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Transportation6
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Other4
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Robotics3
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Energy3
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Series B+33
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Series A5
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Seed2
Bain’s biggest current 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 →
Bain's 159 Power Law outcomes.
How does Bain stack up?
Bain in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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 selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Bain's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
273 founders across the 159 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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