Ajay Agarwal
@ajay_bcv
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We at
@BainCapVC
are providing our companies with loans from our mgmt co for payroll. In many cases we’ve shared responsibility with co-investors. In other cases, we are doing entire thing. Regardless we want to eliminate unnecessary stress on our founders and their teams.
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1/ We are so excited to announce our latest fund with $1.3B of capital to fund the next generation of founders
Today we’re thrilled to announce $1.3B in fresh capital to back exceptional early-stage
#founders
building industry-defining
#tech
companies. Our partner
@ajay_bcv
talks more about
@BainCapVC
Fund 2021 👇
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Love
@ycombinator
!!! We consistently find that their founders operate with higher velocity, are more hands-on and in the details, are more frugal, and are more commercial. This leads to faster momentum and steeper revenue ramp, less likelihood of false product market fit, and
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1/ founders always ask me what are "best practices" for board meetings especially during zoom environment. here are some thoughts:
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The winners in application software are founders who understand a domain/workflow and build software to support that workflow. In some cases, these are new workflows that didn't exist before (CS before
@GainsightHQ
) and in some cases, they are workflows that are reimagined
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Very grateful to our founders, leadership teams, and limited partners for their support of
@BainCapVC
over so many years.
Today we announce $1 billion in new funding to continue to partner with entrepreneurs at all stages of the startup journey while they work to redefine major industries. Our partners share more about this exciting milestone on our blog:
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At
@BainCapVC
we have been actively investing in the physical world for over 20 years starting with our initial investment in
@KivaSystems
. Today we are on the verge of an Industrial Renaissance driven by a confluence of new AI technologies, a massive need to upgrade and
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My 23 year journey with
@spdholakia
. Congrats to him and entire
@SendGrid
@twilio
team.
@BainCapVC
@trilogyalumni
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During covid crisis, every b2b sales leader should start each and every account review with their AEs with one simple question: Why now? What’s the call to action? Why does customer need our software now? If the AE can’t articulate that, don’t bother with rest of review.
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@BainCapVC
(BCV) was formed over 20 years ago with the launch of BCV’s $250M fund in 2001. Over the course of the last two decades, we are fortunate to have backed many household names:
@LinkedIn
,
@solarwinds
,
@SurveyMonkey
,
@rapid7
,
@Dynatrace
,
@DocuSign
and
@SendGrid
.
Today,
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In the world of AI applications, companies are automating jobs vs. providing workflow tools for existing information workers. This has led to a set of companies (including in our portfolio) with extremely high ASPs and extraordinary growth rates. Companies are willing to pay a
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1/ We are at an exciting inflection pt. in history of business sw: the rise of the USER as key decision maker. This has profound implications for how sw co's get built and for the tooling (CRM, Mktg tools, prod. roadmap) that sw co's require to scale.
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1/ On behalf of the entire team here
@BainCapVC
we wanted to send our congrats to
@nrmehta
and the team
@GainsightHQ
on today's amazing news. We are so grateful to
@nrmehta
and team for including us in this incredible journey. Read more here:
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Really excited about Clari's $150M funding round led by Silver Lake and B Capital! I share more about Clari' journey in building the RevOps Category here: Clari: How Modern Companies Drive and Manage Revenue
@00byrne
@venkatrangan01
@clarihq
@BainCapVC
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The team here
@BainCapVC
joins
@RonConway
and this group of investors supporting a new owner for
@SVB_Financial
.
@svangel
and I are proud to join this group of investors supporting SVB for a timely resumption of business
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Thank you to entire
@RedSox
foundation for their generous donation to
@tfeelbeautifulm
Thank you
@RedSox
for the donation! We are so excited to donate these products to the patients at
@BostonChildrens
!
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Congrats to
@spdholakia
and entire team at
@SendGrid
Amazing combination to create the leader in developer-first APIs for modern communications.
@twilio
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The most frequent Q I get from founders after our initial funding is: "any advice on best way to run the board meetings?". Here are my thoughts after thousands of board meetings of seed, Series A, growth, and public companies.
@saastr
@BainCapVC
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blown away by the level of leadership across our portfolio founders and ceos. combination of sober realism, decisive action, calmness under pressure, strong communication, and extreme levels of positive energy despite the long hours and tough circumstances.
@BainCapVC
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Really enjoyed my conversation with
@rrpre
about massive wave of innovation in supply chain and logistics.
@FreightAlley
@FreightWaves
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My kid received a
@BookCameo
sent by a good friend of hers whos now at a diff school. My daughter loves the nhl and she got one from an nhl player wishing her good luck this year with school and a hello from her friend. She had tears in her eyes. It was magical!
@BainCapVC
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My partners
@mattcharris
Keri
@kevinzhang
and
@merritthummer
have been investing behind the theme of embedded finance. According to them, every sw co. will be a fintech company!
@AirbaseHQ
is a great example of the magic of payments seamlessly integrating into core workflows.
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Big day for
@BainCapVC
and our companies in the trucking space. Both Ike and
@FourKites
announce $50M funding rounds. We love the logistics and supply chain space. Lots more to do- space is just getting started.
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Thrilled to announce our investment in
@getclockwise
and excited to partner with
@voxmatt
and
@lerhaupt
to build this amazing company! Read more here: The End of Meeting Hell! Our Investment In Clockwise
@BainCapVC
@kevinzhang
Steven Lee.
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Congrats to the entire team
@ShipBob
on raising $68M from
@SoftBank
as they continue to provide the leading software-driven fulfillment solution for the fastest growing brands in the world.
@BainCapVC
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Our team, partners, founders and portfolio companies stand together to fight for greater equality and social justice in our country.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Thrilled to be backing this team and company!
@getreprise
helps every software company become product-led!
Reprise raises a $17M Series A from
@ajay_bcv
three months after its $3.2M Seed Round from
@GlasswingVC
and
@Accomplices
.
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I love
@stratechery
but Ben's analysis breaks down as it relates to ecommerce and the physical world. Let me elaborate. Amazon's fulfillment network is purpose-built for their needs, not for the needs of a typical Shopify D2C brand. Amazon has ~10M SKUs which requires warehouses
9-6-2023 ($)
•Amazon and Shopify
•Shopify and Its Merchants
•The Payments Question
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We are so excited to double down and co-lead the growth round in
@RedisLabs
, a company we funded beginning in the Series A years ago. Amazing progress since then!
@EnriqueSalem
@BainCapVC
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Love this description of
@spdholakia
“tall, thin...and Obama-like in his presence”. 😊great piece about leadership, values, and being true to yourself.
@SendGrid
@trilogyalumni
@BainCapVC
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Really excited about
@Wonolo
! Congrats to
@yongkookkim
and entire team on building such an amazing business.
@jamisonh
@BainCapVC
We're proud to announce our partnership with
@Wonolo
, an incredible company helping hourly workers find work. Our own
@jamisonh
shares why we invested here:
#BackedbyBCV
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Thousands of startups and countless entrepreneurs and employees have benefited from the unique expertise and resources that SVB has brought to the startup community. There is an opportunity for new institution to fill this void.
The team here
@BainCapVC
joins
@RonConway
and this group of investors supporting a new owner for
@SVB_Financial
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The midwest is a great place to build a logistics company.
@FourKites
@LoveShipBob
@hydeparkangels
@Peter_Wilkins
@BainCapVC
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Great overview of machine intelligence by
@jamescham
shivonzilis
@Persado
@6senseInc
@clarihq
@semanticmachines
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Congrats
@spdholakia
and entire team at
@SendGrid
Amazing company and journey and future with
@twilio
will be great.
Today: So grateful - to all those who trusted (customers) and supported (investors, families, friends) us. So proud - of all those (founders, teammates) who built this place. So excited - to be joining an incredible company and team!
#TwilioSendGrid
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Thrilled about
@Vention_io
$38M round led by
@GeorgianPrtnrs
We've never seen before a complex manufacturing automation sold via a self service bottom up distribution model. Amazing team led by Etienne and Max!
@BainCapVC
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Elevated cardiac disease is huge unsolved mystery in South Asian community. Theories include genetics, diet, stress, culture but there isn't scientific evidence to date linking certain factors to the risks within this population. If you are South Asian and want to learn more,
Thrilled to officially launch
@ourhealthstudy
!
Help us identify the reasons why South Asian Americans are at increased risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, & others.
A new virtual & community-based nationwide initiative to build the infrastructure.
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Not sure we'll ever see this level of tennis between the best in the game. I recall thinking same thing during fed/nadal Wimbledon 5 setter years ago though.
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Congrats to my friend and partner
@indyguha
on his next chapter. Glad you’re staying in the
@BainCapVC
family!
sharing some more info on my decision to join
@signifyd
! more to come, but couldn't be more excited about this next chapter!
#ecommerce
#retailtech
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Excited to welcome
@bipulsinha
and
@rubrikInc
to the
@BainCapVC
family! Amazing company with astonishing growth.
@EnriqueSalem
Rubrik is now valued at $3.3 billion as it competes with a SoftBank-backed rival to revitalize the "backwater" data backup and recovery market. I spoke to CEO Bipul Sinha about the race.
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Really enjoyed listening to my partner
@sasmith4
@baincapvc
on
@twentyminutevc
w/
@HarryStebbings
hear Sarah talk about her thoughts on hiring, employee comp and retention and why we love our investments in
@getperksy
and
@limebike
.
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Congratulations to Dhruv Divey and entire
@ShipBob
team on the funding. Excited to have our friends at
@MenloVentures
lead the round. We are just getting started!
@BainCapVC
@hydeparkvp
ShipBob brings in $40M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon by
@kateclarktweets
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What an amazing company! Congrats to entire team at
@attentivemobile
on the latest fundraise.
@BainCapVC
@sfriend37
We’re excited to announce that we have raised a $70 million Series C investment led by
@sequoia
and
@IVP
, with participation from
@EniacVC
and
@NextViewVC
Learn more:
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Congrats to
@cloud100
winners:
@Turbonomic
@SendGrid
@GainsightHQ
@DocuSign
@SurveyMonkey
@avidexchange
@Optimizely
@BainCapVC
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So thrilled that
@ChristinaPhili5
has joined us as our newest partner to grow our early-stage fintech and commerce practices. She brings a strong product orientation from her experiences as a product leader
@Affirm
We could not be more proud to welcome
@ChristinaPhili5
to our team of partners
@BainCapVC
! A proven operator and angel investor, Christina will work closely with the next gen of fintech and commerce founders.
@bayareawriter
@TechCrunch
has the scoop ⬇️
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Software companies are becoming payments companies. My partner
@mattcharris
describes why we backed
@FinixPayments
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9/ End the meeting by having each board member share 1-2 sentence summary on what's on their mind coming out of board meeting.
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Monster round from
@getreprise
as we help every technology company embrace PLG with our no code platform for product demos. Glad to welcome
@Iconiq
and
@dougpepper
to the board.
@BainCapVC
1/🔥 We’re so excited to announce our $62M Series B Funding from new investor
@ICONIQGrowth
, with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures [
@BainCapVC
], Accomplice VC [
@Accomplices
], and Glasswing Ventures [
@GlasswingVC
].
The round also includes 👇🏽
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Martinez won that game. Insane save at end of extra time and great stop on the penalty kick.
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Proud of all the
@BainCapVC
portfolio companies recognized on
@GGVCapital
2023 SMBTech50 list!
We’re proud to see our portfolio companies
@archiveresale
,
@AirbaseHQ
,
@justworks
,
@joinhomebase
and
@auto_leap
among
@GGVCapital
's 2023
#SMBTech50
🎉Check out the full list of companies transforming the SMBTech ecosystem here:
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This is a useful chart for those of us (like me) who'd prefer not to be on a MAX plane.
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Scooters WILL be a part of the core infrastructure of every major city in the world. We at
@BainCapVC
believe
@limebike
is the company that will make this a reality. My partner
@sasmith4
explains why.
With lots of excitement and chatter in the scooter space,
@kevinzhang
@Ece_Erdagoz
and I did a deep dive on micromobility and met some incredible people. We are proud at
@BainCapVC
to back the
@limebike
team coleading their Series D!
@tobysun
#backedbyBCV
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Congrats to
@ShipBob
@Docker
@Optimizely
and
@mixpanel
for being recognized as among the highest revenue YC companies.
@BainCapVC
@BainCapital
The inaugural YC Top Companies List by Revenue is live! This list recognizes the companies in the YC community that achieved the highest net revenue throughout 2022.
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The day that many of us who use Office 365 for email and calendar is finally here!
@getclockwise
is now available to Microsoft users—a workforce of over 400 million employees across 40% of businesses.
Try it out and let me know what you think.
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Congrats to
@FourKites
on latest funding. Speed and visibility in global supply chains has become a strategic issue for C-suite at most major companies. Amazon resetting rules of competition and customer expectations on speed/convenience.
@BainCapVC
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What I would give to be in a bar in Rome watching Wimbledon and Euro2020 finals today!
#EURO2020
#Wimbledon
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With covid fueling work from home and remote employees, the need for technology to help manage meetings, calendars, and time is more critical than ever. Congrats to
@getclockwise
team on this milestone which was driven by the incredible user growth in 2021!
@voxmatt
@BainCapVC
We’re proud to announce our $45M Series C to help bring a new way of working to more people worldwide. Led by Coatue,
@Atlassian
Ventures participated along with existing investors
@Accel
,
@GreylockVC
&
@BainCapVC
.
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This is gold for founders!
@thejo
thejo shares the process and memo he used to raise $60M in 10 days.
@AirbaseHQ
1/
@AirbaseHQ
recently announced our Series B of $60M led by
@MenloVentures
. Here is the investment memo that helped us do it in 10 days.
(A thread on why I choose to write long-form memos instead of relying on pitch decks.)
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Thank you
@andrewsthoughts
for partnering with us at the Series A.
@wrike
is a pioneer of product-led growth creating a massive company that didn’t require lots of capital. Also huge shout out to
@toddmaclean
and
@indyguha
for spearheading this investment for
@BainCapVC
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Let Your Product Do the Selling! Why we led the Series A in
@getreprise
which helps every company become Product-Led!
@BainCapVC
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Congrats
@saraduit
and
@greggmojica
!
After leading
@AlloyAutomation
's Seed funding in 2021, we're excited to continue supporting them in their Series A, announced today. Congrats on this exciting next chapter.
Read
@alex
@TechCrunch
's interview with co-founders
@saraduit
and
@greggmojica
⬇️
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We are launching a search for a new member of our investment team based in NYC! Fantastic role for folks who are connected to early stage entrepreneurial scene in NYC and want to join the venture business. More info below:
@BainCapVC
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1/ Congrats to
@JaredSchrieber
and
@brelig
and entire team
@InfoScout
A few thoughts on the
@InfoScout
story:
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Congrats
@crazyfoo
on everything you've accomplished with
@tellapart
and on joining a great partnership at Greylock as a VC.
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Congrats to
@rdedatta
and entire team at
@bloomreach_tm
for crossing the 100M ARR milestone!!!
Today is an exciting day at Bloomreach as we announce the achievement of some major milestones: surpassing $100 million in ARR and exceeding 100% new ARR growth in our second quarter, and adding nearly 100 new brands year to date!
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1/my colleagues and I were appalled to hear of the stories female founders shared in The Information about a former employee Justin Caldbeck
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Congrats to
@KeithJKrach
@DanDSpringer
and entire team
@DocuSign
on today’s milestone! And thanks to my partner
@EnriqueSalem
@BainCapVC
Today is a very special day for
@DocuSign
as it debuts on the
@Nasdaq
. I'm humbled to be an investor and serve on its board, and I look forward to our journey ahead together.
@BainCapVC
#backedbyBCV
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We love the warehouse and logistics space! Massive TAMs that are only growing because of ecommerce boom. We backed
@ShipBob
early in 2017 because of the amazing founders, Dhruv Saxena and Divey Gulati and their full stack software approach.
@BainCapVC
ShipBob's co-founder and CEO, Dhruv Saxena, spoke with
@BusinessInsider
about his journey to finding the right investors, pitching as if a bet on ShipBob was a bet on the entire e-commerce ecosystem.
Read more here: (2/2)
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Thank you
@iraweiss
for being such a great partner. You, Guy and Tim at
@hydeparkvp
have backed so many great founders in the Midwest and we look forward to many more years of collaboration.
Congrats to our friends
@BainCapVC
for raising their newest fund. We have enjoyed working with
@ajay_bcv
@jamisonh
@GoldsmithBrian
on
@FourKites
@ShipBob
and
@GoRoadSync
. Look forward to finding more
@hydeparkvp
companies for you to deploy the $1B :)
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Congrats to entire
@finix
team on latest raise. Incredible how much progress you’ve made since the series A!
@BainCapVC
@mattcharris
@jamisonh
Super excited to have the support of
@gradypb
from
@sequoia
as we enter the next chapter
@finix
! We are looking forward to delighting our customers with major investments in product and international reach! We are just getting started
#embeddedpayments
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ABCD desis watching French open final. True desis watching India Pakistan cricket!
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Love this post by
@epaley
Capital efficiency is key. Analysis is even more stark if you remove late stage rds from co's that didnt need $
VC assumption - more capital accelerates best companies to greater success. Unfortunately, the data says otherwise
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The next decade of innovation will be focused on the physical world - hear more from my discussion on
@TFR_Pod
What are the factors that make a city a great place for startups?🌎
How is tech transforming the physical world?🤖
At the new episode of
@TFR_Pod
,
@ajay_bcv
from
@BainCapVC
covers this and other questions. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in tech and VC!
Link in bio!
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Hard to believe it was 6 years ago that we opened BCV Palo Alto!
@BainCapVC
Said bye to the original
@BainCapVC
#paloalto
office yesterday (we’re changing locations). This place was ground zero to some amazing journeys. Proud of what
@ajay_bcv
@sgupta
@adammStanford
@shannonsviews
Roslyn and I started!
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8/it's important to shed a light on any abuses that take place in our industry & we must all take ownership for pushing for positive changes
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Some musings on the state of innovation in the logistics industry given macro headwinds and recent…
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We are thrilled to welcome Leslie Crowe to
@BainCapVC
as our Talent Partner. We are excited for our founders to benefit from Leslie's track record at
@MuleSoft
@Dropbox
and
@TripActions
to help with talent, culture and scaling their orgs.
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What is Amazon's best acquisition? - SatPost by Trung Phan. Folks know my vote! :-).
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Excited for the next phase of
@BevSpot
as we bring the $trillion global alcohol industry to the cloud!
@BainCapVC
Bain Capital & friends pour $11M into BevSpot to stop bars from running dry
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Congrats to Dhruv and Divey, founders at
@ShipBob
. We are thrilled to lead the latest round. “Way To Deliver: Doubling Down On Our Investment In ShipBob” by Ajay
@BainCapVC
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Congratulations to entire team
@clarihq
on today's amazing funding milestone!!! To learn more about the journey so far and why this is just the beginning! Clari: Instrumentation For Modern Revenue Operations
@EnriqueSalem
@aaref
@BainCapVC
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