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Congrats to the Felt team on their latest launch!

Why We’re Doubling Down on MaintainX MaintainX is reimagining industrial workflows for the AI era and is fast becoming the system of record for physical operations.

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We’re proud to co-lead their $150M Series D.

MaintainX is becoming the system of record for physical operations, and we’re excited to be on the journey.

MaintainX helps teams reduce downtime, increase productivity and retain institutional knowledge—meeting the moment as industrial operators face pressure to do more with less.

We first invested in @maintainx.bsky.social in 2023 as they set out to modernize how frontline teams operate.

What started as a mobile-first work order system is now an AI-powered platform used by 11K+ companies.

Great insights from Apollo's AI Product Lead, Tyler Phillips:

Think you're ready to hire your first VP of Engineering? Ensure your timing is right and you know what to look for with our Field Guide for Hiring VPEs: baincapitalventures.com/insight/bcv-...

The Four Chief of Staff Archetypes Finding the right Chief of Staff archetype is half the battle. The harder half is bringing that hire to full potential.

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🧠 CEO Brain Extension
You're on a rocketship. You need a trusted proxy.
This CoS is your proxy and can manage up, down, sideways.
Ideal: 10+ yrs as GM/COO/senior ops.
Caution: future CEOs may outgrow the seat fast.

🤹‍♀️ Series B/C+ and scaling fast? Missing senior leaders?
Bring in a versatile CoS who can lead teams AND drive strategy.
Great fit: ex-consultant turned startup generalist.
Red flag: folks who’ve never touched early-stage chaos.

🚂 The Conductor
You’ve got a team and strategy. Now you need orchestration.
Hire a cross-functional operator who can manage chaos, remove blockers and keep goals in focus.
Ideal: PMs or consultants with 4–6 yrs experience.

🎩 Early Team Generalist
You’re Seed/early A, chasing PMF, doing everything.
Hire a scrappy biz athlete to fill the gaps—finance, recruiting, BD—so you can stay focused.
Background: consulting, banking, PE analyst.
Beware: those who need a roadmap to act.

Hiring a Chief of Staff? Don’t wing it. There are four distinct archetypes, and it's critical to match the right one to your company stage. A quick guide 🧵

Operational Efficiency Isn't Enough: AI Products Should Help You Close Deals Bain Capital Ventures helps founders build iconic businesses that transform the way we live and work.

Read more about what this means for the services industry at large: baincapitalventures.com/insight/oper...

Meet Crosby Legal: the AI-first, full-stack law firm built for speed, with contracts turned in minutes, not days. We're happy to partner with them as they reimagine legal services as sales enablement.

RevenueCat Part 2 We raised $50M to kick off RevenueCat Part 2—our journey from “simple API” to the most important software company for apps.

1️⃣ 🚀 Big news: We just closed a $50M Series C-2 led by
@baincapvc.bsky.social with @indexventures.bsky.social, @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy, Adjacent, Volo Ventures, & SaaStr Fund doubling-down

🔗 Jacob shares more on the blog → www.revenuecat.com/blog/company...

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals Inside OpenAI's Stargate Megafactory with Sam Altman | The Circuit

What started in Bitcoin mining is now 8 buildings, 1.2 gigawatts, and 400,000 GPUs. Crusoe is powering AI infrastructure for OpenAI, as @emilychang.bsky.social reports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIJ...

Cafe Compute: Celebration! · Luma We're celebrating all of the wins - big, small, and everything in between! "Why are there no coffeeshops open late in SF? But what if I want to co-work at…

The next Cafe Compute with Cerebras Systems is about celebrating Ws big and small. Co-work and 🥳 with us 5/20: lu.ma/kfifqpiy

Apple in China: Book Launch with Author · Luma Join BCV for an exclusive pre-release fireside chat with the author of one the most anticipated books of 2025: Apple in China: The Capture of the World's…

Join us for an exclusive pre-launch party for @patrickmcgee.bsky.social's highly-anticipated book, 'Apple in China'

📅 : May 8th
🏢 : BCV SF
🔗 : lu.ma/BCVappleinch...

Selling to Skeptics: What enterprise buyers want today How enterprise buyers are adapting – and what AI vendors need to do about it.

A founder's journey winds through a sea of skeptics.

BCV's Saanya Ojha offers a playbook for selling to enterprise decision-makers – many of whom have lived experience with other vendors requiring extra nuance and indemnity as a firm guarantee.

📝: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sell...

AI Agents are Armed for Battle – Cybersecurity's 3Is Lessons from the past won’t fully prepare CISOs for a future where AI agents are on both sides.

As AI agents join the ranks of both offense & defense in cybersecurity, it’s worth asking:

Can we build better software + infrastructure to brace for the generative AI era?

BCV's Enrique Salem draws experience to offer a framework as we head into RSA week

baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-a...

AI Agents are Armed for Battle – Cybersecurity's 3Is Lessons from the past won’t fully prepare CISOs for a future where AI agents are on both sides.

As AI agents join the ranks of both offense & defense in cybersecurity, it’s worth asking:

Can we build better software + infrastructure to brace for the generative AI era?

BCV's Enrique Salem draws experience to offer a framework as we head into RSA week

baincapitalventures.com/insight/ai-a...

Sexy Tech, Boring Problems AI is sexy. Change management isn’t. But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem.

Everyone wants to talk about AI. No one wants to talk about change management.

But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem.

From rogue bots to executive mandates, the tension is real: How do you move fast without breaking everything?

Saanya Ohja's POV: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sexy...

How rock dust is used to fertilize farms, clean the air ABC News’ Ginger Zee reports from North Carolina on how farmers are using rock dust to enrich soil and help remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Check out Good Morning America's Chief Meteorologist @gingerzee.bsky.social reporting on BCV portfolio company Lithos Carbon (from today's show)

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Sexy Tech, Boring Problems AI is sexy. Change management isn’t. But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem.

Everyone wants to talk about AI. No one wants to talk about change management.

But in the enterprise, they’re the same problem.

From rogue bots to executive mandates, the tension is real: How do you move fast without breaking everything?

Saanya Ohja's POV: baincapitalventures.com/insight/sexy...

Actively AI is Launching a New Era of GTM Superintelligence Stanford-trained researchers are redefining how revenue teams win deals by using AI-powered reasoning, not guesswork.

Sales is human.

But it’s clear there’s an opp for a platform that brings true intelligence – deep, data-driven reasoning rather than shallow automation – to sales.

Actively AI is that company.

BCV's Ajay Agarwal & Aaref Hilaly on founders Anshul & Mihir:

baincapitalventures.com/insight/acti...

Apple in China: Book Launch with Author · Luma Join BCV for an exclusive pre-release fireside chat with the author of one the most anticipated books of 2025: Apple in China: The Capture of the World's…

Join us for an exclusive pre-launch party for @patrickmcgee.bsky.social's highly-anticipated book, 'Apple in China'

📅 : May 8th
🏢 : BCV SF
🔗 : lu.ma/BCVappleinch...

Ahead of the exclusive pre-release chat, give Patrick's important & timely @nytimes.com op-ed a read:

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

YouTube video by Bain Capital Ventures History of Diffusion - Yang Song

Slater Stich sat down with Dr. Yang Song for Part 2 of our history of diffusion series — tune in to hear about score matching, the SDE/ODE interpretation, consistency models and more.

Congrats to portfolio companies named to this year's @forbes.com AI 50 list

🤖Decagon: powered by AI agents trained on a company's products, policies and customer support history.

🌞 @crusoeai.bsky.social: bringing sustainability to AI while making AI cloud services cost-efficient & accessible.

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