Ajay Agarwal

Active Investor

Partner at Bain Capital Ventures (BCV)

Boston, Massachusetts

Ajay Agarwal, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) is an active investor based in Boston, Massachusetts. This profile covers what Ajay Agarwal backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Ajay Agarwal serves as a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. Mr. Agarwal serves as a Board Member at LightSource, Captora, Reprise, Clockwise, Clari, BUILD, Vention, and ShipBob. He served as a Board Member at Voiceops. He serves as Advisor at Iris. Earlier, he served as a Board Member at Gainsight and Inrix. He leads the Bay Area offices for Bain Capital Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage application software and SaaS investing. Prior to Bain Capital Ventures, he was an early employee at Trilogy, where the head of sales and marketing grew annual revenues to $300 million. He leads the Bay Area offices for Bain Capital Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage application software and SaaS investing. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2003, he was head of sales and marketing at Trilogy, where he grew annual revenues to $300 million. Previously, Mr. Agarwal was a consultant with the Los Angeles office of McKinsey & Company. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also holds a patent for the "Method and Apparatus of Configuration Solutions." At Bain Capital Ventures, his passion is working with early-stage founders on team-building, culture, iteration of product-market fit, and scaling the early go-to-market operations. His primary investment themes include commerce enablement, the revolution of the sales and marketing functions, and the use of big data and machine learning to transform business applications. In 2012 and 2013, he was named to the Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Venture Capital Investors. Previously, he served as Advisor at Symphony Commerce. He serves as a Board Member at AutoLeap. Mr. Agarwal serves as a Board Member at Cofactr.

Investor type: AngelVCPEIncubator
Stages: Early Stage VentureSeedSeries ASeries BLate Stage Venture
Invests in: Artificial IntelligenceFintechHealthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CDeveloper Tools & Data
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Typical check: $1M
Past investments: 45

Notable investments

GainsightAround (Buildings and Property)TellApartRepriseVMLogixAirbaseCareteam TechnologiesHomebaseClariKiva SystemsOptimizelyBloomreach

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