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Bain Capital Ventures is the Boston-based venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

affiliate of Bain Capital

Bain Capital

Bain Capital LLC is a Boston-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company. Originally conceived as an early-stage, growth-oriented investment fund, Bain Capital today manages approximately $65 billion in assets, and its strategies include private...

. Bain Capital Ventures' history dates back to 1984, with investments in over 110 early and growth stage companies such as Staples, DoubleClick

DoubleClick

DoubleClick is a subsidiary of Google that develops and provides Internet ad serving services. Its clients include agencies, marketers and publishers who serve customers like Microsoft, General Motors, Coca-Cola, Motorola, L'Oréal, Palm, Inc., Apple Inc., Visa USA, Nike, Carlsberg among others...

, Aspect Development, Shopping.com

Shopping.com

Shopping.com is a price comparison service owned by eBay and operates websites in USA, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Australia. Shopping.com started out with the name DealTime.com which still operates as a related, but otherwise separate website....

, Taleo Corporation

Taleo Corporation

Taleo Corporation is a publicly traded provider of cloud-based Talent Management solutions headquartered in Dublin, Calif. Taleo’s solutions are primarily centered around talent acquisition , performance management, learning and development, and compensation management...

, SolarWinds, Brontes Technologies, m-Qube, ProfitLogic, Network Intelligence and MinuteClinic

MinuteClinic

MinuteClinic, a subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corporation, is the largest provider of retail health clinics in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 569 clinics in 25 states...

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Bain Capital Ventures currently has ~$1.5 billion under management and invests in:

Business Services
Consumer
Healthcare
Internet & Mobile
Software

Recent investments include: AdReady, Ameritox

Ameritox

, Apparent Networks

Apparent Networks

-Overview:AppNeta was launched in the spring of 2011, by the team and technology of Apparent Networks, Inc. AppNeta is headquartered in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, with the Research and Development team based in Vancouver, British Columbia....

, AppAssure Software

AppAssure Software

AppAssure Software is a manufacturer of application backup and recovery software.AppAssure Software was founded by current CEO Najaf Husain in 2006. In 2008, AppAssure Software received a "Series A" investment by Bain Capital Ventures....

, Appriss, Archer Technologies, blip.tv

Blip.tv

The website Blip.tv is a platform for web series. The company offers a for the "best in original web series" and also offers a dashboard for producers of original web series to distribute and monetize their productions....

, BloomReach, dynaTrace software, Enclarity, Enservio, Fingerhut

Fingerhut

Fingerhut is a catalog retailer and an online retailer.Fingerhut was founded in 1948 by William Fingerhut and his brother Manny selling automobile seat covers. In 1952, the business re-positioned itself to a mail order catalog company and diversified its goods to include towels, dishes, and tools...

, INRIX

Inrix

INRIX is a software company which provides a variety of mobile applications and Internet services pertaining to traffic and navigation. INRIX provides historical and real-time traffic information to businesses and individuals in over 30 countries including the United States and much of Europe...

, Invoke Solutions, iPAY, Kiva Systems

Kiva Systems

Kiva Systems is a company that makes order fulfillment systems that use mobile robots for warehouse automation. Its material handling systems are used by Staples, Walgreens, GAP, Crate and Barrel, Toys "R" Us and Gilt Groupe, among others.-Overview:...

, Lala Media, LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...

, MagazineRadar, MedeAnalytics, Memento, Nomis Solutions, Oyster.com, The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...

, Rave Wireless

Rave Wireless

Rave Mobile Safety designs applications that turn student and employee cell phones into powerful safety devices.Rave’s software keeps over 1.5 million individuals safe, at over 150 organizations nationwide...

, Rapid7, RDC, Skyhook Wireless

Skyhook Wireless

Skyhook Wireless is a Boston-based company that developed a technology for determining geographical location using Wi-Fi as the underlying reference system. Using the MAC addresses of nearby wireless access points and proprietary algorithms, Skyhook's Wi-Fi Positioning System WPS can determine...

, SurveyMonkey

SurveyMonkey

SurveyMonkey is a private American company that enables users to create their own web-survey, using free and enhanced paid products and services. The company's offices are located in Palo Alto, California and Portland, Oregon. The company was founded in 1999 by Ryan and Chris Finley...

, Targetspot, TheFind, Thumbplay

Thumbplay

Thumbplay is a U.S.-based subscription service that allows users to download music, video and games to their cell phones. Users can manage, store and share their mobile content online and on their wireless devices...

, Tokbox

Tokbox

TokBox provides a free API that allows anyone to add group video chat features to their own websites. Experienced programmers use the OpenTok API to build custom interactive video chat applications...

, TravelCLICK, TxVia, vAuto, VMLogix, VMTurbo, Vonage, and ZeroTurnaround

ZeroTurnaround

ZeroTurnaround OÜ is an IT software company based in Tartu, Estonia, which makes productivity tools for both Java EE development and production environments . In 2009, ZeroTurnaround received a Jolt Award for JRebel...

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