Ajay Agarwal Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 6

  • Portfolio
  • 2

  • Exits
  • 5

Exits

Ajay Agarwal General Information

Description

Mr. Ajay Agarwal serves as Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. He served as a Board member at Airbase. He serves as Board Member at Captora, Reprise, Clockwise, Clari, BUILD, Vention, VoiceOps, and ShipBob. Earlier, he served as 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, he 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 Board Member at AutoLeap.

Business Details

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)

Ajay Agarwal Investments (6)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Around (Buildings and Property) 24-Jun-2022 Seed Round Buildings and Property Out of Business
Airbase 07-Sep-2021 Financial Software Generating Revenue
LocoNav 25-Jun-2021 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Careteam Technologies 01-Jun-2018 Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) Generating Revenue
Genius Teacher 01-May-2018 Seed Round Educational Software Generating Revenue
Postcard Cabins 23-Feb-2017 Early Stage VC Hotels and Resorts Generating Revenue

Ajay Agarwal Exits (5)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Postcard Cabins 09-Dec-2024 Merger/Acquisition
Airbase 29-Aug-2024
Genius Teacher 09-Jul-2024
TellApart 31-May-2015 Merger/Acquisition
Around (Buildings and Property) Out of Business

Ajay Agarwal Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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Ajay Agarwal Co-Investors (59)

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Ajay Agarwal FAQs

  • Who is Ajay Agarwal?

    Ajay Agarwal is an angel Investor who has made 6 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Ajay Agarwal?

    Ajay Agarwal is an angel investor.

  • What does Ajay Agarwal do?

    As an angel investor, Ajay Agarwal invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Ajay Agarwal hold?

    Ajay Agarwal holds a board seat in BUILD.

  • What has Ajay Agarwal invested in?

    Ajay Agarwal has made numerous investments in companies like Around (Buildings and Property), Airbase, and LocoNav within the Buildings and Property, Financial Software, and Business/Productivity Software industries.

  • What has Ajay Agarwal invested in recently?

    Ajay Agarwal's latest investment was on 24-Jun-2022 in Around (Buildings and Property), a company within the Buildings and Property industry.

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