Ajay Agarwal
Partner @ Bain Capital Ventures
Palo Alto, United States
Ajay Agarwal is a Series A investor at Bain Capital Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Software and SaaS. Ajay Agarwal is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the Partner of Bain Capital Ventures. Ajay previously worked at Ike as a Board Member. Ajay Agarwal attended the Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 106
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
Last updated:
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Industries Ajay Agarwal invests in
Stages Ajay Agarwal invests in
Countries Ajay Agarwal invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Series A
- $5M–$28M
- Series B
- $6.5M–$60M
- Series C
- $10M–$95M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 23 (22%)
- SaaS 13 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (11%)
- Machine Learning 8 (8%)
- Enterprise Software 8 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 28 (26%)
- Series B 28 (26%)
- Series C 16 (15%)
- Seed 13 (12%)
- Series D 8 (8%)
Country
- United States 42 (40%)
- India 2 (2%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Mexico 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Actively
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A seamless booking assistant for your favorite fitness classes & wellness experiences | $45M / Series B / Apr 20, 2026 | |
SkySelect
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SkySelect is an algorithmic purchasing system for $100B aircraft material industry. We are helping the world’s leading airlines to operate efficiently and on-time by enabling maintenance leaders to automate the purchasing and fulfillment of high quality aircraft parts from the world’s leading suppliers. | $9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 12, 2026 | |
Pronto
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Pronto is a business that allows users to order and receive cleaning, laundry, and home services within 10 minutes. It is available 24/7 and enables users to book services instantly or schedule them for later, including recurring appointments. | $25M / Series B / Mar 03, 2026 | |
Gather AI
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Gather AI is a provider Physical AI solutions for logistics and modern warehouses. The company provides a physical intelligence platform that serves as a system of record for operations across warehouses, plants, and yards. The platform uses AI-powered computer vision on consumer-grade hardware, such as drones and material-handling equipment, todigitize pallets, tasks, and movements in real time, without requiring infrastructure changes, and synchronizes ground-truth data with WMS and ERP systems. | $40M / Series B / Feb 09, 2026 | |
Argyle
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Argyle is the leading provider of direct-source, consumer-permissioned income, employment, and asset verifications. We make it fast and easy to gain secure and reliable access to the most complete real-time datasets stored in consumers’ payroll and bank accounts, enabling service providers to eliminate manual document uploads and automate criticalverification workflows.With Argyle, service providers save time, reduce fraud and compliance risks, lower verification costs by 80% compared to The Work Number, and build better product experiences. Named a World’s Most Innovative Company in 2024 by Fast Company, Argyle largely serves the mortgage, personal lending, tenant screening, and background check industries as well as the gig economy.Compared to other direct-source verification providers, Argyle delivers the highest conversion rates, and our coverage of the U.S. workforce includes 96% of the Fortune 1000. We have been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers of 2025, by HousingWire as a Tech100 mortgage innovator, Fintech Nexus as an Emerging Fintech Innovator, and Fintech Futures as the 2023 Fintech Startup of the Year. Argyle is also a proud authorized report supplier for Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter® validation service, a component of Day 1 Certainty®, and Freddie Mac’s Asset and Income Modeler (AIM), part of Loan Product Advisor℠.Founded in 2018, Argyle completed its Series C funding round in 2024 and has raised over $100 million in capital. Argyle is backed by top investors, including Rockefeller Asset Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Bedrock, Checkr, F-Prime, and SignalFire.Learn why top companies, including Regional Finance, ALCOVA Mortgage, NFM Lending, Checkr, and Snappt, trust Argyle to power their verifications. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 23, 2025 | |
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Pronto
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Pronto is a business that allows users to order and receive cleaning, laundry, and home services within 10 minutes. It is available 24/7 and enables users to book services instantly or schedule them for later, including recurring appointments. | $11M / Series A / Aug 11, 2025 | |
Navana Tech
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Navana Tech builds text-free, image-based and voice-assisted technology for low-literate smartphone users. | $814K / Seed / Jul 15, 2025 | |
Obvio
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Obvio utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance traffic safety by monitoring driving behaviors and enforcing traffic regulations. The company develops solar-powered cameras that detect traffic violations, providing municipalities with tools to address reckless driving. Obvio's technology aims to reduce traffic-related fatalities and improveoverall road safety. By leveraging AI, the company offers solutions that help cities analyze traffic patterns and implement effective safety measures. This approach supports law enforcement and contributes to safer streets for all users. | $22M / Series A / Jun 04, 2025 | |
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Pronto
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Pronto is a business that allows users to order and receive cleaning, laundry, and home services within 10 minutes. It is available 24/7 and enables users to book services instantly or schedule them for later, including recurring appointments. | $2M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | |
Actively AI
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Founded by Stanford AI researchers, Actively AI helps GTM teams 2x pipeline through AI-powered prioritization and personalization. | $17.5M / Series A / Apr 02, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
About Bain Capital Ventures
With over $10B under management, Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) offers distinctive access to Bain Capital's broader industry expertise and portfolio of companies. For over 20 years, BCV has invested from seed through IPO and acquisition, backing more than 400 companies including Attentive, Bloomreach, Clari, Docusign, Flywire, LinkedIn,Moveworks, Redis, Rubrik and ShipBob.
Bain Capital Ventures Contacts
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Benjamin Nye
Senior Advisor
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Kevin Zhang
Partner
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Michael Krupka
Partner
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Paul Zurlo
Partner & COO
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Ron Miasnik
Partner
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FAQ
What does Ajay Agarwal invest in?
Ajay Agarwal invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 106 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ajay Agarwal's check size?
Ajay Agarwal typically joins rounds of $5M–$28M at Series A, $6.5M–$60M at Series B and $10M–$95M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ajay Agarwal participates in.
When did Ajay Agarwal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Agarwal closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 106 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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