Fundraising FoxFuture Back Ventures
Corporate VCPre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Future Back Ventures is a venture fund housed within Bain & Company that focuses on early-stage startups founded or led by Bain alumni. The fund believes Bain alumni are building the companies of the future and aims to support them by providing access to Bain's resources, expertise, and network. It invests across a broad range of industries and geographies, inviting Bain alumni building promising companies to reach out.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 16 of 24 portfolio companiesSaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×8Enterprise Software ×6Developer Tools ×3Fintech ×3Cybersecurity ×2Deep Tech ×2Future of Work ×2
HQs:United States×9United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×73 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
Harvard University ×3Harvard Business School ×2King's College London ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×4Economics ×4Humanities ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history
Google ×2Project Applecart ×2Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 21 with degree data)
Investments · 24 tracked
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Forerunner is a website template and creative engine designed for brands and creators to build portfolios, agency sites, and project launches with polished design systems and flexible components.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSilicon Valley, US
Raymond Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersNava VenturesOutsidersScribble VenturesSoma CapitalXfund+2 more
Applecart is a marketing technology platform that uses social network mapping and permissioned data to help organizations reach high-level decision makers and those who influence them across advertising channels.
AdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Matt Kalmans(Co-Founder and Co-CEO)inSacha Samotin(Co-Founder and Co-CEO)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomK Street CapitalOwl CapitalPROOFWorldQuant VenturesBlackstone
Brightband is building an end-to-end AI Earth System for probabilistic weather and climate forecasting, and plans to open source benchmark datasets, models, and metrics for global weather forecasting.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Julian Green(Founder)inDaniel Rothenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsPrelude VenturesStarshot
LearnBuddy is a Webflow template designed for educational technology companies and online learning platforms, offering AI-powered design elements and conversion-focused layouts with 18 pre-built pages and CMS functionality.
Developer ToolsEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsFortify VenturesVentures Together
Chariot builds financial infrastructure for donor-advised fund (DAF) giving, connecting donors, nonprofits, and platforms to enable faster, verified charitable donations and payouts.
FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaSNew York City, US
Salomon Serfati(Founder)inAaron Kahane(Founder)inDrew Schneider(Founder)in
Co-investorsHAWKTAILMaven VenturesMaveronY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCRV (Charles River Ventures)+8 more
Clarasight is an AI platform that connects a company's existing travel, expense, card, HR, and business systems into a unified data model to give travel and expense leaders spend visibility, forecasting, approvals, and policy-enforcement workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Phil(Co-founder)Adam Braun(Founder)in
Co-investorsPulse FundRackhouse Venture Management LpVestigo VenturesXYZ Venture CapitalAlleyCorpClocktower Ventures+2 more
Common Sense Privacy offers a compliance platform powered by privacy and legal experts to help businesses navigate evolving privacy regulations and implement privacy best practices.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Daphne Li(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardEllen Pack(Director)Scott Taylor(Director)Joanna Drake(Director)Chris Brahm(Director)
Co-investorsAI FundMagnify Ventures
Duckbill provides an execution layer that connects AI agents to human labor pools, triaging, routing, executing, and quality-checking real-world tasks such as phone calls, form submissions, and in-person errands that require a human in the loop.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Meghan Verena Joyce(Founder)in
Co-investorsForerunner VenturesGeneral CatalystHeavybitInspired CapitalG9 VenturesGreycroft+3 more
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Goodword is a relationship management platform for professionals that consolidates contacts, calendar, and LinkedIn in one place.
Future of WorkSaaSSales Tech
Caroline Dell(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Tulip VenturesGraham Walker VentureUlu VenturesHuman Ventures
An AI-powered platform that enables retailers and suppliers to create, track, and execute commercial agreements end-to-end.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsOctopus VenturesBlockchain CoinvestorsTriple Point Ventures
HIVED is the UK's first parcel delivery company designed for e-commerce, operating with a focus on sustainable and technology-enabled delivery methods.
CleantechE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainUK, GB
Murvah Iqbal(Co-founder)inMathias Krieger(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEka VenturesEverywhere VenturesGlobal BrainMaersk GrowthMarunouchi Innovation PartnersNordicNinja+5 more
Ludeo builds an SDK and consumer platform that lets game studios turn game scenes into "Ludeos" — playable, interactive moments generated at the game-engine level while preserving the game's IP.
AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & Entertainment
Asaf Gazit(Founder)inOmri Gazit(Founder)in
Co-investors91 VenturesAnD VenturesLG Technology VenturesLightShed VenturesSamsung NextStardom
Nous Research develops and trains open source language models and builds infrastructure for distributed AI training.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Jeffrey Quesnelle(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBreedCollab+CurrencyFactionForerunner VenturesMozilla VenturesNIV+10 more
Vendelux runs an AI-based event intelligence platform that helps B2B teams pick events, book meetings and attribute pipeline.
Long Island City, US
Alex Reynolds(Co-Founder, CEO)inStefan Deeran(Co-Founder, COO)inRichard Stefan Deeran(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCervinCorrelation VenturesEarl Grey CapitalFirstMark CapitalHubSpot Ventures+8 more
Verisoul provides fraud prevention and fake account detection for online businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US
Edwin Henry LeGard(Executive Officer, Director)Niel K(Founder)Henry LeGard(Founder)inRaine Scott(Director)in
BoardScott Dorsey(Director)inNiel Ketkar(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBitkraft Esports VenturesHigh AlphaKing River CapitalThird PrimeBITKRAFT Ventures+1 more
Yuzu rebuilds health insurance from the ground up, replacing fragmented point solutions with an integrated system designed to realign incentives among providers, patients, and payers.
HealthtechInsurTechSaaS
Max KaudererinRussell Pekalain
Co-investorsChemistryGeneral CatalystMenlo VenturesPathlight VenturesSunflower Capital Management FundDay One Ventures+1 more
Zenskar offers an AI-native platform that automates billing, invoicing, usage-based and subscription pricing, revenue recognition, and financial analytics for finance teams at growing companies.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Apurv Bansal(Cofounder, CEO & CFO)inSaurabh Agarwal(Cofounder & CPTO)Saurabh Agrawal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersConvergeMaterialized View CapitalRho VenturesRocketship.vc+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
DefactoDoughliciousOutsetQubeStrellaSucasa
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Nous Research · techcrunch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Vendelux · finsmes.com · Jul 10, 2026
Clarasight · intelligence360.news · May 19, 2026
Zenskar · pymnts.com · May 11, 2026
Yuzu Health · finsmes.com · Apr 7, 2026
Verisoul · fintech.global · Dec 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Future Back Ventures made?
- Future Back Ventures has 24 tracked investments.
- What stage does Future Back Ventures invest at?
- Future Back Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Future Back Ventures focus on?
- Future Back Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Does Future Back Ventures lead rounds?
- Future Back Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Future Back Ventures co-invest with?
- Future Back Ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, General Catalyst, among 78 tracked co-investors.
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