Ajay Agarwal
InvestorPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Writes $100K – $100M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Ajay Agarwal scaled Trilogy to 2,000+ employees, coaches founders on enterprise sales hiring and GTM, focuses on robotics and supply‑chain automation, and leverages Bain ties for blue‑chip design partners.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Experience
- ProntoBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- ObvioBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Gather AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2003 — present
- Actively AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- TerraFirmaBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- AutoLeapBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- RepriseBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- ArgyleBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- ClockwiseBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AirbaseBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- VentionBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- HomebaseBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ShipBob, Inc.Board Membercurrent2017 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- FourKites, Inc.Board Membercurrent2016 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- BevSpotBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentGreater Boston
- ClariBoard Membercurrent2014 — present
- BloomReachBoard membercurrent2009 — present
- BUILDBoard membercurrent2008 — present
- IkeBoard Member2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Stanford UniversityBS, Electrical Engineering1987 — 1991
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA1993 — 1995
Skills & more
Start-ups65Product Management28Entrepreneurship22Product Development4Mobile Devices3Product Marketing4Mergers1Business Development8Business Strategy16Venture Capital22Strategic Partnerships57New Business Development1
+8 more
E-commerceMarketing StrategyCloud ComputingAnalyticsOnline AdvertisingCompetitive AnalysisSaaSEnterprise SoftwareFrom Ajay's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,575
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
+ 1,569 more
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
+ 1,771 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Vention4
Also worked at Optimizely19
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkPete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorEd BarrowCorporate Strategy, Market Mapping and M&A Expert at Notion CapitalErica Ruliffson SchultzPresident, Field Operations (former), Confluent at Operator CollectiveShreeganesh RamananInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalIlya FushmanPartner at KPCB
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Also worked at Rave Wireless3
Also worked at m-Qube2
Deals · 1
ClariBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Apr 2018 · $35M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Bain Capital Ventures
Aaref Hilaly
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Abby Meyers
Principal at Bain Capital Ventures
Alysaa Co
Principal at Bain Capital Ventures
Christina (Phillips) Melas-Kyriazi
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Enrique Salem
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Jamison Hill
Associate at Bain Capital Ventures
Kevin Zhang
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Leslie Crowe
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Network10
Abby MeyersScout
Principal at Bain Capital Ventures
Alysaa CoScout
Principal at Bain Capital Ventures
Brett BrohlScout
Managing Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, Llc
Brian MeltonScout
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Brian PaulScout
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Chip MeakemScout
Co-Founder and Partner at Tribeca Venture Partners
Chris SchaepeScout
Angel
Christina (Phillips) Melas-KyriaziScout
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Enrique SalemScout
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Eric CarlborgScout
General Partner at Lobby Capital
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