Kevin Zhang
InvestorPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Kevin Zhang is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he invests from inception in founders building composable software, machine-intelligence-driven services, and areas such as longevity and carbon removal. Before investing, he was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a marketplace for small business financing that helped small business owners secure over $200M and was acquired by NerdWallet. His BCV investments include Relay Financial, Alloy Automation, ShipBob, Attentive, and Flow. He studied at Columbia, where he led the student entrepreneurship society, and remains active in the Columbia alumni and tech community.
Contact· published on Kevin's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Beyond investing
- Education
- Attended Columbia, where he led the student entrepreneurship society.
- Boards
- Serves as a board member of the Columbia College Alumni Association.
- Communities
- Is an organizer of Columbia in Tech.
From Kevin's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Loyal / Cellular LongevitySeries B Investor & Board Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ForusSeed Investorcurrent2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- MintlifyLead Seed Investor & Board Observercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HightouchSeries A/B Investor & Board Observercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PalletSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SilnaSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Relay FinancialSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
- MagicalFounding & Co-Lead Seed Investorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lightning AISeed/Series A Investor & Board Observercurrent2019 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Fundera by NerdWalletHead of Product2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Fundera by NerdWalletFirst Business Hire (Employee #3)2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- AOL Ventures/Bowery CapitalVenture Capital2013Greater New York City Area
- Bain & CompanyManagement Consulting2013San Francisco Bay Area
- AddeparBusiness Development2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
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Deals · 1
HightouchLed round
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Apr 2026
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Led
Alloy AutomationLightning AIRelay FinancialVesta
Investor
AttentiveFlowHomebaseHydeJustworksShipBobThe Sentience Company
Sources: the firm's website · the investor's own website.
Writing
All posts ↗Kevin Zhang writes about Bain Capital Ventures investments, covering a personal-memory AI company (Sentience), a Reverse ETL data-activation tool (Hightouch), and a small-business banking product built for accountant collaboration (Relay).
The author explains Bain Capital Ventures' $6.5M seed investment in The Sentience Company, which collects personal memories to build private, user-owned AI that emulates an individual's voice and thinking.
The author details Bain Capital Ventures' participation in a $12M Series A for Hightouch, a Reverse ETL company that surfaces data warehouse data to customer-facing business teams.ived from warehouses to operational tools.
The author describes leading a $15M Series A for Relay Financial, a business banking product built to support collaboration between small business owners and their accountants.
Colleagues at Bain Capital Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Zhang?
- Kevin Zhang is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he invests from inception in founders building composable software, machine-intelligence-driven services, and areas such as longevity and carbon removal. Before investing, he was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a marketplace for small business financing that helped small business owners secure over $200M and was acquired by NerdWallet. His BCV investments include Relay Financial, Alloy Automation, ShipBob, Attentive, and Flow. He studied at Columbia, where he led the student entrepreneurship society, and remains active in the Columbia alumni and tech community.
- Where does Kevin Zhang work?
- Kevin Zhang is Partner at Bain Capital Ventures.
- What does Kevin Zhang invest in?
- Kevin Zhang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, SaaS.
- What check size does Kevin Zhang write?
- Kevin Zhang typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies has Kevin Zhang invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Alloy Automation, Hightouch, Lightning AI, Relay Financial, Vesta, Attentive, Flow, Homebase, Hyde, Justworks, ShipBob, The Sentience Company.
- Where did Kevin Zhang go to school?
- Kevin Zhang studied at Columbia University (BA, Economics - Political Science).
- What has Kevin Zhang written?
- Kevin Zhang has 3 tracked posts on efficiencyfrontier.org, including "Your Best AI Assistant is You", "Putting Data in the Hands of Business Users", "Running with Business Owners & Accountants".
- Does Kevin Zhang lead rounds?
- Yes — Kevin Zhang has led 5 tracked investments.
Same school
Also attended Columbia University1,303
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Shared employers
Also worked at Loyal / Cellular Longevity6
Also worked at Hightouch19
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