Kevin Zhang
InvestorPartner at Bain Capital Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
Kevin Zhang applies a quantitative efficiency frontier approach to optimizing time, talent and capital, and shares unusually detailed, operator-style theses on productivity, automation and data infrastructure.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Experience
- Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2016 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Loyal / Cellular LongevitySeries B Investor & Board Membercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ForusSeed Investorcurrent2023 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- MintlifyLead Seed Investor & Board Observercurrent2021 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HightouchSeries A/B Investor & Board Observercurrent2020 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PalletSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2022 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SilnaSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2023 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Relay FinancialSeed/Series A Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 β presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
- MagicalFounding & Co-Lead Seed Investorcurrent2020 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lightning AISeed/Series A Investor & Board Observercurrent2019 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Fundera by NerdWalletHead of Product2015 β 2017Greater New York City Area
- Fundera by NerdWalletFirst Business Hire (Employee #3)2014 β 2015Greater New York City Area
- AOL Ventures/Bowery CapitalVenture Capital2013Greater New York City Area
- Bain & CompanyManagement Consulting2013San Francisco Bay Area
- AddeparBusiness Development2012 β 2013San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Columbia UniversityBA, Economics - Political Science
Skills & more
Java26VBA10InDesign8Swag7Entrepreneurship71Strategy66Leadership43Business Development56Start-ups50Project Management22Venture Capital15Market Research15
+12 more
Management ConsultingAnalysisResearchMarketingMarketing CommunicationsFinancial MarketsFinanceGraphic DesignInvestmentsFinancial ModelingProduct ManagementProgram ManagementFrom Kevin's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Columbia University498
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 492 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Loyal / Cellular Longevity3
Also worked at Hightouch11
Tristan HandyFounder, dbt Labs at Amplify PartnersDavid BeyerPartner at Amplify PartnersLenny PrussGeneral Partner at Amplify PartnersRak GargPartner at Bain Capital VenturesNick BunickPrincipal at NewView CapitalArvind AyyalaPartner at Geodesic Capital
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Also worked at Silna2
Also worked at Relay Financial1
Deals Β· 1
HightouchLed round
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
Ajay Agarwal
Partner 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
Leslie Crowe
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures























