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Rak Garg

Investor

Principal at Bain Capital Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $50K – $500K checks · typically $100K

30 Under 30 2025 · Venture Capital

About

Rak Garg leads an AI lab incubating AI companies and bringing in leading researchers, champions small, deeply technical experimental teams over bolt-on copilots, and publishes cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity theses on his Substack.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Experience

  1. Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Cogent SecurityBoardcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Adaptive SecurityInvestorcurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  4. NebulockBoardcurrent2025 — present
  5. ServalInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Mind RoboticsInvestorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. OratomicInvestorcurrent2026 — presentPasadena, CA
  8. DecagonInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  9. Norm AiInvestorcurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  10. CognitionInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. Prophet SecurityInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. StraikerInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. krea.aiBoardcurrent2025 — present
  14. PalletInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  15. unstructured.ioInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  16. poolsideInvestorcurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  17. CubeInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  18. MomentoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  19. HightouchInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  20. Docker, IncInvestorcurrent2022 — present

Education

  1. UCLAComputer Science
  2. Stanford Online High School
  3. Milpitas High School

Skills & more

Languages English · Hindi

From Rak's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended UCLA374

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 368 more

Also attended Stanford Online High School2

Mert KarabiyikOperations | Venture Fellow at 212Austin MurphyAssociate at Teamworthy Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Cogent Security2

Saam MotamediInvestor at Greylock PartnersCorinne RileyPartner at Greylock Partners

Also worked at Adaptive Security1

Andrew JonesChief Risk Officer at Apex Group

Also worked at Serval10

Bryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesAlex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesPatrick ChaseManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJordan SegallPartner at Redpoint VenturesJahanvi SardanaInvestor at Index VenturesKristina ShenInvestor at Chemistry

+ 4 more

Also worked at Cognition13

Kira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorBryan GertzogPartner at StripesAaref HilalyPartner at Bain Capital VenturesChristian LawlessGeneral Partner at Conversion CapitalAndrew UngerRecruiting Advisor at Conversion Capital

+ 7 more

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
Kevin Zhang
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

Network1

Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital

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