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Bain Capital Ventures hosted an intimate Sales Leadership dinner at Flour + Water, joined by our special guest, Chief Operating Officer at Checkr, Inc.,?Lindsey Scrase ! ?? We brought together an exceptional group of GTM leaders from some of most innovative companies including Webflow, Glean, Stripe, MaintainX, Veriff, Haus, Stytch, and WorkRamp for insightful discussions around key industry trends such as: ?? AI's Revolution in Sales:?Exploring how cutting-edge #AI tools are transforming #GTM strategies ?? Next-Level Team Performance:?Deep dive into #sales enablement best practices and team #optimization ?? Navigating the Future of Growth:?Strategic insights on #efficiency and metrics that matter Despite the atmospheric river, the energy was electric! Grateful to everyone who joined us for an evening of meaningful connections and knowledge-sharing. Stay tuned for our next gathering! ??

Welcome to With Grace. This week, we feature Allison Braley Partner and Head of Marketing at Bain Capital Ventures. Known for helping fledgling brands become household names, Allison’s work spans some of tech’s most recognized companies. Her approach to brand authenticity: “Messaging doesn’t mean much if it isn’t backed up by actions.”

Welcome to Sysdig, William Welch! ?? We’re thrilled to introduce William “Bill” Welch as ?????? ?????? ?????????? ?????????????????? ??????????????! With a customer-obsessed mindset and decades of experience scaling cybersecurity giants like Zscaler, Symantec, and Duo Security, Bill is uniquely qualified to drive our mission to make every cloud deployment reliable and secure. ?? Under Bill’s direction, Sysdig is poised to lead a new era of security where seconds matter. Rooted in open source, Sysdig is transforming the way organizations interact with their security tools. Learn more about our leadership change here ??: https://okt.to/sZxDnb ?? Bill will spend his first 90 days meeting prospects, customers, and partners across the globe. If you would like to meet with him to learn more about the Sysdig cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), let us know below or via DM!

Founder story: poolside's Co-Founder & CEO Jason Warner (pictured) & Co-Founder & CTO Eiso Kant are scaling a world-class research team to achieve #AGI and help billions code. Together, Jason and Eiso display a rare combination of tenacity, domain depth and product intuition. How it works: Developers today must execute a tidal wave of manual tasks and write tedious glue code to keep their services and applications working. poolside aims to help developers connect with technologies that enable them to translate natural language models and automated workflows into real-world developer operations – two or three levels of abstraction beyond a simple chat function to move from bugs and fixes to resolution and documentation. Living in the future (and enabling developers to build it) has been a consistent thread tying Jason and Eiso’s career experiences together. Now, we’re excited to help them build it. Interested in learning more from Jason and Eiso directly? Both founders will be at #AWSreInvent (booth # 708) December 2nd-6th in Las Vegas. More info: https://lnkd.in/em_DDyNX. https://lnkd.in/e5rCfgcB

ICYMI: Last week, we hosted 50 #CISOs & #cybersecurity startup founders for an exclusive event featuring fireside chats and panels covering the key areas of complexity, innovation & opportunity heading into 2025. Among the top priorities for CISOs facing evolving technologies, threats and methods discussed: ?? Identity security -- covered during the panel pictured: BCV's Rak Garg in conversation with Linx Security's Niv Goldenberg + Opal Security's Umaimah Khan ?? Supply chain security -- covered during the panel pictured: BCV's Saanya Ojha in conversation with Stacklok's Craig McLuckie Bain Capital #CISO Mark Sutton co-hosted the event; leading a compelling and honest conversation with Adversarial Risk Management's Jerry Perullo, Halcyon's Ben Carr, Proskauer's Jamie Herman & Harmonic Security's James C. about the landscape facing CISOs + security teams heading into 2025. Thanks to all who joined us for the program and networking! Interested in attending the next CISO event and/or connecting with an epic group of security experts and operators? Reach out to Rak Garg, Saanya Ojha or Nicole LoRusso

??Complexity is the enemy of security. ??The average company has 76 different security tools—each individually promising protection but collectively creating chaos. The result is noise masquerading as defense. ?? The problem isn’t just the threats; it’s the outdated playbook we’re using to fight them. Companies keep slapping on point solutions like duct tape, hoping to plug the leaks. But band-aids don’t fix bullet holes. ???? The opportunity lies in consolidation: unified platforms that use AI not only to detect and respond but also to reduce noise and surface real risks. ? Simplify, consolidate, automate. ?It’s a shift from reactive, tool-based thinking to proactive, platform-based strategy. The future of cybersecurity isn’t “more tools”—it’s fewer tools that do more. If you’re building the next game-changing platform in this space, I’d love to hear from you—reach out to me or my partners Enrique Salem and Rak Garg. At Bain Capital Ventures, we back exceptional teams from seed to growth and beyond. Here's our manifesto: https://lnkd.in/gWUptqD2

Announcing....Cafe Compute San Francisco's first, late night coffeeshop. Thanks to everyone who came out to cowork, grab coffee, or learn about Cerebras Systems. Stay tuned for the next one! ?? Co-baristas Amanda Huang Rohan Kalvade Deshpande Jessica Liu Ker Lee Yap ?? Presented by Cerebras Systems and Bain Capital Ventures

I am excited to share Gather AI’s automated inventory intelligence solution for cold storage and freezer environments. This is a first for us and the entire inventory monitoring industry. Creating tech that impacts lives and solves problems is a team effort. These new game-changing capabilities wouldn’t be possible without our team’s ingenuity and dedication. I’ve linked to more information in the comments. I would love to hear your thoughts. #Warehousing #InventoryManagement #Logistics Langham Logistics, Gather AI

We're hosting another Bruins in Tech event in partnership with UCLA! This time, we'll be joined by Benny Yufei Chen (c/o '15), co-founder of Fireworks AI, and Karim Bhalwani (c/o '08), GTM leader at AMD, for an in-depth chat on AI inference and the future of scaling intelligence everywhere. If you're UCLA-affiliated and around the AI ecosystem, RSVP below! We have just a handful of spots left. https://lu.ma/2fcrwxr0

I was honored to join Entrepreneur Perspectives podcast last month, where we explored how conversational AI and messaging platforms are transforming the way businesses engage with customers around the globe. In our conversation, we discussed how conversational AI is driving personalized, real-time experiences at scale and the impacts we're seeing across 45,000+ brands and 60+ countries at Gupshup. Huge thanks to Eric Kasimov and the podcast team for having me! Link to Podcast: https://lnkd.in/gqpgKTe9 Separately, I had the privilege of visiting campus and speaking to the Athletics Department at Columbia University. It was an inspiring conversation with an incredible audience of student athletes. I enjoyed sharing insights on leadership, teamwork, and navigating the intersection of sports and business. Grateful to Kevin Zhang and the teams at Bain Capital Ventures and Columbia In Tech for making this event possible!