Bain Capital, established in 1984, is a global multi-asset alternative investment firm with over $100 billion in assets under management. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm operates through several business units: Private Equity, Public Equity, Credit, and Venture Capital. Bain Capital Private Equity invests in various sectors, including consumer, healthcare, industrials, and technology, across North America, Europe, and Asia. Bain Capital Ventures, the venture capital arm, focuses on seed to growth-stage investments in enterprise software, infrastructure software, and industries being transformed by data. Bain Capital Life Sciences, a dedicated life sciences investment platform, invests in biopharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and enabling life science technology companies globally. Bain Capital Double Impact, the firm's impact investing arm, builds great companies that deliver both competitive financial returns and meaningful, measurable social and environmental good.
Room 3658-60, 36/F Two IFC 8 Century Boulevard Shanghai, 200120, China / 47/F Cheung Kong Center, 2 Quee' Road Central, Hong Kong
Darren Abrahamson
Managing Director
Ajay Agarwal
Partner
Thomas Allen
Principal
Eric Anderson
Managing Director and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Maria Andrisani
Partner, Private Equity
Ernesto Anguilla
Partner and Head of Communications and Public Affairs
Tim Anten
Managing Director and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Melaku Arega
Associate
Carlos Argilagos
Director
Emily Ashworth
Managing Director, Operating Partner of Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity team
Lorenzo Bartolini
Associate
James Bath
Operating Partner in the Portfolio Group and Member of the European Private Equity team
Jonathan Belitsos
Partner, Private Equity
Nicholas Bendt
Managing Director of Industrial and Energy Vertical and a Member of the European Private Equity team
Saahil Bhatia
Managing Director, Private Equity and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity team
William Bihrle
Managing Director, Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Private Equity and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Riker Bixby
Associate
Brooks Blake
Investment Director and Partner, Investments
Allison Braley
Partner
Jakob Brevinge
Principal
Andrej Busch
Partner, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity team
Giovanni Camera
Partner, Technology Financial and Business Services and Member of the European Private Equity team
Phillip Carter
Managing Director
Jonah Cashdan
Principal
Richie Chaikof
Associate
Hui Chan
Managing Director, Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical, Member of the European Private Equity Team and Member of the Recruiting Team
Amit Chandra
Partner
Hunter Chang
Associate
Cecilia Chao
Partner, Double Impact Team
Bradley Charchut
Partner
Daniel Charnoff
Principal, Industrials and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Shuvam Chaudhuri
Associate
Drew Chen
Partner, Private Equity, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Vertical and Founding Member Of The Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Mary Chen
Associate
Daisy Chen
Managing Director
Leong Cheung
Operating Partner
John Paul (JP) Chilazi
Managing Director of Healthcare Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Mike Choi
Managing Director, Private Equity and Member of the Asian Private Equity Team
Kevin Chong
Partner, Special Situations and Head of Special Situations Portfolio Group
Kei W. Chua
Partner, Special Situations
Tan Chuqiao
Partner
Davis Clayson Jr.
Managing Director
Alysaa Co
Associate
Alysaa Co
Principal
Stefan Cohen
Partner
Zeeza Cole
Principal
Amanda Conklin
Vice President, Double Impact
Todd Cook
Partner
Michael Cooney
Associate
Jay Corrigan
Group Co-CFO
Ryan Cotton
Managing Director
Pascal Croak
Investor
Leslie Crowe
Partner
David Cullen
Partner and Head of European Portfolio Group
Frank D'Hollander
Operating Partner
Jennie Daisak
Vice President
Jennifer Davis
Partner, Private Equity, Consumer and Retail Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Nathaniel Denby
Vice President
Clarence Deng
Principal, Member of the Consumer and Technology verticals on the Asia Pacific Private Equity
David DesPrez
Managing Director, Special Situations
Wayne DeVeydt
Managing Director
Tina Dimitrova
Principal
Christina Dix
Partner, Healthcare Vertical and Member of European Private Equity team
Arnaud Doerane
Managing Director, Private Equity, Technology Financial and Business Services Vertical and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Jacob Donnelly
Partner
David B. Edelson
Managing Director, Portfolio Group
Erin Endres
Associate
Eric Erb
Partner and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity
Ece Erdagoz Wyrick
Investor
Liraz Evenor
Managing Director Private Equity and Director in the Consumer and Retail Vertical & Member of the Portfolio Group for North America Private Equity
Andy Fan
Principal
Robert Farkas
Partner, Private Equity and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Leonard Feiner
Principal
Valentin Fernandez
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
William Van Fossen
Associate
Jorge Fournier
Vice President
Michel Freund
Partner and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Scott Friend
Partner
Rak Garg
Partner
Nick Gattas
Principal, Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Francois Gilbart
Operating Partner, Private Equity
Jeffrey Green MD
Partner
Evan Greif
Principal, Life Sciences
Max de Groen
Partner, Private Equity
Kevin Guan
Managing Director
Andrew Hack
Managing Director
Soren Haefcke
Principal
Dave Hamilton
Partner and Co-Head of Information Technology
Ingrid Hammond
Operating Partner, Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Kristie Han
Principal
Alena Harrison
Operating Partner
Joshua Hartz
Partner, Special Situations
Ray Hass
Managing Director and Member of the Asia Pacific Portfolio Group
Dawit Heck
Principal
Blair Hendrix
Partner and Head, North American Private Equity Portfolio Group
Darren Herman
Managing Director, Private Equity and Member of the North American Private Equity team
Aaref Hilaly
Partner
Sarah Hinkfuss
Partner
Alison Holmes
Principal, Private Equity and Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical & Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Hajime Honda
Managing Director and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Halvor Meyer Horten
Partner, Industrials Vertical and Member of the European Private Equity team
Olivia Howard
Partner
David Humphrey
Partner, Global Head of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Vertical and Co-Head of Bain Capital's North American Private Equity
Jonathan Humphrey
Managing Director, Global Macro and Asset Allocation group
Abhiroop Jayanthi
Managing Director and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Cristian Jitianu
Partner, Private Equity, Consumer, Retail and Dining and Financial and Business Service Verticals
Philippe Kamel
Principal of European Private Equity Team
Masafumi Kamishiro
Operating Partner, Portfolio Group and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Andrew Kaplan
Partner, Private Equity and Healthcare Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Christopher Kastner
Operating Partner
Nick Kazarinoff
Principal, Healthcare Vertical and Member of the European Private Equity Team
James Kellog
Managing Director
Liam Kennedy
Partner and Corporate Controller
Kevin Kerby
Managing Director, Private Equity and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Victoria Khanna
Partner, Investor Relation
Tomohiro Kikuta
Partner
Hyunseung Kim
Managing Director, Portfolio Group and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Ryuto Kobayashi
Managing Director
Takatoshi Kojima
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Hayato Kondoh
Principal and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity team
Joshua de Kroes
Principal, Industrials and Member of the European Private Equity
Michael Krupka
Partner
Hisashi Kubodera
Principal and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Ajay Kumar
Managing Director, Private Equity, Industrial and Energy Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Christina Kyriazi
Partner
Komi Kyu
Managing Director and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Jungwoo Lee
Partner, Industrial and Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity and Special Situations teams
Casey Leonetti
Operating Partner
Susan Levine
Partner, Private Equity and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Angela Liu
Associate
Carolyn Liu
Managing Director
Andrew Liu
Executive Vice President of Asia Portfolio Group
Zihan Liu
Principal
Cara Lorion
Managing Director, Partner and Co-CFO for Coinvest, GP and Partner Services
Phillip Loughlin
Partner, Global Head of the Financial and Business Services Vertical and Member of the Consumer / Retail Vertical
Benjamin Lund
Partner
James Mackey
Principal, Private Equity and Technology Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Vibhu Manya
Operating Partner, Private Equity and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Francesco Marra
Managing Director, Portfolio Group and Member of the European Private Equity team
Giacomo Massetti
Managing Director, Consumer and Industrial Verticals and Member of the European Private Equity team
Kimberly McCaslin
Partner, Private Equity and Head of the North America Portfolio Group
Greg Mervine
Associate
Abby Meyers
Principal
Grace Mollard
Managing Director, Consumer, Retail and Restaurant Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team And Recruiting Team
Sarah Morris
Managing Director of Portfolio Group and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Paul Moskowitz
Managing Director, Private Equity and Healthcare Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Colin Motley
Managing Director, Technology, Media, Telecom Vertical and Private Equity and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Mike Murphy
Partner, Private Equity
Maurizio Mussi
Partner, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Shunsuke Nakahama
Partner and Member of the Portfolio Group for the Asia Pacific Private Equity
Cara Nealon
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Adam Nebesar
Partner, Private Equity and Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Petr Nosek
Principal
Devin O'Reilly
Partner, Private Equity and Head of the Healthcare Vertical
Kazunari Obama
Principal, Private Equity Tokyo
Martha Obasi
Vice President
Saanya Ojha
Partner
Fatima Porras Olalla
Principal, European Private Equity Team
Nicholas Onie
Principal of Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Kenichi Ota
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Kohei Otani
Principal, Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Jie Pan
Operating Partner
Minju Park
Principal, Special Situations
Hardi Patel
Associate
Sam Payne
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Gregory Petros
Principal, Healthcare Vertical and Member of the European Private Equity team
Benjamin Prawdzik
Vice President, Consumer and Financial and Business Services Verticals
Marc Pulde
Principal, Industrial and Energy Vertical and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Chen Qian
Managing Director and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Larissa Quinn
Operating Partner
Gianni Renzi
Associate
Peter Riehl
Managing Director
Allyson S. Rinderle
Managing Director
Allyson Rinderle
Managing Director
Steve Rizoli
Principal
Joseph Robbins
Partner, Private Equity and Industrial Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Mitt Romney
Founder
Joshua Ross
Managing Director
Douglas Rudisch
Managing Director
Mark Saadine
Managing Director of Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Jeremie Saiman
Principal of European Private Equity Team
Youssef Salha
Partner, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity team
Linas Samuolis
Principal, Special Situations Team
Tom Sargeant
Partner
Matt Sears
Principal
Dominik Seitz
Principal
Ivano Sessa
Partner, European Co-Head of the Industrial Vertical and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Hajime Shimazu
Managing Director and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Harry Simpson
Vice President
Ari Singer-Freeman
Associate
Pavninder Singh
Partner, Private Equity, Financial and Business Services and Industrial and Energy Verticals and Member Of The Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
David Spiller JD
Partner of Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Peter Spring
Partner, Double Impact
David Steiner
Vice President of Real Esate
Slater Stich Ph.D
Partner
Zhao Su
Principal
Pooja Subramaniam
Associate
Radhika Subramanian
Principal, Consumer, Retail and Financial services and a Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity team
Ricky Sun
Partner
Mark Sutton
SVP and Chief Information Security Office
Junichi Takami
Executive Vice President, Portfolio Group and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Yuji Takei
Partner, Private Equity
James Tam
Partner and Managing Director, Private Equity Team, Greater China
Will Tetler
Managing Director, Special Situations
Aurelia Tichoux
Operating Partner of Portfolio Group and Member of the European Private Equity Team
Miray Topay
Partner, Private Equity
John Toussaint
Managing Director
Pierre-Henri Vacher-Lavenu
Principal
Davide Vidotto
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity team
Paolo Massimiliano Maria Vismara
Executive Vice President
Shunsuke Wakita
Principal and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Nigel Walder
Managing Director
Danielle Wang
Operating Partner of Portfolio Group Portfolio Group and Member of the North American Private Equity Team
Renjie Wang
Managing Director and Member of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Team
Michael Ward
Managing Director, COO and CFO
Shun Watanabe
Managing Director, Portfolio Group and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Harris Weber
Principal
Sam Weil
Principal, Private Equity and Member Of The North American Private Equity Team
Phil Wieland
Operating Partner
Shena Willis
Principal, Private Equity and Member of the European Private Equity Team
ELi Winkler
Managing Director, Private Equity
Natalie Wright
Partner and Head of Investment Operations, Private Equity
Ray Xi
Managing Director
Frank Yao
Managing Director
Takumi Yoshikawa
Operating Partner and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
Martina Yu
Principal, Private Equity and member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity team
Amanda Zajac
Investor
Lina Zhou
Principal, Private Equity, Consumer, Retail and Dining vertical and Member of European Private Equity team
Jack Zhu
Vice President
Paul Zurlo
Partner and COO
Charles Megaw Ph.D
Partner, Private Equity and Member of Portfolio Group for Europe Private Equity
Jack Sun
Managing Director
Will Cozean
Managing Director
Amir Zamani
Managing Director
Zhenyu Zhang Ph.D
Managing Director and Member of the Asian Pacific Private Equity Team
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Astronomer
Series D in 2025
Astronomer, Inc. is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that specializes in developing a managed platform for data orchestration, primarily utilizing Apache Airflow. Established in 2014, Astronomer offers a comprehensive suite of products and services through its platform, known as Astro. This platform is designed to streamline the process of building, running, and monitoring data pipelines-as-code, catering to the needs of data engineers, scientists, and analysts. By providing tools for deploying, managing, and scaling data workflows, Astronomer enhances the availability of trusted data for organizations, making it easier for data teams to conduct business analytics effectively. As a commercial developer of Airflow, Astronomer plays a significant role in the data orchestration landscape, serving hundreds of thousands of teams globally.
Structify
Seed Round in 2025
Structify is a technology company that specializes in data extraction and structuring. It offers a platform that enables businesses to create custom datasets by specifying the data format, selecting sources, and assigning agents to search and extract data. The company's in-house model ensures high-quality and accurate data across various use cases. Structify has found success in industries such as finance, construction, and corporate technology, helping teams extract and organize data from diverse sources like pitch decks, geotechnical documents, and real-time chain of command data.
Hightouch
Series C in 2025
Hightouch is a customer data platform that specializes in data synchronization between various marketing and operational tools. The company enables businesses to connect their existing data warehouses with applications such as customer relationship management systems, email marketing platforms, and advertising networks. By providing a user-friendly interface, Hightouch simplifies data integration and management, allowing organizations to access and utilize their data effectively without duplication. This approach helps maintain data integrity and security, while empowering clients to leverage their data for personalized marketing campaigns. Hightouch's platform features audience segmentation, data transformation, and automated workflows, which assist businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and operational processes.
Aleph
Series A in 2023
Aleph operates a financial planning and analysis platform designed to enhance the capabilities of traditional spreadsheets such as Excel and Google Sheets. By integrating data from accounting systems and various operational sources, Aleph provides specialized financial tools that are always current. This allows clients to create sophisticated financial models and use cases, ultimately facilitating informed investment decisions. Aleph aims to support finance departments by merging the familiarity of spreadsheets with advanced financial insights, making it a valuable resource for financial professionals.
Cleanlab
Series A in 2023
Cleanlab develops a data-centric artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing the quality of datasets for businesses. The platform manages the entire data quality and data-centric AI pipeline within a single framework, facilitating analytics and machine learning tasks. It assists companies in diagnosing and rectifying data issues, thereby improving the integrity of their datasets. Cleanlab’s services include support for data-centric machine learning operations and clean labels, along with enterprise software-as-a-service products tailored for data scientists and engineers. This comprehensive approach enables clients to enhance their data quality and produce more reliable machine learning models.
Polars
Seed Round in 2023
Polars is a rust based dataframe framework for data scientists and engineers that enables data processing at any scale.
Cleanlab
Seed Round in 2023
Cleanlab develops a data-centric artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing the quality of datasets for businesses. The platform manages the entire data quality and data-centric AI pipeline within a single framework, facilitating analytics and machine learning tasks. It assists companies in diagnosing and rectifying data issues, thereby improving the integrity of their datasets. Cleanlab’s services include support for data-centric machine learning operations and clean labels, along with enterprise software-as-a-service products tailored for data scientists and engineers. This comprehensive approach enables clients to enhance their data quality and produce more reliable machine learning models.
Hightouch
Series B in 2023
Hightouch is a customer data platform that specializes in data synchronization between various marketing and operational tools. The company enables businesses to connect their existing data warehouses with applications such as customer relationship management systems, email marketing platforms, and advertising networks. By providing a user-friendly interface, Hightouch simplifies data integration and management, allowing organizations to access and utilize their data effectively without duplication. This approach helps maintain data integrity and security, while empowering clients to leverage their data for personalized marketing campaigns. Hightouch's platform features audience segmentation, data transformation, and automated workflows, which assist businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and operational processes.
Rubber Ducky Labs
Seed Round in 2023
Rubber Ducky Labs is a developer of an operational analytics platform focused on enhancing machine learning-powered product recommendations. The company's platform assists in debugging, analyzing, and refining recommender systems, thereby enabling machine learning teams to accelerate their projects. By improving the efficiency and effectiveness of these systems, Rubber Ducky Labs aims to have a significant impact on its clients' profitability.
Granica
Series A in 2023
Granica provides a data readiness platform designed to support enterprises in effectively leveraging artificial intelligence. The platform enables data engineers and leaders to prepare AI-ready data that enhances the efficiency and safety of AI, machine learning, and analytics initiatives. By optimizing data sets for training and inference, Granica reduces storage costs by up to 60% and improves query performance by up to 56%. The company focuses on ensuring data privacy and mitigating the risks of sensitive data leakage while enhancing the accuracy and fairness of AI models. Granica curates and refines training data sets, selecting impactful samples to boost model performance and instill greater trust in AI applications. Targeting industries such as financial services, retail, geo-spatial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles, Granica aims to make AI implementations more effective and beneficial for its clients.
PeopleFund
Series C in 2023
Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is a premier data-driven digital lender in South Korea, specializing in consumer finance. The company aims to provide financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive investment opportunities. Utilizing a proprietary credit model and advanced technology, PeopleFund enhances loan rates for borrowers while maintaining a low loss rate, benefiting both retail and institutional investors. It is recognized as the first digital lender in Korea to exceed $1 billion in loan originations and has innovatively engaged nearly 400,000 retail investors. PeopleFund stands out as the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly through KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in Korea. Additionally, the company operates a lending platform that collaborates with banks and financial institutions to streamline the loan process, making personal loans accessible at competitive interest rates through various third-party applications.
PeopleFund
Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is a premier data-driven digital lender in South Korea, specializing in consumer finance. The company aims to provide financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive investment opportunities. Utilizing a proprietary credit model and advanced technology, PeopleFund enhances loan rates for borrowers while maintaining a low loss rate, benefiting both retail and institutional investors. It is recognized as the first digital lender in Korea to exceed $1 billion in loan originations and has innovatively engaged nearly 400,000 retail investors. PeopleFund stands out as the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly through KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in Korea. Additionally, the company operates a lending platform that collaborates with banks and financial institutions to streamline the loan process, making personal loans accessible at competitive interest rates through various third-party applications.
Nightfall
Series B in 2022
Nightfall is a cloud data protection platform that utilizes machine learning to identify and manage business-critical data across various applications. It integrates seamlessly with all SaaS, APIs, and data infrastructures, automatically classifying sensitive information to ensure comprehensive data protection. The platform addresses data exposure and hygiene issues without impacting end users by setting up automated workflows for quarantines, deletions, and alerts. Additionally, Nightfall offers a Developer Platform that provides flexible APIs and SDKs, allowing developers to incorporate its data classification and protection capabilities into their applications. This approach not only enhances security but also saves time for users, helping organizations maintain the safety of their business data.
Tecton
Series C in 2022
Tecton offers an enterprise-ready feature store that addresses the unique data requirements of machine learning. By providing a robust data platform, Tecton enables machine learning teams to efficiently build, serve, and scale features for production use. The platform allows users to construct features from various data sources, including batch, streaming, and real-time data, facilitating the sharing, reuse, and deployment of models. This capability empowers data scientists and organizations to automate decisions at high speed, enhance customer experiences, and transform business processes. Tecton's focus on optimizing the data layer for machine learning aims to help companies develop superior models more rapidly, driving significant business outcomes.
PeopleFund
Series C in 2021
Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is a premier data-driven digital lender in South Korea, specializing in consumer finance. The company aims to provide financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive investment opportunities. Utilizing a proprietary credit model and advanced technology, PeopleFund enhances loan rates for borrowers while maintaining a low loss rate, benefiting both retail and institutional investors. It is recognized as the first digital lender in Korea to exceed $1 billion in loan originations and has innovatively engaged nearly 400,000 retail investors. PeopleFund stands out as the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly through KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in Korea. Additionally, the company operates a lending platform that collaborates with banks and financial institutions to streamline the loan process, making personal loans accessible at competitive interest rates through various third-party applications.
Hightouch
Series B in 2021
Hightouch is a customer data platform that specializes in data synchronization between various marketing and operational tools. The company enables businesses to connect their existing data warehouses with applications such as customer relationship management systems, email marketing platforms, and advertising networks. By providing a user-friendly interface, Hightouch simplifies data integration and management, allowing organizations to access and utilize their data effectively without duplication. This approach helps maintain data integrity and security, while empowering clients to leverage their data for personalized marketing campaigns. Hightouch's platform features audience segmentation, data transformation, and automated workflows, which assist businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and operational processes.
LeapYear
Venture Round in 2021
LeapYear Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, specializes in developing a platform that enables enterprises to securely extract value from their most sensitive data. The platform employs differential privacy, a mathematically proven standard, to protect data while allowing it to be leveraged for machine learning and monetization. LeapYear has collaborated with major corporations across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, to combine, analyze, and securely utilize previously restricted and siloed data sources.
Parative Customer Intelligence Platform
Seed Round in 2021
Parlay App Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a customer collaboration platform aimed at enhancing the interaction between product development teams and their customers. Founded in 2017 and located in Wilmington, Massachusetts, the platform enables users to share ideas, review potential product updates, analyze user sentiment, and assess the effects of future developments. By fostering direct engagement with users, Parlay App Inc. seeks to address common shortcomings in product development processes, moving away from reliance on analytics and support chat systems to promote more meaningful dialogue between creators and consumers. This approach aims to ensure that products are better aligned with user needs and preferences.
Hightouch
Series A in 2021
Hightouch is a customer data platform that specializes in data synchronization between various marketing and operational tools. The company enables businesses to connect their existing data warehouses with applications such as customer relationship management systems, email marketing platforms, and advertising networks. By providing a user-friendly interface, Hightouch simplifies data integration and management, allowing organizations to access and utilize their data effectively without duplication. This approach helps maintain data integrity and security, while empowering clients to leverage their data for personalized marketing campaigns. Hightouch's platform features audience segmentation, data transformation, and automated workflows, which assist businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and operational processes.
Corvus Insurance
Series C in 2021
Corvus Insurance Agency, LLC, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in providing innovative insurance solutions informed by data-driven underwriting. The company offers its proprietary platform, CrowBar, which enables brokers and policyholders to access policy information, report claims, and receive insights on loss prevention and business intelligence. Corvus emphasizes dynamic loss prevention by delivering tailored recommendations aimed at reducing the total cost of risk for clients. The company has expanded its presence with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta, positioning itself as a partner that equips brokers and insurance buyers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate complex risks effectively.
Nebulous
Seed Round in 2020
Nebulous, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. The company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a marketplace for data storage. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform aimed at developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files to enable fast streaming. As a core contributor and maintainer of the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.
Astronomer
Series A in 2020
Astronomer, Inc. is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that specializes in developing a managed platform for data orchestration, primarily utilizing Apache Airflow. Established in 2014, Astronomer offers a comprehensive suite of products and services through its platform, known as Astro. This platform is designed to streamline the process of building, running, and monitoring data pipelines-as-code, catering to the needs of data engineers, scientists, and analysts. By providing tools for deploying, managing, and scaling data workflows, Astronomer enhances the availability of trusted data for organizations, making it easier for data teams to conduct business analytics effectively. As a commercial developer of Airflow, Astronomer plays a significant role in the data orchestration landscape, serving hundreds of thousands of teams globally.
Hazelcast
Series D in 2020
Hazelcast, Inc. specializes in developing an open-source data distribution platform designed for Java applications. The company offers a range of solutions, including an in-memory data grid that facilitates the sharing and partitioning of application data across clusters. Its stream processing engine, Hazelcast Jet, supports continuous intelligence by ingesting and processing data in real time. Additionally, the Hazelcast Management Center provides a web-based interface for monitoring and managing clusters, allowing users to track system performance and update configurations. Hazelcast's unified platform integrates fast data storage with stream processing, enabling businesses to streamline their real-time architectures for applications in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a research office in Istanbul, Turkey, Hazelcast serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations across various industries.
Verana Health
Series D in 2020
Verana Health, Inc. is a digital health company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming healthcare data into actionable insights. Founded in 2008 and formerly known as Digisight Technologies, the company connects healthcare providers with patients through innovative solutions. Its flagship product, SightBook, is a mobile application that enables users to test their vision and share results with their physicians in real-time, facilitating timely appointments and treatments. Verana Health manages data from over 20,000 healthcare providers and 70 electronic health record systems, leveraging its AI-enhanced platform, VeraQ™, to create a robust healthcare data ecosystem. By utilizing advanced analytics on curated datasets, Verana Health supports life sciences partners in improving clinical research and enhancing patient care outcomes.
Reonomy
Series D in 2019
Reonomy is a commercial real estate data and analytics platform that integrates extensive property information to assist professionals in sourcing deals and making informed decisions. By utilizing big data, partnerships, and machine learning, Reonomy connects various fragmented aspects of the commercial real estate market, offering users access to comprehensive property intelligence. The platform provides valuable insights by combining data on properties, companies, and individuals, enabling lenders, brokers, and investors to identify opportunities and engage with real estate owners effectively. Through its innovative approach, Reonomy empowers users to navigate the complexities of the real estate landscape with greater clarity and confidence.
Nightfall
Series A in 2019
Nightfall is a cloud data protection platform that utilizes machine learning to identify and manage business-critical data across various applications. It integrates seamlessly with all SaaS, APIs, and data infrastructures, automatically classifying sensitive information to ensure comprehensive data protection. The platform addresses data exposure and hygiene issues without impacting end users by setting up automated workflows for quarantines, deletions, and alerts. Additionally, Nightfall offers a Developer Platform that provides flexible APIs and SDKs, allowing developers to incorporate its data classification and protection capabilities into their applications. This approach not only enhances security but also saves time for users, helping organizations maintain the safety of their business data.
Astronomer
Seed Round in 2019
Astronomer, Inc. is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that specializes in developing a managed platform for data orchestration, primarily utilizing Apache Airflow. Established in 2014, Astronomer offers a comprehensive suite of products and services through its platform, known as Astro. This platform is designed to streamline the process of building, running, and monitoring data pipelines-as-code, catering to the needs of data engineers, scientists, and analysts. By providing tools for deploying, managing, and scaling data workflows, Astronomer enhances the availability of trusted data for organizations, making it easier for data teams to conduct business analytics effectively. As a commercial developer of Airflow, Astronomer plays a significant role in the data orchestration landscape, serving hundreds of thousands of teams globally.
Parative Customer Intelligence Platform
Seed Round in 2019
Parlay App Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a customer collaboration platform aimed at enhancing the interaction between product development teams and their customers. Founded in 2017 and located in Wilmington, Massachusetts, the platform enables users to share ideas, review potential product updates, analyze user sentiment, and assess the effects of future developments. By fostering direct engagement with users, Parlay App Inc. seeks to address common shortcomings in product development processes, moving away from reliance on analytics and support chat systems to promote more meaningful dialogue between creators and consumers. This approach aims to ensure that products are better aligned with user needs and preferences.
Nebulous
Seed Round in 2019
Nebulous, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. The company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a marketplace for data storage. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform aimed at developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files to enable fast streaming. As a core contributor and maintainer of the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.
Hazelcast
Series D in 2019
Hazelcast, Inc. specializes in developing an open-source data distribution platform designed for Java applications. The company offers a range of solutions, including an in-memory data grid that facilitates the sharing and partitioning of application data across clusters. Its stream processing engine, Hazelcast Jet, supports continuous intelligence by ingesting and processing data in real time. Additionally, the Hazelcast Management Center provides a web-based interface for monitoring and managing clusters, allowing users to track system performance and update configurations. Hazelcast's unified platform integrates fast data storage with stream processing, enabling businesses to streamline their real-time architectures for applications in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a research office in Istanbul, Turkey, Hazelcast serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations across various industries.
LeapYear
Series B in 2019
LeapYear Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, specializes in developing a platform that enables enterprises to securely extract value from their most sensitive data. The platform employs differential privacy, a mathematically proven standard, to protect data while allowing it to be leveraged for machine learning and monetization. LeapYear has collaborated with major corporations across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, to combine, analyze, and securely utilize previously restricted and siloed data sources.
LunaDNA
Venture Round in 2019
LunaDNA is a community-owned platform that facilitates the sharing of health and DNA data for medical research. Founded by the creators of Illumina, a leader in DNA sequencing, LunaDNA addresses the issue of siloed genomic data by providing individuals with a compelling incentive to share their health information. Participants are rewarded with shares in the database, allowing them to benefit from the profits generated by medical research and discoveries. This model not only empowers users to contribute their health records, genomic data, and personal health experiences but also fosters a sense of community ownership. As researchers pay to access the data for their studies, the proceeds are distributed back to the community, akin to dividends. By prioritizing privacy and trust, LunaDNA aims to increase participation in genomic research while facilitating advancements in healthcare that can ultimately save lives.
TidalScale
Series B in 2018
TidalScale, Inc. develops software that allows multiple commodity hardware servers to operate as a single unified virtual machine. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, TidalScale specializes in scale-up computing and resource architecture. Its software-defined servers enable organizations to pool and deploy computing resources more efficiently, providing in-memory performance suitable for big data workloads, including applications like Oracle database and SAP HANA. TidalScale's solutions are designed to be self-optimizing and compatible with various applications and operating systems, allowing users to configure virtual servers of different sizes without requiring software changes.
CoinAlpha
Seed Round in 2018
CoinAlpha, Inc. is a fintech software engineering company based in Mountain View, California, established in 2017. The firm specializes in trading and market-making software for digital assets, leveraging expertise in data engineering, machine learning, and blockchain technology. CoinAlpha is known for developing Hummingbot, an open-source software platform that allows users to create market-making and arbitrage bots, as well as Hummingbot Miner, a liquidity mining platform that enables users to earn rewards by executing market-making strategies on selected trading pairs. The company pioneered the concept of liquidity mining in a 2019 whitepaper. Initially started as a quantitative hedge fund, CoinAlpha's founders possess extensive experience in investment banking and trading, having worked at prominent financial institutions, along with engineering roles in notable Silicon Valley companies. The company has successfully raised $14.8 million in funding from various venture capital firms and angel investors to support its innovative solutions in contract-based financial products.
SigFig
Series E in 2018
SigFig is a wealth management platform that aims to provide personalized investment advice to investors of all wealth levels. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a blend of design, data science, and technology to empower users with the information and guidance necessary to achieve their financial goals. SigFig partners with major financial institutions to enhance investment management for both investors and advisors, ensuring a secure and compliant service. Its innovative approach, supported by product and growth labs, accelerates the adoption of its technology among partners, making high-quality investment advice more accessible and affordable. SigFig is backed by prominent financial institutions and top-tier venture capital firms, underscoring its commitment to improving the investment management process.
Reonomy
Series C in 2018
Reonomy is a commercial real estate data and analytics platform that integrates extensive property information to assist professionals in sourcing deals and making informed decisions. By utilizing big data, partnerships, and machine learning, Reonomy connects various fragmented aspects of the commercial real estate market, offering users access to comprehensive property intelligence. The platform provides valuable insights by combining data on properties, companies, and individuals, enabling lenders, brokers, and investors to identify opportunities and engage with real estate owners effectively. Through its innovative approach, Reonomy empowers users to navigate the complexities of the real estate landscape with greater clarity and confidence.
Corvus Insurance
Seed Round in 2018
Corvus Insurance Agency, LLC, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in providing innovative insurance solutions informed by data-driven underwriting. The company offers its proprietary platform, CrowBar, which enables brokers and policyholders to access policy information, report claims, and receive insights on loss prevention and business intelligence. Corvus emphasizes dynamic loss prevention by delivering tailored recommendations aimed at reducing the total cost of risk for clients. The company has expanded its presence with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta, positioning itself as a partner that equips brokers and insurance buyers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate complex risks effectively.
LeapYear
Series A in 2016
LeapYear Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, specializes in developing a platform that enables enterprises to securely extract value from their most sensitive data. The platform employs differential privacy, a mathematically proven standard, to protect data while allowing it to be leveraged for machine learning and monetization. LeapYear has collaborated with major corporations across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, to combine, analyze, and securely utilize previously restricted and siloed data sources.
Trooly
Series A in 2016
Trooly, Inc. operates an online platform that enhances peer-to-peer social and business interactions through its Instant Trust™ services. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Trooly serves major financial institutions, peer-to-peer marketplaces, marketers, and employers by providing real-time verification and predictive assessments of trustworthiness. Utilizing advanced machine learning technology, Trooly analyzes digital footprints to deliver insights that exceed traditional background checks and risk management tools. This service aims to bridge the "trust gap" in modern commerce, offering instant evaluations of potential risks and rewards with minimal data input, typically costing under $1 per query and producing results in approximately 30 seconds. Trooly operates as a consumer reporting agency, adhering to privacy and data protection laws while ensuring transparency and respect for individual privacy. As of June 2018, Trooly is a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
SigFig
Series D in 2016
SigFig is a wealth management platform that aims to provide personalized investment advice to investors of all wealth levels. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a blend of design, data science, and technology to empower users with the information and guidance necessary to achieve their financial goals. SigFig partners with major financial institutions to enhance investment management for both investors and advisors, ensuring a secure and compliant service. Its innovative approach, supported by product and growth labs, accelerates the adoption of its technology among partners, making high-quality investment advice more accessible and affordable. SigFig is backed by prominent financial institutions and top-tier venture capital firms, underscoring its commitment to improving the investment management process.
Reonomy
Series B in 2015
Reonomy is a commercial real estate data and analytics platform that integrates extensive property information to assist professionals in sourcing deals and making informed decisions. By utilizing big data, partnerships, and machine learning, Reonomy connects various fragmented aspects of the commercial real estate market, offering users access to comprehensive property intelligence. The platform provides valuable insights by combining data on properties, companies, and individuals, enabling lenders, brokers, and investors to identify opportunities and engage with real estate owners effectively. Through its innovative approach, Reonomy empowers users to navigate the complexities of the real estate landscape with greater clarity and confidence.
TidalScale
Series A in 2014
TidalScale, Inc. develops software that allows multiple commodity hardware servers to operate as a single unified virtual machine. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, TidalScale specializes in scale-up computing and resource architecture. Its software-defined servers enable organizations to pool and deploy computing resources more efficiently, providing in-memory performance suitable for big data workloads, including applications like Oracle database and SAP HANA. TidalScale's solutions are designed to be self-optimizing and compatible with various applications and operating systems, allowing users to configure virtual servers of different sizes without requiring software changes.
Hazelcast
Series B in 2014
Hazelcast, Inc. specializes in developing an open-source data distribution platform designed for Java applications. The company offers a range of solutions, including an in-memory data grid that facilitates the sharing and partitioning of application data across clusters. Its stream processing engine, Hazelcast Jet, supports continuous intelligence by ingesting and processing data in real time. Additionally, the Hazelcast Management Center provides a web-based interface for monitoring and managing clusters, allowing users to track system performance and update configurations. Hazelcast's unified platform integrates fast data storage with stream processing, enabling businesses to streamline their real-time architectures for applications in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a research office in Istanbul, Turkey, Hazelcast serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations across various industries.
SigFig
Series C in 2014
SigFig is a wealth management platform that aims to provide personalized investment advice to investors of all wealth levels. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a blend of design, data science, and technology to empower users with the information and guidance necessary to achieve their financial goals. SigFig partners with major financial institutions to enhance investment management for both investors and advisors, ensuring a secure and compliant service. Its innovative approach, supported by product and growth labs, accelerates the adoption of its technology among partners, making high-quality investment advice more accessible and affordable. SigFig is backed by prominent financial institutions and top-tier venture capital firms, underscoring its commitment to improving the investment management process.
Driven
Series B in 2014
Driven, Inc. specializes in Big Data application development and performance management solutions, serving customers globally. The company's flagship product, Driven, is a comprehensive application performance management tool designed for Big Data applications, offering essential capabilities such as debugging, visibility, reporting, and management for DevOps teams. It supports various major processing frameworks, including Apache Hive, MapReduce, and Apache Spark, enabling organizations to effectively monitor and optimize the performance of their enterprise data applications. Additionally, Driven provides Cascading, a platform for building Big Data applications on Apache Hadoop, along with a suite of services for performance monitoring, troubleshooting, analytics, and reporting. The company also offers training services for its solutions. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Driven, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Xplenty Ltd. and caters to a diverse range of industries, including social media, retail, financial services, telecommunications, bioinformatics, and geospatial sectors.
Hazelcast
Series A in 2013
Hazelcast, Inc. specializes in developing an open-source data distribution platform designed for Java applications. The company offers a range of solutions, including an in-memory data grid that facilitates the sharing and partitioning of application data across clusters. Its stream processing engine, Hazelcast Jet, supports continuous intelligence by ingesting and processing data in real time. Additionally, the Hazelcast Management Center provides a web-based interface for monitoring and managing clusters, allowing users to track system performance and update configurations. Hazelcast's unified platform integrates fast data storage with stream processing, enabling businesses to streamline their real-time architectures for applications in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a research office in Istanbul, Turkey, Hazelcast serves a diverse clientele, including notable organizations across various industries.
TidalScale
Seed Round in 2013
TidalScale, Inc. develops software that allows multiple commodity hardware servers to operate as a single unified virtual machine. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, TidalScale specializes in scale-up computing and resource architecture. Its software-defined servers enable organizations to pool and deploy computing resources more efficiently, providing in-memory performance suitable for big data workloads, including applications like Oracle database and SAP HANA. TidalScale's solutions are designed to be self-optimizing and compatible with various applications and operating systems, allowing users to configure virtual servers of different sizes without requiring software changes.
DataStax
Series D in 2013
DataStax, Inc. is a provider of database software specifically designed for cloud applications, catering to Fortune 100 companies both in the United States and internationally. The company offers a range of products including DataStax Enterprise, which is based on Apache Cassandra and supports online applications requiring high performance and reliability. Additionally, DataStax provides tools such as OpsCenter for database management and monitoring, K8ssandra for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes, and Astra, a database-as-a-service that significantly reduces deployment time. With a focus on real-time processing, DataStax also enables the building of generative AI applications through its vector database, which supports developers with various integration capabilities. The company's services are complemented by training, certification, support, and consulting. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax has expanded its presence with offices in multiple global locations including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.
SigFig
Series B in 2013
SigFig is a wealth management platform that aims to provide personalized investment advice to investors of all wealth levels. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes a blend of design, data science, and technology to empower users with the information and guidance necessary to achieve their financial goals. SigFig partners with major financial institutions to enhance investment management for both investors and advisors, ensuring a secure and compliant service. Its innovative approach, supported by product and growth labs, accelerates the adoption of its technology among partners, making high-quality investment advice more accessible and affordable. SigFig is backed by prominent financial institutions and top-tier venture capital firms, underscoring its commitment to improving the investment management process.
Novus
Venture Round in 2013
Novus Partners, Inc. is a New York-based firm that provides data, analysis, and tools tailored for alternative investors, including hedge funds, fund of funds, and family offices. The company specializes in collecting and enriching data from various sources such as administrators, prime brokers, custodians, and accounting systems. By combining this data with market, fundamental, and economic information, Novus enhances the analytical capabilities available to its clients. Its portfolio analytics and intelligence platform assists institutional investors like pensions, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments in assessing risk, performance, and attribution, ultimately enabling them to achieve higher returns through informed decision-making.
TellApart
Series B in 2011
TellApart, Inc. is a company that specializes in personalized predictive marketing, providing a platform designed to enhance customer engagement and drive sales for retailers. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, TellApart's offerings include an identity network service that amalgamates online and offline data to create comprehensive customer profiles, as well as a predictive engine that assists shoppers in discovering relevant products. The platform enables personalized marketing across various digital channels, including display ads, social media, and email, ensuring that retailers can deliver tailored messages in real-time. TellApart's solutions encompass cross-device and native advertisement retargeting, audience targeting, and promotions, significantly contributing to increased revenue for numerous prominent retail brands. As of 2015, TellApart operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.
Edgar Online
Post in 2010
EDGAR Online, Inc. specializes in the creation and distribution of financial data and public filings pertaining to equities, mutual funds, and other publicly traded assets in the United States. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Maryland, the company, originally known as Cybernet Data Systems, Inc., rebranded as EDGAR Online in January 1999. The firm provides a range of financial information products that assist users in analyzing the financial, business, and ownership conditions of various investment vehicles. Its offerings include standardized and as-reported financial data, annual and quarterly financial statements, insider trades, institutional holdings, and disclosures such as Form 8-K and electronic prospectuses. These products are available through online subscriptions, data licenses, and data feeds, catering to the needs of investors and analysts alike.
vAuto
Venture Round in 2007
vAuto, a brand of Cox Automotive since 2010, specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of inventory management solutions tailored for automotive dealers. The company leverages advanced retail and wholesale market data along with data science-driven insights to facilitate informed decision-making throughout the inventory lifecycle, from sourcing to selling. By offering end-to-end solutions, vAuto enables clients to enhance the efficiency and profitability of their operations. Additionally, vAuto's innovations, such as ProfitTime GPS, utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to further support dealers in optimizing their performance. The company is dedicated to helping automotive dealers improve their business practices through insightful data and tailored support.
Amazon Robotics
Series B in 2005
Amazon Robotics specializes in the development of advanced automation solutions using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company focuses on creating mobile material handling systems that enhance the storage, movement, and sorting of products within warehouses. Its innovative mobile fulfillment systems include ItemFetch, which assists in picking items; OrderFetch, designed for sorting orders to the dock door; and CaseFetch, which delivers pallets to workers for efficient case picking and replenishment. By integrating these technologies, Amazon Robotics aims to streamline product management and improve operational efficiency for its clients. The company also leverages its expertise in machine learning to support data scientists and developers in building and training their models.
iPhrase Technologies
Venture Round in 2000
iPhrase Technologies, Inc. specializes in self-service search and navigation software designed for mission-critical applications. Its flagship product, the One Step™ platform, enhances access to valuable information through advanced technologies such as natural language processing and in-depth analytics. This platform delivers a superior online search experience, providing relevant and user-friendly results across various information sources, including data, documents, and applications. By optimizing existing systems, One Step aims to improve technology investment returns, leading to increased revenue, reduced costs, enhanced customer satisfaction, and greater productivity. iPhrase Technologies caters to organizations with complex offerings, enabling them to automate sales, service, and support operations effectively. The company, founded by former MIT researchers and business leaders, has established a presence in Cambridge, MA, and San Mateo, CA, with a notable client roster that includes Charles Schwab & Co., Neiman Marcus, LexisNexis, and TD Waterhouse.
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