Bain Capital

American investment firm

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April 14 2025 Bain Capital announced a deal to sell British insurer Esure to Belgian insurer Ageas for €1.510 billion.
June 2024 Bain Capital announced the acquisition of PowerSchool, a cloud-based education software vendor.
April 2024 Bain Capital and 11North Partners announced a partnership for acquiring and operating open-air retail centres in the US and Canada.
August 2023 Bain Capital took private Chindata Group Holdings, a data center company, in a deal valued at approximately $3.2 billion.
June 2023 Bain Capital was ranked 13th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world.
November 5 2021 Bain Capital planned to list Brillio on the NASDAQ, with an IPO valuation of $3 billion or more.
June 2020 Bain Capital purchased Virgin Australia.
2019 Bain Capital launched Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, a dedicated investment fund focused on making investments in technology companies, with a specific emphasis on enterprise software and cybersecurity sectors.
2019 Bain Capital Life Sciences closed two life sciences portfolio investments, one located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and another in the Research Triangle, North Carolina.
September 2019 SpringWorks, a biopharmaceutical company with a 17% stake owned by Bain Capital Life Sciences, launched its initial public offering (IPO).
July 2019 Bain Capital Real Estate closed its initial fund of $1.5 billion.
June 2019 Bain Capital Double Impact sold Impact Fitness to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.
March 2019 Bain Capital Double Impact acquired a majority stake in IT outsourcing firm Rural Sourcing.
January 2019 Bain Capital purchased a majority stake in technology consultancy Brillio.
2018 Bain Capital Real Estate was founded when Harvard Management Company transferred the management of its real estate investment portfolio to Bain Capital.
November 2018 Bain Capital Credit took Specialty Finance, a business development company, public through an initial public offering (IPO).
October 2018 Bain Capital Private Equity and Bain Capital Life Sciences committed $350 million to new biopharmaceutical company Cerevel Therapeutics.
March 2018 Bain Capital purchased a 20% stake in Tower Ltd from Suncorp.
February 2018 Bain Capital Private Equity agreed to acquire Dutch stroller brand Bugaboo International.
2017 Bain Capital Credit closed its first credit fund in Asia, focusing on distressed debt investments in the region.
July 2017 Bain Capital Double Impact closed its initial impact investing fund of $390 million.
May 2017 Bain Capital Life Sciences raised its first investment fund of $720 million, focusing on medical innovation and companies serving unmet medical needs.
March 2017 Bain Capital agreed to acquire industrial cleaning company Diversey for $3.2 billion.
2016 Bain Capital named Jonathan Lavine and John Connaughton as co-managing partners, and Steven Pagliuca and Joshua Bekenstein as co-chairman.
2015 Bain Capital hired Deval Patrick, former Massachusetts Governor, to lead the new Bain Capital Double Impact business division focused on impact investing.
March 2015 Bain Capital agreed to buy Blue Coat Systems for roughly $2.4 billion.
November 2014 Bain Capital and Virgin Group announced the creation of a new cruise line (Virgin Voyages).
April 2014 Bain Capital purchased a controlling stake in Viewpoint Construction Software for $230 million.
December 2013 Bain Capital acquired a majority stake in clothing chain Canada Goose Inc.
May 2013 Bain Capital partnered with Golden Gate Capital, GIC Private Limited, and Insight Venture Partners to purchase BMC Software for roughly $6.9 billion.
2012 Bain Capital acquired Physio-Control for $478 million and a 30% stake in Genpact Ltd. for $1 billion. They also acquired Apex Tool Group for roughly $1.6 billion.
2011 Bain Capital, together with Hellman & Friedman, acquired Securitas Direct AB.
2010 Bain Capital acquired Styron from The Dow Chemical Company for $1.6 billion and acquired Gymboree for $1.8 billion.
2010 Bain Capital acquired Styron, a division of The Dow Chemical Company, for $1.6 billion.
2010 Bain Capital acquired Gymboree for $1.8 billion.

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