Matt Harris to Join Bain Capital Ventures as Managing Director

BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bain Capital Ventures, a leading venture capital and growth equity firm with over $2 billion in committed capital, today announced that Matt Harris will join the firm as Managing Director. In this role, Harris will focus on early and growth stage investments in the financial services sector and will lead the firm's New York City office.

"Matt is one of the best investors in the financial technologies sector and we couldn't be more pleased to have him join the Bain Capital Ventures team," said Mike Krupka, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures. "This represents a further commitment to New York City, where we already have over 20 portfolio companies, and where we see tremendous opportunity going forward."

Harris was a co-founder and Managing Director at Village Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in New York with over $175 million under management. During Matt's tenure, he led investments in numerous financial services companies, including Bluetarp Financial, Consumer United, Dwolla, iSend, Metamarkets, On Deck Capital, Simple and TxVia. Harris began his investing career at Bain Capital, and previously worked at consulting firm Bain & Company.

"Bain Capital Ventures is the ideal platform for me to continue to invest in early stage financial services companies, and expand into growth equity investing opportunities as well," noted Harris. "It is also exciting to return to Bain Capital and work with folks that I have known well for over a decade."

Harris holds a BA from Williams College. He is a member of the NYC Seed Advisory Board, Chairman of the Board of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and was a founding Board Member of Camp Starfish, a camp for troubled and disadvantaged youth.

In January, Bain Capital Ventures closed its fifth fund with $600 million in commitments from its Limited Partners and an additional $60 million coming from its investment team. The firm makes investments of $100,000 to $60 million in digital, software, business services and healthcare companies.

About Bain Capital Ventures

Bain Capital Ventures is the venture and growth capital arm of Bain Capital, which has approximately $60 billion of assets under management worldwide. The firm's history of investing in early stage companies dates back to 1984 with over 125 venture investments since inception. Bain Capital Ventures manages over $2.0 billion in committed capital, has over 70 active portfolio companies, and has offices in Boston, New York, and Palo Alto. The firm has helped steer many ideas to success by working in partnership with management teams, pairing talented and passionate entrepreneurs with industry experts, opening doors to customers, and collaborating on sound long-term strategies. Bain Capital has a long history investing in the financial services sector with companies like Experian, iPay Technologies, Regulatory Data Corp., Dynamics, Instinet, FleetCor, Sungard, The Receivables Exchange, WorldPay, Edgar Online, DataSynapse, SquareTrade and TxVia. www.baincapitalventures.com   

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