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Bain Capital Crypto — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)

VC
Boston, MAWebsite

Bain Capital Crypto is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Other, Developer Tools, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$5.0M
Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Boston, MA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-05

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Crypto and digital asset infrastructure investor that can be relevant when settlement verification, signed records, and programmable money movement overlap with crypto rails.

How Bain Capital Crypto invests

Bain Capital Crypto is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML.

Bain Capital Crypto typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment.

Bain Capital Crypto has backed 16 companies in our records, including Curio, Primitive, Community Labs.

Partners & Team

SC

Stefan Cohen

Partner

Crypto
Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

CU

Curio

Consumer crypto / gaming·Not disclosed

Crypto-native company building products for onchain gaming / consumer crypto.

PR

Primitive

Crypto finance / investment·Not disclosed

Crypto investment / research firm and protocol investor listed by Bain Capital Crypto as a portfolio company.

CO

Community Labs

Web3 infrastructure·Not disclosed

Builder and ecosystem participant in the Arweave/Permaweb ecosystem.

TU

Turnkey

Wallet / developer infrastructure·Not disclosed

Secure, programmable wallet infrastructure for onchain transactions.

VA

Variational Research

Trading / market infrastructure·Not disclosed

Quantitative crypto research and trading infrastructure company.

WO

World

Identity / consumer infrastructure·Not disclosed

Privacy-preserving digital identity protocol.

DU

Duality

Trading / market infrastructure·Not disclosed

Crypto infrastructure company focused on markets / trading technology.

CE

Celestia

Blockchain infrastructure·Not disclosed

Modular blockchain network focused on data availability for scalable rollups.

IR

Irreducible

Cryptography / ZK infrastructure·Not disclosed

Zero-knowledge / cryptography infrastructure company.

JA

Jadu

Gaming / consumer crypto·Not disclosed

Augmented-reality and web3 gaming company.

How to pitch Bain Capital Crypto
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Stefan Cohen, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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