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Benjamin Nye

Senior Advisor, Fmr Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

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Overview

Benjamin Nye serves as Senior Advisor and former Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, a position held since 2004[4]. Nye is currently a Venture Guide and Managing Partner at Venture Guides, an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm, a role assumed in January 2023[3]. Previously, Nye served as CEO of Turbonomic from 2013 to January 2022[5]. Nye's earlier career included positions as Senior Vice President at Veritas Technologies LLC and COO & CFO at PRECISE Software Services, both from 2000 to 2004[6][7], as well as Principal at Allied Capital Corp from 1997 to 2000[8]. Nye held the position of Executive Secretary and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1993 to 1997[9]. Nye holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School[11] and a BA in Government from Harvard University[12].

Profile introduction
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Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm with a unique team-based approach resulting in +80% of portfolio companies generating positive economic returns and 40% achieving unicorn status. Forbes’ Midas List of Top Investors and the Inc5000 fastest growing companies recognized the Venture Guides team 6x each following investments in Turbonomic, dynaTrace, Docusign, LinkedIn, Rapid7, Solarwinds, Sysdig, Archer Technologies, and many more. Venture Guides’ domain and stage focus together with industry-leading co-invest (+11%) ensures high conviction to our entrepr…

Career history

  1. Venture Guide, Managing PartnerJan 2023 to presentVenture Guides
  2. Senior Advisor, Fmr Co-Managing Partner2004 to presentBain Capital Ventures
  3. CEO2013 to Jan 2022Turbonomic
  4. Senior Vice President2000 to 2004Veritas Technologies LLC
  5. COO & CFO2000 to 2004PRECISE Software Services
  6. Principal1997 to 2000Allied Capital Corp
  7. Executive Secretary and Senior Advisor1993 to 1997U.S. Department of the Treasury
  8. Associate1992 to 1993Mercer Management Consulting

Education

  1. MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesSep 1990 - Jun 1992Harvard Business School
  2. BA, Government1983 - 1987Harvard University
  3. High School at Middlesex SchoolSep 1980 - Jun 1983

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