Approach
Since 1984, Bain Capital has employed a strategic, analytic approach to partnering with management teams and investing to transform businesses. We believe long-term value depends on strong financial results and responsible social and environmental stewardship.
Double Impact focuses on equity investments of $50 to $200M+ million. We target control opportunities where we can partner with management teams to deliver commercial value alongside measurable social and environmental outcomes.
We believe Bain Capital’s reputation for building strong companies, coupled with the Double Impact team’s commitment to impact and financial growth is a differentiator in the market and has positioned us as a preferred partner to values-aligned companies.
Our process
We believe an increasing number of companies are focused on scaling their businesses and are committed to positively impacting their workers, communities, and the environment.
Double Impact’s investment strategy features three distinct competencies, underscored by a commitment to impact.
We leverage our extensive networks across industry, finance, government, and impact investing ecosystems to identify opportunities that fit our investment strategy.
We proactively target growing, mission-driven companies where our active partnership approach can help unlock transformative growth.
We lead a rigorous diligence approach, supported by our Portfolio Group, sustainability and impact team, and external subject matter experts as needed, to evaluate commercial, financial, and impact performance and potential. To ensure consistent assessment across deals, we leverage common standards, including:5The due diligence and deal assessment processes noted herein are presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be performed in the same manner for every investment. The procedures noted are representative and may not be exhaustive. Processes may differ for deals not led by Bain Capital Double Impact, e.g., where the Fund is co-investing alongside a lead investor or another Bain Capital business unit.
- IMP's Five Dimensions of Impact
- UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SASB Standards
We drive value creation through active partnership with management teams by:
- Defining a clear and ambitious strategy
- Developing high-performing teams
- Accelerating growth initiatives
- Ensuring operating excellence
- Optimizing cash conversion and capital structure
- Delivering social and environmental impact
Impact
Our robust impact approach incorporates the UN SDGs, advisory resources, governance mechanisms, and measurement processes and is designed to ensure rigor and consistency throughout all stages of the investment lifecycle.
Our hands-on, active partnership approach is what makes us different. This comes from the Bain Capital DNA, which is focused on driving value creation as we scale the business and their impact.
- Cecilia Chao
- Double Impact Team
- Boston
