Rak Garg (@rak_garg) / X

Rak Garg

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Rak Garg

@rak_garg

It’s like Zack with an R. Bay native 🇺🇸🇮🇳. Product lad turned partner @BainCapVC. Investing in AI & security from seed to IPO. Grew up @Atlassian.

San Francisco, CA

Joined July 2009

Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Mar 27, 2025
you guys I just overheard a girl outside a Starbucks in Palo Alto yelling at her phone because her boyfriend broke up with her and said he got an offer at OpenAI and has to lock in
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
May 22, 2025
And thus YC was born
Sahil Lavingia
@shl
May 21, 2025
If I give you $1m, and you give me the $1m back, we’ll both be at $1m ARR
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Aug 14, 2025
Legitimately don't understand why NYC people spend $20k on a weekend in Montauk or the Hamptons just to get the same vibe as a very average backyard in San Mateo.
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Oct 13, 2025
I’m at SFO sitting next to a sales guy who works at one of the vector database companies and I’m listening to what could possibly be the bleakest sales call of all time. Short the whole category now
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Feb 10, 2021
Pouring one out for the boy
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Aug 17, 2021
hiring is an absolute blood bath right now. if you've been in your current role for >1 year, you might be drastically underpaid!
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Oct 19, 2020
thinking about the time I was a junior at UCLA, learned that our endowment was an LP in a VC fund, and emailed that fund's GP that I'm an LP and want an internship. I would go on to learn that being a student at a university whose endowment is an LP did not mean I was an LP
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Nov 8, 2022
Zoho just hit $1b in ARR, and did it totally bootstrapped while opting to stay private 🤯
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
May 21, 2021
my LinkedIn bio has been “something new” for three hours and I’ve already gotten six inbounds from angels and VC firms. this funding market is something else 😂
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
May 13, 2022
BREAKING: Tiger to use Accenture for diligence instead of Bain to cut costs amidst market losses
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Feb 5, 2022
Got on a bus in SF today and a guy flashed a knife at me and got into a fight with another passenger. Got off, switched buses, and another dude got on with a knife and pretended to stab a different passenger. I can’t make this shit up.
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Jun 17, 2025
Sitting next to a Databricks engineer on Caltrain who's crushed three Celsius cans, is typing with the fury of a thousand Devins, and has not made eye contact once. This is what dreams are made of
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Jan 10, 2024
I'm thrilled to share that I'm now a partner at @BainCapVC , and thrilled to be investing at the earliest stages in the most talented cyber security, AI, and infrastructure founders! The past three years have been some of the most fulfilling of my life and career.
Rak Garg
@rak_garg
Sep 24, 2020
what I learned in 1 month of being a VC