Darren Herman

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Managing Director at Bain Capital @ Bain Capital
Darren Herman's Location
Greater Boston, United States, United States
About Darren Herman

Darren is a Managing Director at Bain Capital in Boston and Chairman of Silicon Alley Sports, an organization that comes together to play sports and network to raise money for various charities. He has had a career as an entrepreneur, investor, and executive focused on growth: marketing, digital, technology, and strategy. Darren has been featured in numerous global media, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and various national publications highlighting some of the innovations he has accomplished and the awards he’s won. Darren lives in Wellesley, MA with his wife, two teenage children and three dogs. When not working, TikTok-ing with his daughter or losing in video games (NBA2K) to his son, he can be found on the tennis court, at a New York Knicks game, or skiing with his family. Herman is an active member of the Board of Trustees at Tremont School and the Pinebrook Country Club Tennis Committee.

Darren Herman's Current Company Details
Bain Capital

Bain Capital

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Managing Director at Bain Capital
Darren Herman Work Experience Details
  • Bain Capital
    Managing Director
    Bain Capital Jan 2023 - Present
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Managing Director at Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private investment firms with over $160 billion under management.
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  • Bain Capital
    Operating Partner
    Bain Capital Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Focused on driving growth across Bain Capital's global investment portfolio.
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  • Underdog Fantasy
    Investor
    Underdog Fantasy Mar 2021 - Present
    Brooklyn, Ny, Us
    Daily | Weekly | Season-long | Pick-'em sports games.
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  • Altan Insights
    Investor
    Altan Insights Mar 2021 - Present
    New York, Us
    Intelligent Alternative Asset Investing.
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  • Loupe
    Investor
    Loupe Oct 2020 - Present
    Los Angeles, Us
    The first live stream + commerce platform built for sports cards and collectibles.
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  • Silicon Alley Sports
    Founder
    Silicon Alley Sports 2004 - Present
    I founded Silicon Alley Sports brings together digital media executives, founders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and ecosystem supporters to play sports and raise money for various charities including Robin Hood, Venture for America, and Charity Water. For the last 10 years, we've hosted more than 500 senior level tech executives for the Silicon Alley Golf Invitational. To get involved, go to http://www.siliconalleysports.com
  • Netomi
    Investor
    Netomi 2015 - Present
    San Mateo, California, Us
    Msg.ai provides artificial intelligence capabilities for brands to participate in truly real-time conversations with consumers.
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  • Stageten
    Investor
    Stageten 2015 - Present
    Cloud based live production platform that allows anyone to have full suite video production tools at their fingertips - for digital distribution. Built for media companies (i.e. Hearst) and also serving the eSports marketplace.
  • Dibbs
    Investor
    Dibbs Oct 2020 - Dec 2024
    El Segundo, California, Us
    Dibbs Trust - Tokenization as a Service (TaaS) for collectibles and beyond.
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  • Noxx Technologies
    Investor
    Noxx Technologies Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
    White Plains, New York, Us
    Acquired by Beckett. Sept 2022The most advanced and comprehensive asset management and community platform for the sports collectibles industry.
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  • Genamint
    Investor
    Genamint Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
    Stony Brook, Ny, Us
    First computational grading technology for assessing value of sports cards and collectibles. Acquired by PSA, a subsidiary of Collectors Universe in April 2021.
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  • Techstars
    Mentor
    Techstars Jan 2011 - 2021
    New York City, New York, Us
    I'm proud to be a mentor with Techstars, a global ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs build great businesses. Techstars mentors accelerate business growth and help entrepreneurs do more faster. The Fall 2015 Techstars class includes: Flip, Gorgia, GreatHorn, Haubby, Homemade, Impact Health, Jewelbots, LiveLike, Max, Mona, Morsel, Sailo, Slash and SPIDR.
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  • The Michaels Companies, Inc.
    Interim Chief Marketing Officer
    The Michaels Companies, Inc. Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
    Irving, Texas, Us
    Leading all things marketing, advertising, CRM, loyalty, and creative services for Michaels, an omnichannel retailer of arts & crafts supplies. Transforming the organization and driving a customer-led and Math & Magic mentality. Michaels is a Bain Capital portfolio company.
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  • Nuzzel, Inc.
    Investor
    Nuzzel, Inc. 2015 - 2019
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Nuzzel is the super-easy way to see news from your friends. We created Nuzzel to solve the problems of social overload. You can use Nuzzel to discover the best news stories shared by your friends on Facebook and Twitter without being overwhelmed or missing anything.
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  • Seedcx
    Investor
    Seedcx 2015 - 2018
    Founded by two MIT graduate students, Seed CX is an institutional trading platform awaiting regulatory approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Seed CX’s goal is to use the tools of financial engineering to cultivate financial security in underserved markets, where there exists unique idiosyncratic risk. Seed’s focus is on providing innovative means to secure operational stability for hedgers and new investment opportunities.
  • Mozilla
    Vice President, Product: Content Services
    Mozilla Dec 2013 - Dec 2015
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    As a member of the executive team, I was responsible for the p&l of the entire content services group and building user driven content and advertising experiences and platforms across Firefox. This involved setting the vision for and leading a global multi-functional team comprised of engineers, product, marketing, account management, sales, and business development. In this capacity, we Initiated and executed content partnerships and advertising relationships.
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  • Kbs+ Ventures
    Founder & Managing Director
    Kbs+ Ventures Jan 2011 - Nov 2013
    Under the MDC umbrella, I created kbs+ Ventures, the first advertising technology investment arm focused purely on early stage marketing and advertising technology companies. I led the firms investments in Adaptly (acquired by Accenture, 2018), Crowdtwist (acquired by Oracle, 2019), Awe.sm (acquired by Unified, 2014), PlaceIQ, Yieldbot, amongst others.While with kbs+, I also developed an educational program to promote entrepreneurialism and innovative though that was recognized by The New York Times via a series of speaking engagements and co-authored “Creative Entrepreneurship" featuring Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), and others.
  • Mdc Partners
    Mdc Partners (Nasdaq: Mdca)
    Mdc Partners Oct 2007 - Nov 2013
    Brooklyn, New York, Us
    See below for details on evolving roles with this diversified marketing services holding company that acquires companies in advertising and marketing communications, to supporting business transformation initiatives through digital advertising, attribution, web analytics, ad operations and strategic investment in media and advertising technology companies.
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  • The Media Kitchen
    Chief Digital Media Officer
    The Media Kitchen Oct 2007 - Sep 2013
    New York, Ny, Us
    I led the creation of media strategies and planning solutions for this cutting edge integrated media planning and buying agency, including development of the agency’s first digital analytics warehouse (The Blender) to evaluate campaign performance and attribution across digital channels. Negotiated agreements with ad serving firms, web analytics companies, and mobile infrastructure and service providers. Our clients included Goldman Sachs, Vanguard, Armani Exchange, Sesame Workshop, PBS and more. Awards we won: Best Agency for Integrated Media by iMedia Connection, Top Media Agency by Media Magazine, AdWeek Isaac Award.
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  • Varick
    Founder & President
    Varick Aug 2008 - Jan 2012
    New York, Ny, Us
    Owned team and p&l to establish a cutting edge market-maker trading agency that brought buyers and sellers of digital advertising space and media technologies together using programmatic buying principles. Select technology partnerships including MediaMath, Invite Media/Google, Turn, The Trade Desk, BlueKai, Bizo, eXelate, Adaptly, AppNexus, Rubicon Project, PubMatic, and more.
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  • Iga Worldwide Inc.
    Co-Founder
    Iga Worldwide Inc. Jan 2004 - Oct 2007
    Us
    Member of the founding team for IGA Partners/IGA Worldwide Inc., developing the business plan and relationships that secured the initial angel funding for world’s first dynamic in-game advertising network. I led business development relationships with leading agencies, such as Avenue A/Razorfish, Ogilvy, Carat and MediaEdge, and handled in-game media planning for clients including General Electric, DreamWorks SKG, Universal Music Group and ATT. I also worked on our Series-A ($17.5M) and Series-B ($25M+).
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Darren Herman Education Details

  • Skidmore College
    Skidmore College
    Business

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Darren Herman attended Skidmore College.

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