Aaref Hilaly

Aaref Hilaly is a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where Aaref helps technical founders build businesses around their ideas by investing early and working closely with them. Aaref is also a Seed Investor + Board Member at Contextual AI, Cleanlab, Momento, Felt, and a Seed & Series A Investor + Board Member at Clari. In the past, Aaref was a General Partner at Sequoia Capital, Vice President of Engineering at Symantec, and President & CEO at Clearwell Systems. Aaref holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MA in Economics from McGill University, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford.