Developing Public-ready Companies

Public markets can provide scale capital for companies and liquidity for founders and family owners, while also enabling active participation in a company’s long-term financial success.

We have extensive experience in guiding companies through the transition from privately owned to public—a process that demands a compelling equity story, strong performance, precise forecasting, robust visibility and reporting tools, and a strong foundation in organization, governance, and compliance.

At Bain Capital, we work to build businesses that thrive well past the IPO, achieving, outperformance on average across our Global Private Equity portfolio in respective markets since IPO.¹1. Based on percent change for Global Private Equity (GPE) IPO stocks and corresponding indices from IPO to exit or to December 1, 2025, calculated as a straight average. Includes all GPE IPOs over the last ten years ending December 1, 2025. Index used for US$ companies is SPX, HK$ companies is Hang Seng, C$ companies is S&P/TSX, €/£/SEK companies is EURO STOXX, A$ companies is S&P/ASX, R$ companies is IBOVESPA, and index used for ¥ companies is TSE. Index price based on closing price from day preceding IPO date. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Actual results may vary.