Bain Capital Crypto Hires Five Privacy Technology Cryptographers

Bain Capital Crypto increased its core staff by 50% as it seeks out new investment opportunities with more corporations and financial companies venturing into the digital asset sector.

Bain is adding five people who used to be part of Geometry Research, which is being dissolved. Kobi Gurkan, a co-founder of Geometry, is joining Bain Capital Crypto as an investing partner and head of research.

All of the new researchers are cryptographers specializing in areas such as ZK — a way to prove a user’s identity or statements without showing the underlying documents. They will be responsible for finding startups for ...