Company type | Private Ownership, LLC |
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Industry | Private Equity |
Predecessor | Hancock Venture Partners |
Founded | 1982 |
Headquarters | One Financial Center Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Products | Fund of funds, Secondaries, Equity co-investment, Mezzanine capital |
Total assets | $107 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 340+ (2016) |
Website | www |
HarbourVest Partners is a private equity fund of funds and one of the largest private equity investment managers globally. The firm invests in all types of private equity funds, including venture capital and leveraged buyout funds, and also directly in operating companies.
Founded in 1982 as Hancock Venture Partners, a subsidiary of John Hancock Insurance, HarbourVest is based in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in Beijing, Bogota, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto, London and Hong Kong.[1] HarbourVest has approximately 80 investment professionals globally and manages approximately $75 billion of investor commitments.
Investors in HarbourVest funds include various types of institutional investors such as public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations and financial institutions.