HarbourVest Partners


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. HarbourVest has approximately 80 investment professionals globally and manages approximately $42.4 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.
In 2001, HarbourVest Partners was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame.

Investments

According to the companies SEC 13F-HR filing in August 2017, the companies investments included:
HarbourVest has completed a number of significant secondary market investments in private equity: