Mike Pugatch joined HarbourVest's secondary investment team as an associate in 2003 and became a vice president in 2007. He focuses on global secondary transactions including portfolios of direct investments and large structured deals. Mike was a key participant in the acquisitions of direct private equity portfolios managed by Saints Capital and Ventizz Capital. He also played a leading role in a synthetic secondary transaction involving a direct portfolio held by American Capital Equity Management.
Mike joined the Firm from UBS Warburg, where he spent two years in the Global Media Investment Banking Group focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, and restructurings. His prior experience also includes a position in the Technology Investment Banking Group at PaineWebber.
Mike received a BS (summa cum laude) in Business Administration from Babson College in 2001.
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