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HarbourVest Named Global Fund of Funds of the Year by Private Equity International and PrivateEquityOnline.com
BOSTON — 20 March 2006 — HarbourVest was honored as the Global Fund of Funds of the Year at the Private Equity International and PrivateEquityOnline.com Global Private Equity Awards. HarbourVest was also recognized by Private Equity International and PrivateEquityOnline.com as the North America Fund of Funds of the Year in 2003 and 2004 and North America Secondaries Firm of the Year in 2004.About the Global Private Equity Awards
In its fifth year, the Private Equity International and PrivateEquityOnline.com Global Private Equity Awards deliver over 50 different awards to the private equity people and firms voted top of their class by their peers. Each year, the poll is decided on a one reader, one vote per category basis. There are no predetermined shortlists, nor are readers' choices reshaped by a panel of judges. The person or firm with the greatest number of votes wins.
About HarbourVest
In 1982, the HarbourVest team pioneered the formation of one of the first private equity fund-of-funds. Over more than two decades, our professionals have committed $6.4 billion to U.S. partnerships and $4.3 billion to non-U.S. partnerships. We have also completed over $3.4 billion in purchases of secondary partnership interests and invested $2.5 billion directly into operating companies. Institutional investors around the globe rely on HarbourVest for diversified investments across all segments of the private equity asset class – venture capital, buyout, and mezzanine.