Mike Pugatch joined HarbourVest's secondary investment team as an associate in 2003 and became a principal in 2010. He focuses on global secondary transactions including limited partnership interests, 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 took a lead role in two synthetic secondary transactions involving direct portfolios held by American Capital Equity Management and Arcapita, Inc.
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. He also has prior experience 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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