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Constant evolution, sound vision
Four decades of success
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Year legacy
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Total AUM
Overview
The HarbourVest team has been investing in the private markets for 40 years, gaining invaluable expertise and developing long-term relationships with sought-after partners.
Our approach is characterized by consistency and continuity while also adapting to meet client needs. Over the years, we have continually identified opportunities to provide early access to the evolving private equity landscape — secondary investing (since 1986), European market (since 1984), Asian market (since 1984) — and expanded our local teams around the globe.
The power of experience
A 40+ year legacy
History
HarbourVest Partners would like to thank our Senior Advisors for their significant contributions to building our firm:
- George Anson
- Kathleen M. Bacon
- John M. Begg
- Philip Bilden
- Kevin S. Delbridge
- William A. Johnston
- Edward W. Kane
- Frederick C. Maynard III
- Ofer Nemirovsky
- Julie Ocko
- Michael W. Taylor
- Martha DiMatteo Vorlicek
- Robert M. Wadsworth
- D. Brooks Zug
Timeline
1970's
1978
Strategy
First US partnership investment
1980's
1982
Strategy
Fund 1, one of first US PE FoF formed
1982
Office opening
Boston
1982
AUM growth
$0.08 billion
1983
Strategy
First direct investment
1984
Strategy
First international partnership investments in Europe
1986
Strategy
First secondary investment
1987
AUM growth
$0.4 billion
1990's
1990
Strategy
First international FoF program formed
1990
Office opening
London
1992
AUM growth
$0.9 billion
1994
Strategy
First Latin American partnership investment
1996
Office opening
Hong Kong
1997
AUM growth
$3 billion
2000's
2002
AUM growth
$16 billion
2007
AUM growth
$30 billion
2010's
2010
Office opening
Tokyo
2011
Office opening
Bogota
2012
Office opening
Beijing
2012
AUM growth
$36 billion
2014
Strategy
First Real Assets investment
2015
Office opening
Seoul
2015
Office opening
Tel Aviv
2015
Office opening
Toronto
2016
Strategy
HarbourVest acquires BAML Capital Access Funds and renames as HarbourVest Horizon (emerging and diverse)
2017
AUM growth
$51 billion
2018
Strategy
Launch of Credit program
2018
Strategy
Launch of Private Client Group
2019
Office opening
Dublin
2020's
2020
Strategy
Launch of Stewardship Initiative
2021
Office opening
Frankfurt
2021
Office opening
Singapore
2022
Office opening
Sydney
2022
AUM growth
$106+ billion
Office openings
- 2022: Sydney
- 2021: Frankfurt and Singapore
- 2019: Dublin
- 2015: Seoul, Tel Aviv, and Toronto
- 2012: Beijing
- 2011: Bogota
- 2010: Tokyo
- 1996: Hong Kong
- 1990: London
- 1982: Boston
Strategies
- 2020: Launch of Stewardship Initiative
- 2018: Launch of Credit program
- 2018: Launch of Private Client Group
- 2016: HarbourVest acquires BAML Capital Access Funds and renames as HarbourVest Horizon (emerging and diverse)
- 2014: First Real Assets investment
- 1994: First Latin American partnership investment
- 1990: First international FoF program formed
- 1986: First secondary investment
- 1984: First international partnership investments in Europe
- 1983: First direct investment
- 1982: Fund 1, one of first US PE FoF formed
- 1978: First US partnership investment
AUM growth
- 2022: $98+ billion
- 2017: $51 billion
- 2012: $36 billion
- 2007: $30 billion
- 2002: $16 billion
- 1997: $3 billion
- 1992: $0.9 billion
- 1987: $0.4 billion
- 1982: $0.08 billion