Constant Evolution, Sound Vision

Four decades of success

44

Year legacy

$161B

Assets under management

Overview

The HarbourVest team has been investing in the private markets for over 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

Ofer Nemirovsky

Julie Ocko

Michael W. Taylor

Martha DiMatteo Vorlicek

Kevin S. Delbridge

William A. Johnston

Edward W. Kane

Frederick C. Maynard III

Robert M. Wadsworth

D. Brooks Zug

Timeline

1978

Strategy

First US partnership investment

1982

Opening

Office opened in Boston, United States

Strategy

Fund 1, one of first US PE FoF formed

1983

Strategy

First direct investment

1984

Strategy

First international partnership investments in Europe

1986

Strategy

First secondary investment

1990

Opening

Office opened in London, England

Strategy

First international FoF program formed

1994

Strategy

First Latin American partnership investment

1996

Opening

Office opened in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2010

Opening

Office opened in Tokyo, Japan

2011

Opening

Office opened in Bogota, Colombia

2012

Opening

Office opened in Beijing, China

2014

Strategy

First Real Assets investment

2015

Opening

Offices opened in Seoul, Korea, Tel Aviv, Isreal, and Toronto, Canada

2016

Strategy

HarbourVest acquires BAML Capital Access Funds and renames as HarbourVest Horizon (emerging and diverse)

2018

Strategy

Launch of Credit program

Strategy

Launch of Private Client Group

2019

Opening

Office opened in Dublin, Ireland

2020

Strategy

Launch of Stewardship Initiative

2021

Opening

Offices opened in Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore, Singapore

2024

Opening

Office opened in Zurich, Switzerland

2025

Opening

Office opened in Abu Dhabi, UAE

2026

Partnership

Announced education partnership with CAIA

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