Direct Co-Investments
Our approach to direct co-investments
We start by sourcing more than 1,000 direct co-investment deals per year. Our team utilizes its network of some of the top private equity managers globally to invest alongside them in compelling transactions across venture, growth equity, and buyout transactions as well as across a diversified set of industries and geographies. Importantly, we have the ability to invest $10 million to $350+ million per transaction, allowing us the flexibility to invest across a variety of deal sizes.
HarbourVest can provide access to differentiated, global opportunities via our longstanding relationships with leading private markets managers, as well as our solutions-based approach and co-underwriting capabilities. Our dedicated team evaluates opportunities alongside lead general partners with the goal of creating a well-diversified portfolio, selectively investing in just 6% of deals sourced, on average, per year.
Committed*
Team members
Years of experience
*As of 12/31/25
Our aim is to provide more than just capital to our private equity partners. We focus on solutions that help our private equity partners get the deal done.
Other private equity managers choose to work with HarbourVest because we aim to deliver a combination of scale, speed, and flexibility.
HarbourVest is distinct in that we are not just a source of capital — we are truly a partner.
Investors: Why consider HarbourVest?
If you are looking to gain targeted exposure to certain geographies, investment types, or sectors with specialized sponsors, we feel that HarbourVest has the resources and experience to create a program that meets your needs.
Investors can benefit from HarbourVest’s more than 40 years of expertise and relationships, a portfolio construction approach that is guided by an expert Quantitative Investment Sciences team leveraging some of the largest datasets in the private markets, and investment selection performed by one of the largest, most experienced and stable investment teams in the industry.
Whether you are a limited partner looking for diversified, cost-effective exposure to private equity, a leading general partner looking for a trusted and reliable partner to finance a transaction, or a company leader looking for an experienced and knowledgeable investor, we believe HarbourVest can help achieve your goals.