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What does HarbourVest Partners invest in?
HarbourVest Partners invests most often at Venture and Series B (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Analytics, Consumer Electronics and Private Equity.
HarbourVest Partners highlights
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9 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Series B: 56% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $9.5M
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14 exits from the portfolio
What they do
HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40+ years of experience.From their own website
- Type
- Fund of funds
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- BuyoutDebtGrowthSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- AnalyticsConsumer ElectronicsPrivate Equity
- Based in
- Boston, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first93 appearances
- 2026
9 rounds
- Jun
- May
- May
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2025
5 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- 2024
11 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- May
- AprNovideaSeries C · IL$30MWith 2 others
- Feb
- Feb
- 2023
3 rounds
- Oct
- May
- Feb
- 2022
4 rounds
- Nov
- May
- Mar
- Mar
- 2021
3 rounds
- Jun
- May
- Jan
- 2020
1 round
- Oct
- 2019
4 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- Apr
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
AJAdam James FreedmanChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
AAAlex Arthur Rogersof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
BABrett Alan Gordonof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
CACarolina A. Espinalof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
CMCorentin Michael Du Roy De Blicquyof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
DBD. Brooks Zugof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
DMDaniel Michael Bufferyof HarbourVest GP Canada LimitediFiling they signed
DGDarren GormanMember, Board of ManagersiFiling they signed
DADavid Ashley Atterburyof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
ETEdward Truitt, Jr.Executive OfficeriFiling they signed
EWEdward W. Kaneof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
FCFrederick C. Maynardof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
GRGeorge R. Ansonof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
GVGregory Vincent Stentoof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
H(Hemal (nmn) Thakoreof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
HBHemal B. MiraniExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
IRIan R. Laneof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
JAJames A. Kaseof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
JRJeffrey Richard Keayof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates)iFiling they signed
JGJohn Gerd Morrisof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
JMJohn M. Beggof the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
JMJohn M. Toomey, JrExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JMJohn M. Toomey, Jr.of the Managing Member of the General Partner of the General Partner (or its affiliates).iFiling they signed
JMJohn Michael ToomeyCEOiForm ADV
We also hold 154 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$192Bassets it manages, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
13+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Harbourvest Registered Advisers II L.P.
- SEC number
- CRD 341198
Funds on its Form ADV
274 private funds, $144B in gross assets · filed Oct 2024
Private equity 249Private credit 13Real assets 12
- Dover Street X L.P.Private equity466 investors$9.8B
- Dover Street XI L.P.Private equity65 investors$8.9B
- HVST-TOPE LLCPrivate equity3 investors$6.2B
- HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund VI L.P.Private equity168 investors$4.3B
- Dover Street IX L.P.Private equity342 investors$4.2B
- HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund V L.P.Private equity176 investors$4.0B
- Great Lakes Fund L.P.Private equity1 investor$2.1B
- Hipep IX Fund L.P.Private equity20 investors$1.7B
- Dover Street X AIF SCSPPrivate equity66 investors$1.7B
- HarbourVest Summit Hill Fund L.P.Private equity2 investors$1.6B
And 264 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
5 LPs on record in HarbourVest Partners's funds
- Committed
- $2.3B
- Funds
- 29
- Vintages
- 1985 to 2018
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.
- California State Teachers Retirement System5 funds$825M
Fund Vintage Committed CalSTRS Lower Middle Market Fund VI 2018 $250M CalSTRS Lower Middle Market Fund V 2014 $100M CalSTRS Lower Middle Market Fund IV 2011 $200M CalSTRS Lower Middle Market Fund III 2007 $200M CalSTRS California Impact Fund 2003 $75M 
Washington State Investment Board12 funds$776MFund Vintage Committed HIPEP VI-Emerging Markets Fund 2009 $50M HIPEP VI-Asia Pacific Fund 2009 $50M HarbourVest Global Private Equity 2007 $147M HIPEP V-Asia Pacific and Rest of World Fund 2006 $75M HarbourVest Int'l PEP IV - Direct Fund 2001 $57M HarbourVest Int'l PEP IV- Partnership Fund 2001 $32M HarbourVest Partners VI - Partnership Fund 1999 $188M HarbourVest Int'l PEP III - Partnership Fund 1998 $77M and 4 more
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund9 funds$630MFund Vintage Committed HarbourVest Partners 2013 Direct Fund 2013 $75M HarbourVest Partners 2007 Direct Fund 2007 $100M HarbourVest Partners 2004 Direct Fund 2004 $75M HarbourVest Partners VI - Partnership Fund 1999 $50M Harbourvest International PEP III - Partnership 1998 $80M HarbourVest Partners V - Investment Program 1997 $100M HarbourVest International PEP II 1995 $75M HarbourVest Partners IV - Investment Program 1993 $50M and 1 more
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)1 fund$100M
Fund Vintage Committed California Community Venture Fund 2003 $100M 
Minnesota State Board of Investments3 funds$16MFund Vintage Committed HarbourVest Partners VIII-Cayman Venture 2014 $7.2M HarbourVest Partners VIII Cayman Buyout 2014 $4.5M Harbourvest Intl PE Partners VI-Cayman 2014 $4.3M
Funds they back
4 fund commitments on record
- Managers
- 4
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.
Managers it backs most
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed14 in all
eInstruction by Turning TechnologiesBought by Turning TechnologiesUndisclosedAug 2013
Innoveer SolutionsBought by Cloud SherpasUndisclosedJan 2013
KialaBought by UPSUndisclosedFeb 2012
EmptorisBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedDec 2011
ShopzillaBought by Symphony Technology Group$165MJun 2011
MobileAccess NetworksBought by Corning$200MJan 2011
Finjan HoldingsBought by M86 SecurityUndisclosedNov 2009
Gomez, Inc.Bought by Compuware$295MOct 2009
eTapestryBought by Blackbaud$25MAug 2007
ShopzillaBought by The E.W. Scripps Company$560MJun 2005
Quallaby CorporationBought by Micromuse$33MApr 2005
Velio CommunicationsBought by LSI Logic Corporation$20MMar 2004
CorechangeBought by OpenText Corporation$3.6MFeb 2003
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.