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What does HGGC invest in?
HGGC invests most often at Growth and Series G (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Business Services and Financial Services.
HGGC highlights
- 01
5 rounds on record
- 02
Mostly Growth and Series G: 67% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $587M
What they do
HGGC is a values-driven, partnership-focused private equity firm.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries A
- Sectors
- TechnologyBusiness ServicesFinancial Services
- Based in
- East Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances
- 2017
1 round
- Jun
- 2014
1 round
- Apr
- 2013
2 rounds
- Sept
- Jun
- 2009
1 round
- Aug
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
CBCecilia Bik Kuen KwanChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
CWColin Walker PhiniseyPartner and Head of Debt Capital MarketsiForm ADV
DHDavid Heun Soo ChungMember, Managing Member, Partner, and Co-Chief Investment OfficeriForm ADV
GLGary L. CrittendenExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
GMGregory M. BensonExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
HNHarv N. BarenzExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
HNHenry Nathan BarenzPartner and Head of Business DevelopmentiForm ADV
HDHudson D. Smith, Jr.Executive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
JSJ. Steven YoungExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
JHJacob H. HodgmanExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
JLJames L. LearnerExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
JAJohn A. BlockExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
JSJon Steven YoungMember, Managing Member, Chairman, Partner, and Co-FounderiForm ADV
KAKurt A. KriegerExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
LMLance M. TaylorExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
LMLeslie M. Brown, Jr.Executive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
NHNeil Harley WhiteMember, Managing Member, Partner, and PresidentiForm ADV
RWRachel Wilson StockChief Compliance Officer and General CounseliForm ADV
RFRichard F. Lawson, Jr.Executive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
RFRichard Franklin LawsonMember, Managing Member, Partner, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-FounderiForm ADV
SASteven A. LeistnerMember, Managing Member, Partner, and Co-Chief Investment OfficeriForm ADV
SJSteven J. MarinoExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
WHWilliam H. Conrad, Jr.Executive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
WHWilliam Hare ConradMember, Managing Member, and PartneriForm ADV
We also hold 96 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
$11Bassets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Hggc, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 145684
Funds on its Form ADV
20 private funds, $8.1B in gross assets · filed Jun 2024
- HGGC Fund IV-A, L.P.Private equity100 investors$2.5B
- HGGC Fund III-A, L.P.Private equity62 investors$1.9B
- HGGC Fund III, L.P.Private equity35 investors$1.3B
- HGGC Fund II, L.P.Private equity44 investors$765M
- HGGC Fund IV, L.P.Private equity82 investors$753M
- HGGC Fund II-A, L.P.Private equity27 investors$472M
- Krystal Investment Partners I, L.P.Private equity2 investors$100M
- HGGC Fund II-C, L.P.Private equity3 investors$91M
- HGGC Fund II-B, L.P.Private equity3 investors$81M
- HGGC Affiliate Investors IV, L.P.Private equity45 investors$44M
And 10 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in HGGC's funds
- Committed
- $200M
- Funds
- 2
- Vintages
- 2008 to 2017
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.
- California State Teachers Retirement System2 funds$200M
Fund Vintage Committed HGGC III 2017 $100M Huntsman Gay Capital Partners Fund 2008 $100M
What they claim to have backed
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
StrongViewUndisclosedSept 2015
SelligentUndisclosedJul 2015
MRopsUndisclosedMar 2015
Survey Sampling international$500MNov 2014