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  "crd_number": 109846,
  "slug": "harbourvest-partners-llc-boston-ma-109846",
  "primary_business_name": "HARBOURVEST PARTNERS, LLC",
  "legal_name": "HARBOURVEST PARTNERS, LLC",
  "dbas": [],
  "city": "Boston",
  "state": "MA",
  "country": "United States",
  "cbsa_code": "14460",
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    "cbsa_code": "14460",
    "common_name": "Boston",
    "msa_name": "Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH",
    "path": "/advisors/ma/boston"
  },
  "registration_type": "sec",
  "registration_status": "Approved",
  "registration_date": "1996-11-25",
  "years_registered": 29,
  "period": "2026-10-01",
  "filing_date": "2026-07-16",
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  "raum_non_discretionary": 32216998304.0,
  "raum_band": "over_5b",
  "raum_band_label": "Over $5 billion",
  "total_employees": 1204,
  "advisory_employees": 296,
  "client_count_bucket": null,
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  },
  "compensation_types": [
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    "percentage_of_aum",
    "performance_based"
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  "advisory_activities": [
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    "portfolio_management_pooled_vehicles"
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  "wrap_fee_participant": false,
  "disclosure_yes_count": 0,
  "states_registered": [
    "MA"
  ],
  "websites": [
    "https://harbourvest.com",
    "https://instagram.com/harbourvestpartners",
    "https://linkedin.com/COMPANY/HARBOURVEST-PARTNERS",
    "https://x.com/HARBOURVEST"
  ],
  "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109846",
  "city_as_filed": "BOSTON",
  "url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/harbourvest-partners-llc-boston-ma-109846",
  "display_name": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC",
  "summary": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1996, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.",
  "citation": "AdvisorCensus. Harbourvest Partners, LLC (CRD 109846): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.",
  "registration_type_label": "SEC-registered investment adviser",
  "compensation_labels": [
    "A percentage of assets under your management",
    "Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)",
    "Performance-based fees"
  ],
  "advisory_activity_labels": [
    "Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)",
    "Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients"
  ],
  "quick_answers": [
    {
      "q": "How is Harbourvest Partners, LLC compensated?",
      "a": "On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Harbourvest Partners, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees."
    },
    {
      "q": "Where is Harbourvest Partners, LLC located?",
      "a": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is Harbourvest Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?",
      "a": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1996. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 109846."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does Harbourvest Partners, LLC manage?",
      "a": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC reports $191,177,888,563 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026 (83% discretionary)."
    },
    {
      "q": "How have Harbourvest Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?",
      "a": "In the Form ADV data for Harbourvest Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $90,867,086,439 in the October 2021 data and $191,177,888,563 in the October 2026 data, up 110%. Total employees: 739 in October 2021 and 1,204 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going."
    },
    {
      "q": "What types of clients does Harbourvest Partners, LLC serve?",
      "a": "By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (314); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Which custodians does Harbourvest Partners, LLC use?",
      "a": "Harbourvest Partners, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Northern Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Harbourvest Partners, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?",
      "a": "Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109846"
    },
    {
      "q": "What changed in Harbourvest Partners, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?",
      "a": "In the June 2026 filing data: Added an office in Bogota."
    }
  ],
  "filing_history": [
    {
      "period": "2021-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 90867086439.0,
      "total_employees": 739,
      "filing_date": "2021-06-28"
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 127607973571.0,
      "total_employees": 678,
      "filing_date": "2022-09-16"
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 134536968088.0,
      "total_employees": 990,
      "filing_date": "2023-03-31"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 151348655160.0,
      "total_employees": 1103,
      "filing_date": "2024-04-29"
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 173138825049.0,
      "total_employees": 1157,
      "filing_date": "2025-06-06"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-01",
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      "total_employees": 1204,
      "filing_date": "2026-07-16"
    }
  ],
  "recent_changes": [
    {
      "period": "2026-06-01",
      "period_label": "June 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Added an office in Bogota."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-04-01",
      "period_label": "April 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Employees performing advisory functions went from 290 to 296.",
        "Regulatory assets under management went from $173,138,825,049 to $190,853,374,106 (+10%)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-03-01",
      "period_label": "March 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fees_from_brochure": null,
  "custodians": [
    {
      "name": "The Northern Trust Company",
      "name_as_filed": "THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY",
      "affiliated": false
    }
  ],
  "custodians_note": "Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.",
  "markdown_url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/harbourvest-partners-llc-boston-ma-109846.md",
  "clients": [
    {
      "type": "pooled_investment_vehicles",
      "label": "Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)",
      "count": 314,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 190568740986.0
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    {
      "type": "pension_profit_sharing",
      "label": "Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)",
      "count": 2,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 609147577.0
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  "disclosure_line": "Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.",
  "disclosure_items": [],
  "indexable": true,
  "suppressed": false,
  "claimed": false,
  "enhanced": false,
  "provided_by_the_firm": null,
  "source": {
    "name": "Form ADV",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109846",
    "operator": "BH Monitor Services, LLC",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "credit": "AdvisorCensus (advisorcensus.com), from SEC Form ADV data"
  }
}