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FirmsGreater Boston

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Investor / VC · Asset Manager
HighVista Strategies
● Boston, MA
Alternative asset manager. $10B+ AUM. Lower middle market PE, early-stage VC, public market strategies. Focused on inefficient markets.
Est. 2004
$10.0B AUM
Investor / VC · VC
Polaris Partners
● Boston, MA
Boston multi-stage VC across healthcare and enterprise software. Backed Veracode, Obalon, Freenome. Partners Terry McGuire and Amir Nashat.
Est. 1996
Investor / VC · VC
Underscore VC
● Floor Boston, MA
Boston B2B software seed and Series A VC. Community-first model with Core LP network. Backs founders from earliest stages.
Est. 2015
Investor / VC · PE
Advent International
● Boston, MA
Global PE firm. $94B AUM. 420+ companies across 43 countries. 800 Boylston St Boston. Sectors: business/financial services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, retail, tech.
Chris Egan, David Mussafer, Heather Kennedy Miner +2 more
Est. 1984
$94.0B AUM
Investor / VC · VC
Atlas Venture
● Boston, MA
Biotech-only VC building companies from formation. Kendall Square Cambridge. Co-founded Intellia, Translate Bio (acq Sanofi), Horizon (acq Amgen). Partners Bruce Booth and Jean-François Formela.
Bruce Booth, Jean-François Formela, Michael Gladstone
Est. 1980
Investor / VC · PE
Audax Group
● Boston, MA
Audax Group is a private equity firm focused on middle-market buyouts.
Investor / VC · PE
Audax Private Equity
● Boston, MA
Middle-market buyout PE. Buy-and-build strategy. Healthcare, business services, technology. Boston HQ.
Est. 1999
Investor / VC · VC
Avalon Ventures
● Cambridge, MA
La Jolla-based seed/early VC. $750M+ invested across 11 funds. Life sciences and tech. Founded by Kevin Kinsella. 125+ companies. Notable: Vertex, Synaptics, Vocera, Onyx Pharma. WSJ top biotech VC. [merged from 817]: San Diego's pioneering life sciences + tech VC. Founded 1983 by Kevin Kinsella. $750M+ deployed. Separate Avalon BioVentures fund ($135M, 2022) exclusively for early-stage biotech. Managing Partners: Jay Lichter, Sandy Madigan, Tighe Reardon. Accelerator model: incubates companies internally before bringing in co-investors. Notable: Erasca, Janux, Synthorx (acq. Sanofi $2.5B), Calporta (acq. Merck), Nerio (acq. Boehringer-Ingelheim $1.3B).
Jay Lichter, Kevin Kinsella, Sandy Madigan +1 more
Est. 1983
$750M AUM
Investor / VC · PE
Bain Capital
● Boston, MA
Global PE mega-fund. $185B AUM. 200 Clarendon St Boston. Sectors: tech, healthcare, consumer, financial services, retail. Co-Managing Partners: John Connaughton, David Gross.
Chris Gordon, David Gross, John Connaughton +5 more
Est. 1984
$185.0B AUM
Investor / VC
Bain Capital Ventures
● Boston, MA
Bain Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth-stage startups across seven focus domains: AI Apps, AI Infrastructure, Commerce, Fintech, Healthcare, Physical AI, and Security.
Investor / VC · PE
Berkshire Partners
● Boston, MA
$26.8B AUM. Fund XI closed Oct 2024 at $7.8B — firm record. Middle-market buyouts. Focus: healthcare, software, consumer services. 5 co-founders still active.
Brad Bloom, Carl Ferenbach, Chris Clifford +5 more
Est. 1986
$26.8B AUM
Investor / VC
Boston Seed Capital
● Boston, MA
Investor / VC
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
● Boston, MA
Breakthrough Energy is a global platform that invests in and accelerates clean energy innovation across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and building sectors. The organization discovers, develops, and deploys breakthrough technologies aimed at addressing climate change while meeting the world's growing energy demand affordably and reliably.
Investor / VC · Asset Manager
Cambridge Associates
● Boston, MA
Investment management and advisory for institutional investors. $500B+ advised. Founded 1973. Focus: private equity, VC, hedge funds, real assets. HQ Boston.
Est. 1973
Investor / VC · VC
Castor Ventures
● Cambridge, MA
Castor Ventures — Alumni Ventures fund for the MIT community. Co-invests alongside top VCs in MIT-affiliated companies. Part of Alumni Ventures platform ($1.5B AUM, Manchester NH).
Est. 2014
Investor / VC · PE
Charlesbank Capital Partners
● Boston, MA
Middle-market PE with opportunistic credit and technology strategies. Thematic sourcing, operational improvement. Spun out of Harvard Management Company.
Est. 1998
Investor / VC
Copley Equity
● Quincy, MA
Copley Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Quincy, Massachusetts, that invests in established small and lower middle-market businesses with growth potential using capital from a single family office. The firm operates independently of traditional private equity fundraising cycles, allowing it to take a long-term approach to investments.
Investor / VC · Other
Eaton Vance Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd.
● MA
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Investor / VC · Other
Eaton Vance Parametric Municipal Credit Trident Fund LLC
● MA
Investor / VC · Asset Manager
Fidelity
● Boston, MA
Public-market crossover / IPO-anchor investor.