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Hamilton Lane Launches U.S. Venture Capital and Growth Evergreen Fund, Further Expanding its $10B+ AUM Evergreen Platform
Fund offers access to private venture and growth investments including disruptive technologies and innovative businesses CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 6, 2025
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[{"type":"text","content":"Fund offers access to private venture and growth investments including disruptive technologies and innovative businesses\nCONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading private markets investment firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) today announced the launch of the Hamilton Lane Venture Capital and Growth Fund (\"HLVCG\" or \"the Fund\"), a continuously offered evergreen investment vehicle registered under the Investment Act of 1940 (\"40 Act\"), available to accredited U.S. investor clients, including high-net-worth investors and their advisors2, as well as institutional investors.\n\nHLVCG offers investors in the U.S. access to the firm's global venture capital investment platform with what the firm believes to be a high-quality portfolio. The Fund aims to deliver strong returns by investing in disruptive technologies and innovative companies, while leveraging Hamilton Lane's deep expertise in private markets co-investments and secondaries to access compelling deal flow. Structured as an evergreen vehicle, the portfolio is diversified across vintage year, transaction type, manager, strategy and geography.\nWith a focus on innovation, diversification and institutional-quality assets, the Fund seeks to address common barriers to entry in this dynamic space. It aims to provide investors with upfront capital deployment, flexible liquidity options and exposure to curated opportunities alongside what Hamilton Lane believes are top-tier managers.\nMiguel Luiña, Co-Head of Venture and Growth Equity at Hamilton Lane, commented: \"With the launch of the HLVCG, we're excited to open the door for a broader set of investors to access this high-quality portfolio of innovative, high-growth technology companies that are out of reach in the public markets. Our VC strategy is designed to produce an asymmetric return profile that may limit losses and capture the attractive upside potential that venture and growth equity investments seek to provide.\"\n\"The Hamilton Lane Venture Capital and Growth Fund brings together the proven success of our venture and growth platform with the strength of our $10+ billion evergreen platform. The Fund is a natural extension of our commitment to help broaden access to high-quality private markets opportunities, and we believe will resonate with investors across the U.S. who are increasingly seeking access...