# Harvest Partners, LP

> Harvest Partners is a New York private equity firm that has spent more than four decades buying and building middle-market companies most people have never heard of - the security integrators, software billing engines and childcare chains that quietly run the economy. Founded in 1981, it now manages north of $20 billion across three connected strategies (Private Equity, Structured Capital and Credit) and pitches itself less as a dealmaker than as a long-term partner to the management teams it backs.

- **Founded:** 1981
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Harvey Mallement (Co-Founder), Harvey Wertheim (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 100-150 employees
- **Products:** Private Equity, Structured Capital, Credit
- **Notable:** More than 40 years of continuous middle-market investing across multiple economic cycles since 1981, Grown to $20B+ in assets under management across three strategies, Made 750+ investments over the firm's history

## Products & services

- **Private Equity** — Control-oriented buyout and growth equity investments in middle-market companies across business services, consumer, healthcare, industrials and software, using a thesis-driven, proactive sourcing approach.
- **Structured Capital** — Non-control, structured equity and junior capital investments in high-quality businesses with leading market positions, designed to prioritize downside protection while participating in growth.
- **Credit** — An integrated credit platform providing flexible debt and financing solutions to middle-market companies, sourced through the firm's broader network and expertise.

## Achievements

- More than 40 years of continuous middle-market investing across multiple economic cycles since 1981
- Grown to $20B+ in assets under management across three strategies
- Made 750+ investments over the firm's history
- Attracted a strategic minority investment from Goldman Sachs' Petershill program in 2018
- Raised a flagship buyout fund targeting roughly $5.3 billion (2023)
- Founding partner of Ownership Works, advancing shared employee ownership

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Goldman Sachs' Petershill program announced the sale of its non-control minority ownership stake in Harvest Partners.
- **2023-11** — Harvest Partners marketed a flagship buyout fund targeting approximately $5.3 billion.
- **2022-04** — Harvest Partners joined Ownership Works as a founding partner.

## Links

- Website: https://harvestpartners.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/harvest-partners-lp

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Last updated: 2026-08-15