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Hamilton Lane is a private-markets allocator and gatekeeper — it doesn't run companies, it decides which private-equity, credit and infrastructure funds its clients' money goes into. It oversees ~$138B of discretionary assets (and advises on ~$958B in total), earning steady management fees plus a share of the profits (carried interest) when the underlying funds do well.

Where Hamilton Lane sits

Hamilton Lane is the gatekeeper in the middle: institutions and, increasingly, individual investors give it capital; it decides which private-equity, credit and infrastructure funds (run by GPs like Blackstone or KKR) that money goes into; those funds buy the actual companies and assets. Hamilton Lane never operates the businesses — it curates and diligences access.

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