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title: "What Is Evergreen Fund?"
term: "Evergreen Fund"
description: "An evergreen fund is a private investment vehicle that continuously accepts capital and redeploys proceeds without a fixed end date, unlike a traditional closed-end fund with a ten-year life."
date: 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
topics: ["fund-economics"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/glossary/evergreen-fund
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# What Is Evergreen Fund?

> An evergreen fund is a private investment vehicle that continuously accepts capital and redeploys proceeds without a fixed end date, unlike a traditional closed-end fund with a ten-year life.

**An evergreen fund** is an investment vehicle designed to operate indefinitely—accepting new capital, recycling distributions, and deploying without the hard termination date of a classic private fund.

### How it works

Traditional venture and buyout funds raise a fixed pool, invest over several years, and return capital to LPs by year ten plus extensions. Evergreen structures flip that model: the fund remains open, often allowing periodic subscriptions and redemptions subject to gates, notice periods, and NAV-based pricing.

GPs mark portfolio holdings to fair value each period so incoming and outgoing investors transact at current net asset value. Fees may include a management charge on committed or invested capital plus performance fees tied to hurdle returns. Some evergreen vehicles sit inside wealth platforms or institutional portfolios; others are GP-led continuations of successful closed-end funds.

The structure suits strategies with long hold periods—growth equity, private credit, real assets—or managers who want [permanent capital](/glossary/permanent-capital) without going fully public.

### Why it matters

- **LPs:** You get durable access to a manager but must read redemption terms carefully—gates and side pockets can limit liquidity in stress periods.
- **GPs:** Less time spent raising new vintages; more focus on steady deployment and investor relations around NAV and liquidity windows.

### Common mistake

Treating evergreen liquidity like a public ETF. Redemption queues, manager discretion, and valuation lags mean you cannot assume same-day exit at a quoted price.

### Related ideas

See [permanent capital](/glossary/permanent-capital), [first close](/glossary/first-close), [final close](/glossary/final-close), and subscription lines.

## FAQ

### What is an evergreen fund in simple terms?

It is a fund that keeps operating year after year instead of winding down at a set date. Investors can often add or redeem capital on a schedule rather than committing once for a fixed fund life.

### Why does an evergreen fund matter?

For LPs, it offers ongoing access to a manager without waiting for the next vintage. For GPs, it reduces the fundraising treadmill but requires different liquidity and valuation processes than closed-end funds.


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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/glossary/evergreen-fund