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Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm active in the field of healthcare and biotechnology companies. The company has offices in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York and San Francisco, California.[3]
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States, |
| Products | Investments |
| AUM | $5.0 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 35+[2] |
| Website | www |
History
editPolaris Partners was founded in 1996 by Jon Flint, Terry McGuire, Steve Arnold.[4][5]
The firm has over $5 billion in committed capital and is now making investments through its tenth fund.[1] The current managing partners are Amy Schulman, and Brian Chee.[1][6]
Polaris Partners also has two affiliate funds. Polaris Growth Fund targets investments in profitable, founder-owned technology companies and is led by managing partners Bryce Youngren and Dan Lombard.[7][8] Polaris Innovation Fund focuses on the commercial and therapeutic potential of early-stage academic research and is led by managing partners Amy Schulman and Ellie McGuire.[9][10][11]
In 2012, Polaris Partners joined New Enterprise Associates as partners of The Experiment Fund of Harvard University.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Brian Chee". California Health Care Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Polaris Venture Website: Who We Are Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ DeAngelis, Allison. "Polaris Partners plans new $400M fund for life sciences, tech".
- ↑ "Investors hope to collect big return from Exchange.com". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Stephen D. Arnold". Edutopia. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Polaris Team | Polaris Partners". Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ↑ FinSMEs (2022-07-31). "Amplifire Receives Strategic Investment from Polaris Growth Fund". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Bryce Youngren". Polaris Growth. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Amy Schulman '89 - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Experts in Residence (XIRs)". Harvard Office of Technology Development. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ Solutions, Inc, Dude. "Women, Money & Tech". calendar.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "The Experiment Fund welcomes Accel, Polaris, and new advisers". seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
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