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Polaris Partners
Company typePrivate ownership
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded1996
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States
ProductsInvestments
AUM$5.0 billion[1]
Number of employees
35+[2]
Websitepolarispartners.com

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, NY and San Francisco, California.[3][4]

History

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Polaris Partners was founded in 1996 by Jon Flint, Terry McGuire, Steve Arnold.[5][6][7]

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][8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11][12][13][14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Brian Chee". California Health Care Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ Polaris Venture Website: Who We Are Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Polaris Partners Portfolio".
  4. ^ DeAngelis, Allison. "Polaris Partners plans new $400M fund for life sciences, tech".
  5. ^ "Investors hope to collect big return from Exchange.com". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  6. ^ "Terrance G. McGuire". Dartmouth Engineering. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  7. ^ "Stephen D. Arnold". Edutopia. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  8. ^ "Polaris Team | Polaris Partners". Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  9. ^ FinSMEs (2022-07-31). "Amplifire Receives Strategic Investment from Polaris Growth Fund". FinSMEs. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  10. ^ "Bryce Youngren". Polaris Growth. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  11. ^ "Breaking into Biotech with Amy Schulman, Polaris Partners". HARVARD ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  12. ^ "Amy Schulman '89 - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  13. ^ "Experts in Residence (XIRs)". Harvard Office of Technology Development. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  14. ^ Solutions, Inc, Dude. "Women, Money & Tech". calendar.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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