Polaris Partners
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| Company type | Private ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | Investments |
| AUM | $5.0 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 35+[2] |
| Website | polarispartners.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
[edit]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]
| History of private equity and venture capital |
|---|
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| Early history |
| (origins of modern private equity) |
| The 1980s |
| (leveraged buyout boom) |
| The 1990s |
| (leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble) |
| The 2000s |
| (dot-com bubble to the credit crunch) |
| The 2010s |
| (expansion) |
| The 2020s |
| (COVID-19 recession) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Brian Chee". California Health Care Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Polaris Venture Website: Who We Are Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Polaris Partners Portfolio".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Terrance G. McGuire". Dartmouth Engineering. 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.
- ^ "Breaking into Biotech with Amy Schulman, Polaris Partners". HARVARD ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS. 9 July 2020. 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.
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- "The Thrill of Defeat". The Boston Globe, February 2001
- Cocktails & Conversation with Bill Egan, Alta Communications. Wharton School of Business, 2006.