Polaris Partners

Polaris Partners is an investment firm that has partnered with entrepreneurs in the fields of healthcare and technology. The firm has partnered with enterprises in various stages of development.

Polaris Partners
TypePrivate ownership
IndustryVenture Capital
PredecessorBurr, Egan, Deleage & Co.
Founded1996
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
Managing Partners David Barrett, Brian Chee, Amir Nashat and Bryce Youngren
ProductsInvestments
AUM$4.0 billion
Number of employees
35+[1]
Websitepolarispartners.com

Polaris has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California. The firm has over $4 billion under management and has invested in more than 250 companies.[2][3]

History

Polaris Partners was founded in 1995/1996 by Jon Flint, Terry McGuire, Steve Arnold, who were partners of Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO).

History of private equity
and venture capital
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)

Polaris was the first of four successors to Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO), one of the earliest bi-coastal venture capital firms in the US, which dissolved in 1996. The firm has roughly $4.0 billion under management, and is now making investments through its seventh fund.

See also

References
  1. Polaris Venture Website: Who We Are Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Polaris Partners Portfolio".
  3. DeAngelis, Allison. "Polaris Partners plans new $400M fund for life sciences, tech".
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