Polaris Partners
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]
| 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 | 
History
    
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 Brian Chee, Amy Schulman, and Darren Carroll.[1]
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.[8][9] 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.[10][11][12][13]
| 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) | 
References
    
- "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.
 - 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.
 
- A Generation Gap in Venture Capital
 - Gupta, Udayan. Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories, 2000
 - Venture-Capital Firms Prepare for Next Generation of Partners
 - "The Thrill of Defeat". The Boston Globe, February 2001
 - Cocktails & Conversation with Bill Egan, Alta Communications. Wharton School of Business, 2006.
 
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