Polaris Partners
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| Private ownership | |
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Managing Partners David Barrett, Brian Chee, Amir Nashat and Bryce Youngren |
| Products | Venture capital |
| AUM | $4.0 billion |
Number of employees | 35+[1] |
| Website | polarispartners.com |
Polaris Partners is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies across all stages.
Polaris has offices in Boston, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California and Dublin, Ireland. The firm has over $4 billion under management and current investments in more than 100 companies.[2]
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 |
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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) |
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. Polaris is among a small number of top tier venture organizations. The firm has roughly $4.0 billion under management, and is now making investments through its seventh fund.
See also
References
- 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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