Polaris Partners
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| Company type | Private ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Predecessor | Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Managing Partners David Barrett, Brian Chee, Amir Nashat and Bryce Youngren |
| Products | Investments |
| AUM | $4.0 billion |
Number of employees | 35+[1] |
| Website | polarispartners.com |
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 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]
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) |
| The 2010s |
| (expansion) |
| The 2020s |
| (COVID-19 recession) |
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
- ^ Polaris Venture Website: Who We Are Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Polaris Partners Portfolio".
- 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.