North Bridge Venture Partners

North Bridge is a venture capital firm in Massachusetts that provides seed-to-growth stage funding for businesses in several sectors such as software, communications, infrastructure, digital media, healthcare, and material production. Founded 1994 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States by Bill Geary, Doug Kingsley, Ed Anderson, Mike Pehl, and Richard D'Amore, it invests in debt, early stage ventures, late stage ventures, private equity and seed. Its portfolio companies include Lyra Therapeutics, 1366 Technologies, Markforged, Nasuni, and Clarity Software Solutions. As of February 2020, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity has made 412 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 29, 2020, when Lyra Therapeutics raised $30M. North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity has had 95 exits, the most notable of which include Acquia, Mavenir, and Onshape. The company has raised a single venture fund, North Bridge Growth Equity II. This fund was announced on Oct 23, 2013 and raised a total of $580M.