Founded in 1996, Polaris Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm prefers to invest in seed, early, later and expansion stage companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.
Polaris Partners has a 20+ year history of partnering with repeat entrepreneurs and innovators who are working to improve the way we live and work. The multi-billion-dollar firm invests in healthcare and technology companies across all stages, from founding to profitable growth. Polaris has offices in Boston and San Francisco.
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A company developing antibody-based biological medicines for kidney diseases and other chronic diseases. Visterra was acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical in 2018.
Designs and manufactures nanotechnology materials to improve display color performance and batteries
A healthcare company helping patients management their health and their involvement in the healthcare system.
A biopharmaceutical company that develops nanotherapeutic treatments for ocular diseases and other eye related conditions
A company developing publishing platforms, including WordPress.com website and VIP WordPress.com cloud version.It was founded in 2005 and is located in San Francisco, California.
A company developing therapies for the treatment of cancer and immune disorders
A biopharmaceutical company developing T cell vaccines and immunotherapies
Veracode Dynamic Analysis provides context around how an application responded to an attack and how it was exploited.
A biopharmaceutical company developing neurobehavioural therapeutic treatments using artificial intelligence and clinical neuroscience.
A biotechnology company developing blood sampling and testing devices. It was founded in 2008 and is located in Medford, Massachusetts.
Ajax is an investment company focused on investing and working with companies in the medical technology field.
Editas Medicine is a genome editing company founded in 2013 that is using CRISPR technology to treat patients with genetically defined diseases.
Lockheed Martin is an aerospace and defense manufacturer, and the largest defense contractor in the world
T2 Biosystems is a Lexington, Massachusetts-based company developing diagnostic products targeting sepsis and in vitro diagnostic products intended to target sepsis, hemostasis, bacteria, and lyme disease founded in 2006 by Robin Toft.
Lob is a company developing and building APIs for automating mail and customer communications with print media. It participated in the S13 cohort of Y Combinator.
A biotechnology company with a focus on pharmaceuticals that treat liver and gastrointestinal diseases. It was founded in 2014 and is located in San Diego, California.
Freenome is a San Francisco-based company which uses genetic analysis for early cancer detection and risk assessment.
SQZ Biotech is a biotechnology company using their cell engineering platform for developing cell therapies for treating immune disorders.
1366 Technologies is a Bedford, Massachusetts-based manufacturing company.
Kallyope is a New York City, New York based biotechnology company founded in 2015 developing therapeutics to improve human health by better understanding the gut-brain relationship.
ShoeDazzle is a El Segundo, California-based company founded by Kim Kardashian.
Twistlock is a San Francisco and Herzliya-based cybersecurity company for enterprises.
A medical company with a focus on therapies for canine cancer. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Palo Alto, California.
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Brandon Molina
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David Barrett
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Emily Mendell
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Gary Swart
Employee
Gregg Rubin
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Gus Weber
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James Whelton
Employee
Jon Steinberg
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jonathan flint
Founder
Matt Meeker
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Mike Hirshland
Employee
Nir Liberboim
Employee
Pat Kinsel
Employee
Peter Flint
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Ryan Spoon
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Shervin Ghaemmaghami
Employee
Simeon Simeonov
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