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Polaris Venture Partners

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Polaris Venture Partners was founded in 1996, and in its 10+ years of existence has made investments in successful companies like Akamai, Allaire, Alnylam, Automattic, JibJab, LogMeIn, PowerSoft, QuantCast, Sirtris, and SolidWorks. The company’s portfolio extends beyond digital media investments through its stakes in life sciences and enterprise software concerns and other industries.

Milestones

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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Aria Retirement Solutions. (2/3/12)
  Posted 2/3/12 at 3:26am via businessreel.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Recurly. (1/25/12)
  Posted 1/24/12 at 7:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Cerulean Pharma. (12/15/11)
  Posted 12/15/11 at 6:42pm via finsmes.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Lascaux Co.. (7/20/11)
  Posted 11/9/11 at 8:18pm
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Turntable.fm. (9/13/11)
  Posted 7/8/11 at 1:22am via techcrunch.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Arsenal Vascular. (10/26/11)
  Posted 10/26/11 at 9:11pm via arsenalmedical.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Sentillion. (3/1/99)
  Posted 10/23/11 at 3:47am via sagepub.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Sentillion. (9/1/01)
  Posted 10/23/11 at 3:47am via healthdatamanagement.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Sentillion. (4/1/00)
  Posted 10/23/11 at 3:47am via allbusiness.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Sentillion. (3/1/99)
  Posted 10/23/11 at 3:33am via google.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in Pulmatrix. (8/15/11)
  Posted 8/15/11 at 4:07am via businesswire.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in T2 Biosystems. (8/10/11)
  Posted 8/10/11 at 5:46pm via masshightech.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in ShoeDazzle. (5/13/11)
  Posted 5/20/11 at 3:26am via venturebeat.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in ReadyForZero. (6/1/11)
  Posted 6/14/11 at 1:07am via techcrunch.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in CatchFree. (1/6/11)
  Posted 5/23/11 at 5:02am via techcrunch.com
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  Polaris Venture Partners invested in JIBE. (5/19/11)
  Posted 5/20/11 at 8:16pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

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1. Polaris opens Dogpatch Dublin (masshightech.com) [edit]
2. Microsoft's Weber leaves for Polaris' Dogpatch Labs (masshightech.com) [edit]
3. Polaris makes Trevisan a general partner (masshightech.com) [edit]
4. Aria Retirement Gets $4 Mln from Polaris Venture Partners (businessreel.com) [edit]
5. Subscription Billings Startup Recurly Raises $6 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Cerulean Pharma Closes $15m Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
7. Arsenal Medical Raises $3M, Spins Out 480 Biomedical (arsenalmedical.com) [edit]
8. Turntable.fm Closes That $7 Million Round, Fred Wilson Joins Board (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Pulmatrix Secures a $14 million Financing to Advance Clinical Programs in COPD and Cystic Fibrosis (eon.businesswire.com) [edit]
10. T2 Biosystems closes $23M Series D financing (masshightech.com) [edit]
11. Citation Needed [add]
12. techcrunch.com [edit]
13. DFJ Leads $6 Million Round For Social Job Board Jibe (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Neuronetics, Inc. Raises $30 Million in Series E Financing (marketwire.com) [edit]
15. ShoeDazzle raises a dazzling $40M from Andreessen Horowitz (venturebeat.com) [edit]
16. Seventh Sense Biosystems Secures $4.5M from $10M Series A Offering (7sbio.com) [edit]
17. TARIS Closes $18.3 Million Series B Financing (eon.businesswire.com) [edit]
18. Message Bus: The Start Project’s First Graduate Launches, Pulls In A Cool $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. BridgePoint Medical, Inc.: Series C $9.1M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
20. Offline Labs Goes Online With $1 Million Seed Round. Enter The Project Dragōn: Sōsh (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. Arsanis closes Series A financing for $10 million (news-medical.net) [edit]
22. E-Receipts Startup Seamless Receipts Raises $1.5 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
23. techcrunch.com [edit]
24. Genocea Biosciences Closes $35M Series B Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
25. 1366 increases Series B VC funding to $26M (masshightech.com) [edit]
26. Cerulean Pharma Closes $24M Series C Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
27. aTyr Pharma Secures $23M Financing From Top Tier Venture Investor (atyrpharma.com) [edit]
28. SiOnyx socks away $12.5M in second round (masshightech.com) [edit]
29. 1366 attracts $20M financing for solar power (masshightech.com) [edit]
30. Citation Needed [add]
31. Sun Catalytix closes $9.5M financing round (masshightech.com) [edit]
32. Infinite Power Raises $20M, Brings In Al Gore’s Firm (earth2tech.com) [edit]
33. Marketer Cardlytics raises $18M (pindebit.blogspot.com) [edit]
34. Visterra, Inc.: Series A $6M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
35. techcrunch.com [edit]
36. Trevena, Inc.: Series B $35M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
37. Aepona Announces Completion of Strategic Investment by SAP Ventures (aepona.com) [edit]
38. Bind banks $12.4M round as lead program heads into PhI Read more: Bind banks $12.4M round as lead program heads into PhI - FierceBiotech http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/bind-banks-12-4m-round-lead-program-heads-phi/2010-06-29?utm_medium=rss&utm_source (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
39. Acceleron Pharma pulls in $8.4M financing (masshightech.com) [edit]
40. T2 Biosystems, Inc.: Series C $15M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
41. NYC Startup That Makes Patient Check-in Easier (Phreesia) Raises $16 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
42. Arsenal Medical pulls in $10m round (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
43. Hot New York Startup Stickybits Raises $1.6 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
44. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
45. BlackArrow Raises $20 Million More For “New TV” Ad Systems (paidcontent.org) [edit]
46. SELECTA CLOSES $15 MILLION SERIES C FINANCING (freshnews.com) [edit]
47. TechCrunch [edit]
48. NY Times (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
49. TechCrunch [edit]
50. Arsenal Medical Inc (findarticles.com) [edit]
51. Allurent closes $2 million venture round (bizjournals.com) [edit]
52. Solar Startup 1366 Closes $5.2M, Signs New Customers (earth2tech.com) [edit]
53. Adimab, Inc.: Series D $8.2M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
54. Phytel’s Rapid Growth Attracts $14.2 Million from Strategic Investment Partners (freshnews.com) [edit]
55. MicroCHIPS Raises $16.5M in Equity Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
56. Quantcast Raises $27.5 Million Third Round Led By Cisco (paidcontent.org) [edit]
57. Free & Clear banks on healthy savings (seattletimes.nwsource.com) [edit]
58. Apnex Medical, Inc. Raises Additional $14 Million (apnexmedical.com) [edit]
59. Ironwood looks to go public, raise $172M (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
60. Sun Catalytix nets $1M in third seed round (masshightech.com) [edit]
61. Kim Kardashian's Shoe Rental Site ShoeDazzle Raises $7M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
62. Fate Therapetucis (fatetherapeutics.com) [edit]
63. Xconomy Boston (xconomy.com) [edit]
64. techcrunch.com [edit]
65. Alimera Sciences, Inc.: Series C $5M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
66. aTyr Pharma, Inc.: Series C $12M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
67. Pervasis Therapeutics Announces $17 Million in Financing and New Board Member (news.prnewswire.com) [edit]
68. Cerulean pockets $10M as it catapults into the clinic (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
69. EGNYTE ANNOUNCES $6M SERIES A FUNDING (freshnews.com) [edit]
70. Experience rounds up $4.4M in new funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
71. Taris Biomedical raises $15 million (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
72. I-Therapeutix, Inc.: Series C $15M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
73. Hangout Industries handed $4M in funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
74. VKernel Scores $7 Million Series B Round (virtualization.com) [edit]
75. Parasol Therapeutics, Inc.: Series A $3.25M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
76. Mass High Tech (masshightech.com) [edit]
77. Security software firm Veracode grabs $5M (masshightech.com) [edit]
78. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. Closes $15.1M Series B Financing (selectabio.com) [edit]
79. Phreesia Raises $11.6 Million (dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
80. JibJab Closes $7.5 Million Series C Round To Keep The Laughs Rolling (techcrunch.com) [edit]
81. RoundBox raises $20 in Series C (startupmeme.com) [edit]
82. Infinite Power Solutions Raises $13M in Series B Financing (news.prnewswire.com) [edit]
83. Capital Report Index [edit]
84. Adimab, Inc. Announces Series C Financing (adimab.com) [edit]
85. Cardiac Concepts Raises $21 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
86. Alarm:Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
87. Living Proof puts away $7M more in Series A funds (masshightech.com) [edit]
88. Follica Announces $11M in New Financing and Expanded Team (follicabio.com) [edit]
89. Athenix raises $10M for biofuels and specialty chemicals (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
90. Wakonda Technologies Raises $9.5 Million in Series A Funding (greenvc.org) [edit]
91. Ex-Googler’s Plinky Raises $1.5 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
92. Widget maker Sprout takes $5M second round, targets music community (thedeal.com) [edit]
93. GreenFuel raises $13.9M (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
94. Techcrunch article (techcrunch.com) [edit]
95. Turbine Finishes $40M Investment Round (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
96. Modelina Aiming To be Supermodels’ Hub; Polaris Investing $5 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
97. Imprivata Says Open Sesame to $15M Third Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
98. Solar startup 1366 Technologies lands $12M in its first round (masshightech.com) [edit]
99. Trevena, Inc. Announces $24 Million Series A Financing (trevenainc.com) [edit]
100. PublicEarth raises $3M for GPS data directory (venturebeat.com) [edit]
101. Pervasis Therapeutics Closes Additional $9.75 Million in Financing (pervasistx.com) [edit]
102. Tempo Pharmaceuticals Closes $8 Million in Series B Funding (ceruleanrx.com) [edit]
103. WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M (gigaom.com) [edit]
104. Quantcast Closes $20 million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
105. techjournalsouth.com [edit]
106. techcrunch.com [edit]
107. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
108. Puget Sounds Business Journal (seattle.bizjournals.com) [edit]
109. DATAUPIA SECURES $16 MILLION IN SERIES B FUNDING (dataupia.com) [edit]
110. Mintera (mintera.com) [edit]
111. dmwmedia.com [edit]
112. thealarmclock.com [edit]
113. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
114. Phreesia Secures $10.25M Series B Funding (phreesia.com) [edit]
115. Adnexus Therapeutics Raises $15.5 Million in Series C Funding (adnexustx.com) [edit]
116. BIOLEX THERAPEUTICS RAISES $30 MILLION TO ADVANCE ITS HEPATITIS C DRUG CANDIDATE AND OTHER PIPELINE PROGRAMS (biolex.com) [edit]
117. Tempo Pharmaceuticals Closes $12.1 Million in Series A Funding (ceruleanrx.com) [edit]
118. aTyr Pharma Completes $10.5M Series B Round (atyrpharma.com) [edit]
119. IMPINJ RAISES $19 MILLION IN PRIVATE FUNDING ROUND; PREPARES FOR INCREASED DEMAND FOR ITEM-LEVEL RFID TECHNOLOGY (impinj.com) [edit]
120. Hangout Industries handed $4M in funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
121. Aepona Raises $10M in New Financing Round (aepona.com) [edit]
122. BridgePoint Medical, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series B Financing (bridgepointmedical.com) [edit]
123. Veracode Launches Application Security Company; Secures $19.5 million in Funding (veracode.com) [edit]
124. Heavy.com Plans Twofold Expansion (adweek.com) [edit]
125. Cap Funding Report [edit]
126. Cap Funding Report [edit]
127. Ad Insert Start-up BlackArrow Raises $14.75 Million For Unskippable Ads (paidcontent.org) [edit]
128. BridgePort Networks Raises an Additional $13 Million in Venture Capital Funding. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
129. Athletes' Performance Secures First Round Funding from Polaris Venture Partners; (businesswire.com) [edit]
130. SiCortex Announces $21 Million Series B Funding Round Led By Strategic Investment Group (sicortex.com) [edit]
131. Mintera (mintera.com) [edit]
132. Cap Funding Report [edit]
133. Confluence Announces Strategic Investment Partnership with Polaris (confluence.com) [edit]
134. Acceleron Pharma Closes $30M Series B Financing (acceleronpharma.com) [edit]
135. techjournalsouth.com [edit]
136. ADNEXUS THERAPEUTICS CLOSES $27M SERIES B FUNDING (adnexustx.com) [edit]
137. JibJab (vcmike.wordpress.com) [edit]
138. Ember receives $12 million in new financing (ember.com) [edit]
139. Cap Funding Report [edit]
140. VC: Icera gets $40M (m.fiercewireless.com) [edit]
141. Cap Funding Report [edit]
142. Cap Funding Report [edit]
143. HDS acquires: Why Archivas, why now? (wikibon.org) [edit]
144. Asempra Technologies gets $20M funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
145. Cap Funding Report [edit]
146. Heavy.com Closes $10 Million Financing (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
147. Cap Funding Report [edit]
148. Athenix secures $13 Million in Series C Financing (athenixcorp.com) [edit]
149. Cap Funding Report [edit]
150. IMPINJ RAISES $26.5M, CEMENTS RFID LEADERSHIP ROLE (impinj.com) [edit]
151. 3am Labs, Inc. Secures $10 Million Series B Funding Led by Polaris Venture Partners (secure.logmein.com) [edit]
152. Automation ware-maker MValent raises $6M in VC cash Read more: Automation ware-maker MValent raises $6M in VC cash (bizjournals.com) [edit]
153. Alimera Sciences Secures $31.8 Million in Series B Financing (gabio.org) [edit]
154. Cap Funding Report [edit]
155. Cap Funding Report [edit]
156. BIOLEX THERAPEUTICS RAISES $36 MILLION IN VENTURE FINANCING (biolex.com) [edit]
157. Cap Funding Report [edit]
158. Automattic Raised $1.1M Last October (businessweek.com) [edit]
159. Paratek Closes $15 Million Series C Financing (paratek.com) [edit]
160. findarticles.com [edit]
161. Prospex Medical, Inc. Announces $1.5 Million Seed Round (prospexmedical.com) [edit]
162. In the Money MessageGate (seattlepi.com) [edit]
163. Mintera (mintera.com) [edit]
164. Cap Funding Report [edit]
165. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals closes $27M second round (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
166. AePona Raises $20M (lightreading.com) [edit]
167. Frictionless lands $6.2M in financing, hires new CEO Read more: Frictionless lands $6.2M in financing, hires new CEO - Boston Business Journal (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
168. cednc.org [edit]
169. Sirtris closes $13 million financing (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
170. TechCrunch [edit]
171. Citation Needed [add]
172. Athenix secures $12.5 Million in Series B Financing (millenniapartners.com) [edit]
173. 170 Systems, Inc., A Provider of Enterprise Software for Streamlining Business Processes, Secures $14 Million in Series A Funding from Polaris Venture Partners (170systems.com) [edit]
174. Athenix Secures $8 Million in Venture Capital (athenixcorp.com) [edit]
175. Sentillion Raises $18 Million (healthdatamanagement.com) [edit]
176. Leading Venture Firms Back Healthcare Software Maker Sentillion (allbusiness.com) [edit]
177. The Sentillion Story- Spinout from HP Labs (google.com) [edit]
178. The Sentillion Story- Spinout from HP Labs (sagepub.com) [edit]