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Phone781-290-0770
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Waltham, CAN
1000 Winter Street Suite 3350
Waltham, MA, 02451
CAN

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Polaris Venture Partners

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.

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
TARIS Biomedical 6/09Series A$15M3
Itherapeutix 6/09Series C$15M3
VKernel Corporation 5/09Series B$7M3
Parasol Therapeutics 5/09Series A$3.25M3
Ember 4/09Unattributed$8M9
Veracode 3/09Series C$5M5
Selecta Biosciences 2/09Series B$15.1M4
Phreesia 2/09Series C$11.6M5
JibJab 1/09Series C$7.5M3
Roundbox 12/08Series C$20M5
Infinite Power Solutions 12/08Series B$13M5
Paratek 12/08Unattributed$20M5
Cardiac Concepts 10/08Series B$21M6
BlackArrow 10/08Series C$20M5
LOLapps 9/08Series A$4.5M1
Living Proof 8/08Series A$7M1
Follica 8/08Series B$11M3
Athenix 7/08Unattributed$10M3
Wakonda Technologies 6/08Series A$3.16M4
Things Labs 6/08Series A$1.5M1
ChipIn 6/08Series B$5M2
Sprout 5/08Series B$5M3
GreenFuel 5/08Series C$13.9M3
Turbine 4/08Series C$40M5
Modelinia 4/08Series A$5M1
Imprivata 4/08Series C$15M4
Trevena 3/08Series A$24M4
PublicEarth 2/08Series A$3M1
Automattic 1/08Series B$29.5M4
ARPU 1/08Series C$8.73M3
HealthCentral 1/08Series A$50M4
Quantcast 1/08Series B$20M2
ice 1/08Series A$47M1
JibJab 10/07Series B$3M1
BlackArrow 10/07Series B$12M5
Heavy 1/07Series C$20M1
Veracode 1/07Unattributed$19.5M5
ARPU 7/06Series B$5M4
Automattic 7/05Series A$1.1M6
Turbine 5/05Series B$30M4
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals 3/05Series B$27M6
Art.com 2/05Series A$30M2
BlackArrow 12/04Series A$6M3
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals 12/04Series A$13M5
WeatherBug 3/04Series B$23M3
JibJab Series A$6.4M1

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  1. Taris Biomedical raises $15 million (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  2. I-Therapeutix, Inc.: Series C $15M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  3. VKernel Scores $7 Million Series B Round (virtualization.com) [edit]
  4. Parasol Therapeutics, Inc.: Series A $3.25M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  5. Ember Raises $8 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  6. Security software firm Veracode grabs $5M (masshightech.com) [edit]
  7. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. Closes $15.1M Series B Financing (selectabio.com) [edit]
  8. Phreesia Raises $11.6 Million (dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
  9. JibJab Closes $7.5 Million Series C Round To Keep The Laughs Rolling (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. RoundBox raises $20 in Series C (startupmeme.com) [edit]
  11. Infinite Power Solutions Raises $13M in Series B Financing (news.prnewswire.com) [edit]
  12. Capital Report Index [edit]
  13. Cardiac Concepts Raises $21 Million (equityhelpdesk.com) [edit]
  14. BlackArrow Raises $20 Million For On-Demand TV Advertising (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Alarm:Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  16. Living Proof puts away $7M more in Series A funds (masshightech.com) [edit]
  17. Follica Announces $11M in New Financing and Expanded Team (follicabio.com) [edit]
  18. Athenix raises $10M for biofuels and specialty chemicals (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  19. Wakonda Technologies Raises $9.5 Million in Series A Funding (greenvc.org) [edit]
  20. Ex-Googler’s Plinky Raises $1.5 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  21. Widget maker Sprout takes $5M second round, targets music community (thedeal.com) [edit]
  22. Techcrunch article (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  23. GreenFuel raises $13.9M (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  24. Turbine Finishes $40M Investment Round (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
  25. Modelina Aiming To be Supermodels’ Hub; Polaris Investing $5 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  26. Imprivata Says Open Sesame to $15M Third Round (xconomy.com) [edit]
  27. Trevena, Inc. Announces $24 Million Series A Financing (trevenainc.com) [edit]
  28. PublicEarth raises $3M for GPS data directory (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  29. WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M (gigaom.com) [edit]
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  31. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  32. Quantcast Closes $20 million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  36. Heavy.com Plans Twofold Expansion (adweek.com) [edit]
  37. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  38. techjournalsouth.com [edit]
  39. Automattic Raised $1.1M Last October (businessweek.com) [edit]
  40. findarticles.com [edit]
  41. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals closes $27M second round (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  42. cednc.org [edit]
  43. TechCrunch [edit]
  44. Sirtris closes $13 million financing (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]
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  46. pehub.com [edit]
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