| Website | polarisventures.c... |
| Phone | 781-290-0770 |
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| Founded | 1/96 |
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.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Fate Therapeutics | 11/09 | Series B | $30M | 6 |
| pulmatrix | 11/09 | Series B | $30.2M | 4 |
| Thing Labs | 11/09 | Series A | $600k | 4 |
| Alimera Sciences | 10/09 | Series C | $5M | 5 |
| aTyr Pharma | 9/09 | Series C | $12M | 3 |
| Pervasis Therapeutics | 8/09 | Series C | $17.4M | 3 |
| Cerulean | 7/09 | Series B | $10M | 4 |
| Egnyte | 7/09 | Series A | $6M | 2 |
| Experience, Inc. | 7/09 | Unattributed | $4.4M | 1 |
| TARIS Biomedical | 6/09 | Series A | $15M | 3 |
| Ocular Therapeutix | 6/09 | Series C | $15M | 3 |
| Hangout Industries | 5/09 | Series B | $4M | 2 |
| VKernel Corporation | 5/09 | Series B | $7M | 3 |
| Parasol Therapeutics | 5/09 | Series A | $3.25M | 3 |
| Ember | 4/09 | Unattributed | $8M | 9 |
| pulmatrix | 3/09 | Series A | $3.5M | 2 |
| Veracode | 3/09 | Series C | $5M | 5 |
| Selecta Biosciences | 2/09 | Series B | $15.1M | 4 |
| Phreesia | 2/09 | Series C | $11.6M | 5 |
| JibJab | 1/09 | Series C | $7.5M | 3 |
| Roundbox | 12/08 | Series C | $20M | 5 |
| Infinite Power Solutions | 12/08 | Series B | $13M | 5 |
| Paratek | 12/08 | Unattributed | $20M | 5 |
| Cardiac Concepts | 10/08 | Series B | $21M | 6 |
| BlackArrow | 10/08 | Series C | $20M | 5 |
| LOLapps | 9/08 | Series A | $4.5M | 3 |
| Living Proof | 8/08 | Series A | $7M | 1 |
| Follica | 8/08 | Series B | $11M | 3 |
| Athenix | 7/08 | Series D | $10M | 3 |
| Wakonda Technologies | 6/08 | Series A | $3.16M | 4 |
| Thing Labs | 6/08 | Series A | $1.6M | 1 |
| ChipIn | 6/08 | Series B | $5M | 2 |
| Sprout | 5/08 | Series B | $5M | 3 |
| GreenFuel | 5/08 | Series C | $13.9M | 3 |
| Turbine | 4/08 | Series C | $40M | 5 |
| Modelinia | 4/08 | Series A | $5M | 1 |
| Imprivata | 4/08 | Series C | $15M | 4 |
| Trevena | 3/08 | Series A | $24M | 4 |
| PublicEarth | 2/08 | Series A | $3M | 1 |
| Automattic | 1/08 | Series B | $29.5M | 4 |
| HealthCentral | 1/08 | Series A | $50M | 4 |
| ARPU | 1/08 | Series C | $8.73M | 3 |
| ice | 1/08 | Series A | $47M | 1 |
| Quantcast | 1/08 | Series B | $20M | 2 |
| Fate Therapeutics | 11/07 | Series A | $12M | 4 |
| Mintera | 10/07 | Series C | $19M | 6 |
| BlackArrow | 10/07 | Series B | $12M | 5 |
| JibJab | 10/07 | Series B | $3M | 1 |
| Hangout Industries | 3/07 | Series A | $6M | 2 |
| Heavy | 1/07 | Series C | $20M | 1 |
| Veracode | 1/07 | Unattributed | $19.5M | 5 |
| Athletes' Performance | 10/06 | Unattributed | 1 | |
| Mintera | 10/06 | Series B | $10M | 5 |
| ARPU | 7/06 | Series B | $5M | 4 |
| JibJab | 6/06 | Series A | $6.4M | 1 |
| Athenix | 1/06 | Series C | $13M | 6 |
| LogMeIn | 12/05 | Series B | $10M | 4 |
| Automattic | 7/05 | Series A | $1.1M | 6 |
| Turbine | 5/05 | Series B | $30M | 4 |
| Mintera | 4/05 | Series B | $18.5M | 5 |
| Sirtris Pharmaceuticals | 3/05 | Series B | $27M | 6 |
| Art.com | 2/05 | Series A | $30M | 2 |
| BlackArrow | 12/04 | Series A | $6M | 3 |
| Sirtris Pharmaceuticals | 12/04 | Series A | $13M | 5 |
| WeatherBug | 3/04 | Series B | $23M | 3 |
| Athenix | 1/04 | Series B | $12.5M | 5 |
| 170 Systems | 4/02 | Series A | $14M | 1 |
| Athenix | 9/01 | Series A | $8M | 3 |
| Free & Clear | Unattributed | $10M | 3 |
