Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
Gary Swart is a General Partner at Polaris Partners. He attended the University of Maryland.
Number of Investments 5
Gary Swart has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was Series B - Preply on Mar 9, 2021, when Preply raised
£25.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 9, 2021
Preply
Series B - Preply
£25.2M
Nov 5, 2020
Stensul
Series B - Stensul
$16M
Aug 20, 2020
Cobalt
Series B - Cobalt
$29M
Mar 30, 2020
Preply
Series A - Preply
$10M
Sep 17, 2015
Envoy
No
Seed Round - Envoy
$3M
Number of Partner Investments 9
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 4
Gary Swart is the Partner at Polaris Partners. Additionally, Gary Swart has had 4 past jobs including CEO at Upwork.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Upwork
CEOMar 31, 2014
IBM
Led SMB Sales for the Americas at IBM’s Rational Software Product Group
Intellibank
VP of Worldwide Sales
Polaris Partners
Venture Partner
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Gary Swart holds 9 board and advisor roles including Advisor at EmpInfo, Advisor at The Mom Project, and Board Member at FloQast.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Reissued
Advisory BoardJan 15, 2014
Gary Swart studied at University of Maryland.
Number of Events 2
Gary Swart has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 on Sep 12, 2016.
Number of News Articles 69
Funding RoundMar 9, 2021
Preply raised £25,200,000 / Series B from All Iron Ventures and 12 other investors
Funding RoundNov 5, 2020
Stensul raised $16,000,000 / Series B from Aaron Bird and 12 other investors
Funding RoundAug 20, 2020
Cobalt raised $29,000,000 / Series B from byFounders and 9 other investors
Funding RoundMar 30, 2020
Preply raised $10,000,000 / Series A from All Iron Ventures and 10 other investors
NewsJun 10, 2016
NewsMar 16, 2016
NewsFeb 23, 2016
Funding RoundSep 17, 2015
Envoy raised $3,000,000 / Seed from Douglas Feirstein and 12 other investors