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| Mar 21, 2022 | Polaris Partners picks up over $285m for second dedicated growth investment fund | Veteran investment house Polaris Partners has picked up more than $285m towards its second dedicated growth fund. That t |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Polaris Partners launches Dewpoint Therapeutics with $60M round | The company will focus on drug discovery involving biomolecular condensates, a type of organelle inside cells that do not have membranes but take advantage of intrinsically disordered regions of proteins to organize certain proteins and nuc... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Polaris Venture Joins $18M Funding for Cardlytics | Cardlytics, the pioneer of transaction marketing, announced today that it has raised $18 million in new equity to support its rapid expansion. New investors ITC Holdings and Kinetic Ventures led this round of financing and all previous inve... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Kinetic Ventures Leads $18M Funding for Cardlytics | Cardlytics, the pioneer of transaction marketing, announced today that it has raised $18 million in new equity to support its rapid expansion. New investors ITC Holdings and Kinetic Ventures led this round of financing and all previous inve... |
| May 4, 2017 | Polaris Partners Closes Its 8th Fund for $435M | This article first appeared on the Boston Business Journal, a sister publication of BostInno.
Boston-based Polaris Partners on Thursday unveiled a new investment fund — the firm's eighth — with $435 million ready to deploy. Founded in 1996,... |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Harvard-Based Xfund Closes $100M Second Fund | Student entrepreneurs are receiving a better shot at a capital. The Harvard-based Xfund announced Thursday it's closed a second fund of $100 million — a big jump from the roughly $10 million the early-stage VC firm started with.
Formerly kn... |
| Nov 24, 2014 | Polaris Partners raises $450m for new healthcare fund | (Reuters) — Venture capital firm Polaris Partners said today that it raised $450 million for its 7th fund, which will invest in healthcare and technology startups.
The firm will tap the new fund to invest in software companies, as well as a... |
| Jan 11, 2013 | Polaris Closing Dogpatch Labs Locations In New York And Palo Alto, Says No Change In Investment Strategy | Polaris Venture Partners plans to close two of its Dogpatch Labs incubator spaces — specifically the ones in Palo Alto and New York — while refining the approach in its two remaining locations.
The news was first reported in a story on Xcon... |
| Nov 12, 2012 | Device startup aims to bring implantable solution to the problem of central sleep apnea | This novel therapy is meant to prove better clinical outcomes than the standard treatments, which include CPAP masks, drugs and other types of airflow devices.
Labosky said that data from a feasibility study showed that the remede device is... |
| Nov 9, 2012 | Visterra Raises $13M; Completes $26M Series A | Visterra, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based developer of novel medicines to prevent and treat infectious and other major diseases, has raised an additional $13m to complete a $26M Series A financing.
New backers Bill & Melinda Gates Foundatio... |
| Sep 30, 2012 | You Don’t Need A Prototype To Raise A Seed Round | Editor’s note: Editor’s note: Mike Hirshland is the founder of Resolute.VC, a seed-stage venture capital firm. Prior to Resolute, he was a General Partner with Polaris Venture Partners where he led the creation of Dogpatch Labs as well as P... |
| Sep 10, 2012 | Localytics Raises $5.5M in Series B Financing | Localytics, a Cambridge, MA-based enterprise app analytics service, has launched a new app marketing platform and raised $5.5m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Polaris Venture Partners, with participation from all existing invest... |
| Sep 4, 2012 | WikiCell Designs Closes $10M Series A Financing | WikiCell Designs Inc., a Cambridge, Mass. and Paris, France-based company developing edible forms of food and beverage packaging, closed a $10m Series A financing.
The round was co-led by Flagship Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners.
In c... |
| Aug 6, 2012 | Respicardia Receives $6M Senior Credit Facility from Ares Capital Corporation | Respicardia, Inc., a near Minneapolis, Minnesota-based early stage company developing a medical device targeted to improve respiratory and cardiovascular health by treating central sleep apnea, has received a $6m senior secured credit facil... |
| Jul 17, 2012 | Egnyte Raises $16 Million From Google Ventures For Cloud File Storage Service | Egnyte has raised $16 million from Google Ventures for its cloud file storage solution. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Polaris Ventures also participated in the Series C round.
Egnyte provides a service that sto... |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Athletes’ Performance Receives $22.5m Investment | Athletes’ Performance, a Phoenix, AZ-based provider of integrated performance training, nutrition and physical therapy for athletes, military and corporations, received a $22.5m investment.
ABS Capital Partners has joined initial investor P... |
| Jun 6, 2012 | Vets First Choice Closes $4M Financing | Vets First Choice, a Portland, Maine-based online veterinary partner-pharmacy and marketing service provider, has closed a $4m financing.
The round was led by new investor Polaris Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors... |
| May 3, 2012 | Infinite Power Solutions Closes $10M Series D Financing | Infinite Power Solutions, Inc., a Littleton, Colo.-based clean-technology company, has completed a $10M Series D financing.
The round was co-led by existing investors Generation Investment Management, D. E. Shaw Ventures, Polaris Venture Pa... |
| Apr 11, 2012 | An alternative to incubators: the co-working space | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’re a startup, you’ve probably considered j... |
| Mar 20, 2012 | Wantful Raises $5.5M in Series A Funding | Wantful, a San Francisco, CA- and NYC-based gift-giving service, has raised $5.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Polaris Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Harrison Metal, Greylock Partners and Forerunne... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | Fibrotic disease company raises $21 million in series D round | The financing was led by Fibrotic Ventures. It also received additional funding from existing venture investors such as Morgenthaler Ventures, HealthCare Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Forbion Capital Partners and Easton Capital Invest... |
| Feb 5, 2012 | Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
As an investor, I’ve seen hundreds of mobile application pitches. And as a consumer, I’ve downloaded hundre... |
| Feb 3, 2012 | Aria Retirement Solutions Receives $4M Investment from Polaris Venture Partners | Aria Retirement Solutions, a San Francisco-based provider of guaranteed retirement income services, has received a $4m investment from Polaris Venture Partners.
The company intends to use the funds to expand its tech platform for independen... |
| Jan 29, 2012 | 10 Ways to Leverage Facebook for Startups: Part II, On-Site | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
Yesterday I discussed how to improve user acquisition, activation and activity by building Facebook directl... |
| Jan 28, 2012 | 10 Ways Your Startup Can Hook Into Facebook, Part I: On The Web | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
Having already covered how startups can use search and Twitter to find customers, here’s 10 steps for findi... |
| Jan 21, 2012 | 14 Steps To Successful SEO For Startups | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
For startups, it is dangerous to entirely separate product and marketing – both strategically and organizat... |
| Jan 14, 2012 | 5 Ways For Startups To Grow Their Brands On Twitter | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
Last week I began an effort to answer the questions I get asked most frequently by entrepreneurs, starting ... |
| Jan 7, 2012 | How To Create An Early-Stage Pitch Deck For Investors | This is a guest post by Ryan Spoon (@ryanspoon), a principal at Polaris Ventures. Read more about Ryan on his blog at ryanspoon.com.
When raising capital, a combination of your company’s product, vision, team and execution are what ultimate... |
| Dec 15, 2011 | Cerulean Pharma Closes $15m Series D Financing | Cerulean Pharma Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based designer and developer of nanopharmaceuticals, has closed a $15m Series D financing.
Backers include new investor, CVF, LLC, an affiliate of Henry Crown and Company of Chicago, Illinois... |
| Oct 2, 2011 | Polaris Venture Partners Launches Dublin-based Dogpatch Labs Europe | Adding to similar facilities already existing in the US, on September 29, Polaris Venture Partners launched Dogpatch Labs Europe, a technology company accelerator, which will be based in Dublin, Ireland.
Dogpatch Labs, which also has locati... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | Polaris Venture Partners Dogpatch Labs Europe |
Technology company accelerator located Dublin's iconic Warehouse building on Barrow Street beside Google's Europlex.
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| May 28, 2011 | Polaris Venture Partners closes Seattle office, says market ‘never developed’ | The sun has set in Seattle for Polaris Venture Partners (Kurt Schlosser photo)
When Polaris Venture Partners arrived in Seattle 15 years ago, the Boston-based firm thought the market had plenty of promise. But general partner Jon Flint tell... |
| May 27, 2011 | Report: Polaris Closes Seattle Office | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A report by VentureWire this afternoon (although oddly post-dated to May 31) says Waltham, MA-based Polaris Venture Partners has closed its Seattle office. I’ve reached out to... |
| Mar 29, 2011 | Message Bus: The Start Project's First Graduate Launches, Pulls In A Cool $3 Million | In late 2009, a group of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors came together to form The Start Project, a Silicon Valley-based incubator focused on idea generation, software development, product vision, and bringing great ideas to market. Th... |
| Mar 28, 2011 | Keen On… Bob Metcalfe: No, Bob, The Internet Isn't About to Collapse (TCTV) | In 2000, Internet pioneer Bob Metcalfe published a book entitled Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry. Eleven years later, you can buy used copies of Internet Collapses for $0.01 on Amazon.
But while Bob Metcalfe may have been wr... |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Dogpatch Labs Austin for SXSW 2011. Apply Now. | Redeem now
Polaris Ventures is excited to announce that it will bring its spirit of “open source entrepreneurship” to SXSW 2011, by opening a special edition of Dogpatch Labs. On Sunday March 13 and Monday March 14 Dogpatch Labs Austin will... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Watch Out Austin! Dogpatch Labs Is Opening A Makeshift SXSW Office | If the above is what your SXSW workspace usually looks like, you’re in luck: For the first time, Polaris Venture Partners will be opening up a temporary Dogpatch Labs office in Austin during this year’ SXSW so entrepreneurs who need a place... |
| Jan 26, 2011 | Check Out My New Favorite Browser Plug-In, Built by a Venture Capital Firm | Tech investors Polaris Ventures built and released today a really handy new Chrome browser extension they call Polaris Insights. Click it and you’ll be shown Crunchbase (tech financial), LinkedIn (employment) and Quora (general Q&A) inf... |
| Jan 24, 2011 | Co-working space General Assembly gives NYC startups a home | New York City’s tech ecosystem has been flourishing recently, with both rookies and alumni from local successes like Foursquare, Etsy and Gilt Groupe starting companies. Co-working space General Assembly (GA) is looking to become the centra... |
| Nov 1, 2010 | 20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups | The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. Ask a question and get an answer – that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. But Quora boasts active participati... |
| Oct 19, 2010 | 1366 Technologies Closes $20M Series B Financing | 1366 Technologies, Lexington, MA-based manufacturer of silicon photovoltaics, closed a $20m Series B financing.
Investors include Hanwha Chemical and Ventizz Capital Fund IV L.P., which join existing backers Polaris Venture Partners and Nor... |
| Sep 22, 2010 | "Ask A VC" Guest Swap: Kopelman Out; Hirshland In | Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital was supposed to be my guest on “Ask A VC” this week, but called me this morning to cancel because his attorneys pointed out that doing press interviews while raising a new fund ran afoul of Securities &a... |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Social job board, Jibe, officially launches | Jibe taps into your LinkedIn and Facebook network to help you recruit
We all want to make the best hires possible. As a matter of fact in the world of startups, having the right people can be a matter of meeting your goals and creating a pr... |
| Jul 27, 2010 | Dogpatch Labs incubates 10 new startups | Dogpatch Labs, the startup space run by Polaris Ventures, is welcoming a new group of companies to its San Francisco office on August 1.
Dogpatch describes itself as a “frathouse for geeks” and is basically a cross between an incubator and ... |
| Jul 14, 2010 | Trevena grabs $35M to fund trials of heart-failure drug | Trevena’s primary therapeutic areas of interest are cardiovascular disease, pain and inflammation, according to the statement.
Trevena CEO Maxine Gowen is a former leader of GlaxoSmithKline’s venture arm and cautiously acknowledged the obvi... |
| Jun 14, 2010 | Polaris Venture Partners raises $233M of $400M fund | Polaris’ $50 million investment in PartsSource in 2008 represented the year’s largest funding of any healthcare firm in Northeast Ohio.
Polaris’ smaller-than-anticipated fundraise may be a signal that smaller, targeted funds are the way for... |
| Jun 3, 2010 | Apnex taps Boston Scientific vet as CEO | By Thomas Lee
Apnex Medical Inc., a St. Paul, Minn.-based start-up developing technology to treat obstructive sleep apnea, named Charles McKhann as its new CEO.
McKhann, who previously served as a global vice president of marketing for Bost... |
| Jun 2, 2010 | Apnex Medical names former BSX and J&J executive as its new CEO | Promoted
Covid-19’s terrible toll on diabetes patients. What can be done?
The public health crisis has undermined the economy and made people with chronic conditions more vulnerable and stressed. Learn more with a new report from Omada Heal... |
| May 19, 2010 | Barcode tagger Stickybits scores $1.6 M in funding | Stickybits, a startup aiming to slap barcodes on real-world objects to link them to virtual information, has raised $1.6 million in additional seed funding on top of earlier $300,000 in initial funding. The company scored some new investors... |
| May 19, 2010 | Barcode tagger Stickybits scores $1.6 M in funding | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Stickybits, a startup aiming to slap barcodes on real-world objects to link them to virtual information, has raised $1.6 million in add... |
| May 7, 2010 | Aepona raises additional $10M from BlackBerry Partners Fund | Aepona, the Belfast-based developer of a software engine that powers the “Network as a Service” (NaaS) business model for mobile operators, has just raised a $10M round, led by new investor BlackBerry Partners Fund, a Toronto-based global f... |
| May 6, 2010 | Will Uncle Sam run the App Store? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Simeon Simeonov is founder and CEO of the startup advisory firm FastIgnite.
Today, four platform companies affect the lives of hundreds... |
| May 6, 2010 | Will Uncle Sam run the App Store? | Simeon Simeonov is founder and CEO of the startup advisory firm FastIgnite.
Today, four platform companies affect the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers every day. They are Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. They all have (or ha... |
| Apr 30, 2010 | Apple vs. Adobe Flash: What Steve Jobs really means | Simeon Simeonov is founder and CEO of startup advisory FastIgnite.
Reading Steve Jobs’ open letter with “thoughts on Flash” literally — as an argument about Flash’s capabilities or lack thereof — is a diversion from its deeper message, whic... |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Warner Bros. acquires Lord of the Rings Online game publisher Turbine | The world of Middle Earth is no longer divided, at least when it comes to video game and film property rights.
Warner Bros. has acquired online game publisher Turbine, the creator of Lord of the Rings Online, a massively multiplayer game wh... |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Warner Bros. acquires Lord of the Rings Online game publisher Turbine | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The world of Middle Earth is no longer divided, at least when it comes to video game and film property rights.
Warner Bros. has acquire... |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Stealthy WaveRx rings up another $500,000 in equity offering | WaveRx, a Waltham, Mass.-based medical device maker operating in stealth mode, pulled in $500,000 in an equity offering, according to a regulatory filing.
The details of the company’s technology, designed to treat nail and skin disorders, a... |
| Mar 18, 2010 | Give It to Them Straight: Avoid “Pitching” to Your Board | More often than not, an entrepreneur with a great idea looking for funding will pitch his or her startup dozens, if not hundreds of times to potential investors. There is an endless amount of resources out there for entrepreneurs looking to... |
| Mar 2, 2010 | Series Seed Documents: Legal Templates for Early Investments | Because today’s startup generally requires significantly less seed capital to function, the legal contracts once required for large-scale deals are no longer appropriate. Rather than forcing startups to draft lengthy legal documents, one at... |
| Feb 26, 2010 | Polaris’ Ryan Spoon and Hollrr’s David Hegarty on life in incubator Dogpatch Labs (video) | I recently stopped by Dogpatch Labs, the San Francisco incubator space run by Polaris Venture Partners. The venture firm recently exported its self-described “frathouse for geeks” concept to Cambridge, Mass. and New York, but San Francisco ... |
| Feb 2, 2010 | Top Ten VC Firm Websites By Traffic | Larry Cheng, Managing Partner at Volition Capital recently put together a list of the top VC blogs according to traffic. On that list, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures is the top VC blogger, followed by Guy Kawasaki of Garage Technology... |
| Jan 26, 2010 | Health care companies grab two of three VC dollars in Northeast Ohio | “Health care continues to be Cleveland’s flagship sector,” said Baiju Shah, president and chief executive of BioEnterprise, in the release about the venture capital report. “The success of regional health care start-ups continues to attract... |
| Jan 19, 2010 | NYC Seed Launches Summer Incubator for Startups | Early-stage New York City startups are about to get some tender loving care and it’s got nothing to do with Valentine’s Day. As highlighted in Jason Calacanis’ blog seed-stage investment group NYC Seed just launched an eight week incubator ... |
| Jan 7, 2010 | Are You Hiring the Right People at the Right Time? | The most important component of a startup is the team. Not only do you need to hire the right people for the job, you also have to hire them at the right time. Polaris Venture Partners’ Mike Hirshland wrote a great post entitled, How to Kil... |
| Jan 4, 2010 | ComScore Ups the Ante in Mobile Analytics | ComScore, a leading Web statistics provider, has joined with Flurry Analytics to provide a more complete picture on the who, what, when, where and how of our use of mobile media. Founded just over a year ago, Flurry has grown immensely and ... |
| Dec 21, 2009 | The Start Project Launches To Create, Incubate Startups | A group of entrepreneurs and investors have partnered to create a new Silicon Valley based business incubator called The Start Project.
Behind the new company are Polaris Venture Partners, the founders of 83 Degrees (Webshots, 30 Boxes, Pow... |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Interview with ex-Googler and Brizzly founder | How a bunch of ex-Google Reader guys are building a social media reader, using Twitter and Facebook
Brizzly, a popular new Twitter and Facebook app, just went into public beta this November and closed a $600,000 round. I recently had a chan... |
| Dec 10, 2009 | Polaris Opening Dogpatch Labs 'Frat House For Geeks' In New York | Redeem now
Polaris Ventures, based outside Boston, is opening a new startup space in New York, offering free office space, Web access, coffee, and snacks for select early-stage startups and entrepreneurs.
This is the firm's third "Dogp... |
| Oct 27, 2009 | Another Googler Turns VC – Jon Steinberg Joins Polaris Venture Partners As EIR | Jon Steinberg, now former Strategic Partner Development Manager on Google’s SMB (Small Medium Business) Partnerships team, has accepted a position as Executive in Residence at Polaris Venture Partners. Steinberg will be working from the VC ... |
| Sep 15, 2009 | 1366 Technologies launches solar cell with record efficiencies | 1366 Technologies, maker of silicon-based photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity, says its new product, called the Self-Aligned Cell (SAC), has achieved disruptive rates of efficiency. The company says the cell will make ... |
| Sep 15, 2009 | 1366 Technologies launches solar cell with record efficiencies | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
1366 Technologies, maker of silicon-based photovo... |
| Sep 10, 2009 | Polaris Ventures Opens A Second "Frat House For Geeks," Dog Patch Labs Cambridge | In San Francisco, there’s a nice big space right on the water where startups can go to enjoy a place to work, Dog Patch Labs. Polaris Venture Partners refers to it as their “frat house for geeks,” as it’s a place for entrepreneurs to come a... |
| Jul 27, 2009 | Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud | Egnyte, a startup that allows small and medium businesses to store and collaborate on their files online, has raised $6 million in new funding.
Amid the many web-based storage and collaboration options out there, Egnyte has a clear focus — ... |
| Jul 27, 2009 | Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Egnyte, a startup that allows small and medium bu... |
| Jul 1, 2009 | Emo Labs, Making Sound Leap Off the TV Screen, Woos Asian Electronics Makers | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Thanks to ongoing advances in liquid crystal display and plasma screen technology, flat-panel TVs keep getting flatter. Sharp’s new 46-inch Aquos X model is only 1.35 inches d... |
| Jun 11, 2009 | Google Reader Co-Founder Announces New Mystery Project | Entrepreneur and Google Reader co-founder, Jason Shellen, has let us know about his latest venture in conjunction with Thing Labs, a name that is as ambiguous as it is stealthy.
Thier super secret new product, developed in conjunction with ... |
| Jun 5, 2009 | Innovation rules the week at MedCity News — Weekend Rounds, June 5, 2009 | Then Dormir, the Indiana parent company that oversees firms that build sleep centers and provide respiratory care services, raised $8 million to grow both businesses. CHL Medical Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners led the round. Dormir Chi... |
| Jun 2, 2009 | Ribbit, Sprout inject “voice” into ad campaigns | Ribbit, the company that lets people easily create phone-like applications within Web sites, has struck a partnership with the online marketing company Sprout to insert “voice” and other phone features into advertising campaigns.
Ribbit, no... |
| Jun 1, 2009 | New venture capital chairman could be helpful to health care | Promoted
Telemedicine’s potential to provide healthcare to the world’s most vulnerable
Teladoc Health Head of R&D Yulun Wang highlights the impact of virtual care in underserved populations around the globe through the World Telehealth ... |
| Apr 16, 2009 | Sun Catalytix lands funds for “solar fuel” | Sun Catalytix, a stealthy operation formed last year to commercialize “solar fuel” research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Polaris Venture Partners that VentureE... |
| Apr 7, 2009 | Ember lands $8M for a hefty slice of the smart grid | The Ember Corporation, a major vendor of ZigBee wireless networking technology, just brought in $8 million in capital to connect household devices and appliances to the smart grid. Like most other companies in the space, the bulk of its bus... |
| Feb 20, 2009 | Polaris Surveys Founders on Dilution | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Sim Simeonov, a general partner at Waltham, MA-based Polaris Venture Partners, is conducting an online survey to find out how much stock dilution technology startup founders g... |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Phreesia raises $11.6M to make waiting-room clipboards obsolete | Phreesia, maker of electronic tablets to replace those pesky intake clipboards at doctors’ offices, announced today that it brought in $11.6 million in a round led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Sandbox Industries. This brings... |
| Jan 30, 2009 | VC Group Plots Familiar Strategy For Industry Recovery | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The venture capital model might not be completely broken, but the chairman of the National Venture Capital Association says it needs to be fixed.
With only six venture-backed ... |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Plinky launches microblogging community site to help you create content | Plinky is a new microblogging service designed for people who have trouble thinking about what to blog. It helps you find and create interesting information to share and discuss. It lets you do things like create and share locations on Goog... |
| Jan 17, 2009 | Health care leads 2008 Northeast Ohio investments | That was down from nearly three-quarters of $318 million in venture investments made in the region’s health care companies in 2007, according to that year’s venture capital report. The task force, which includes development organizations ... |
| Dec 12, 2008 | Energy Innovation and the Economy: New England Speaks Out on Video | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
During the networking-and-refreshments portion of Xconomy’s forum on Energy Innovation at the British Consulate General in Cambridge, MA, last week, we pulled aside a few volu... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Polaris Co-Leads Infinite Power Solutions Series B Round | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Waltham, MA-based Polaris Venture Partners and D.E. Shaw Ventures of New York are the lead investors in a $13 million Series B investment round for Infinite Power Solutions of... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Infinite Power gears up with $13M for thin-film batteries | Infinite Power Solutions, a developer of rechargeable thin-film batteries, has announced that it took $13 million in second-round financing to scale production of its Thinergy line of cells — said to be thinner, more flexible and more energ... |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Transoma brings in $5M for heart diagnostics | Transoma, maker of cardiovascular monitoring and diagnostic products, landed $5 million in fourth-round funding from United Therapeutics, Affinity Capital Management, Canaan Partners, Cross Creek Capital and Polaris Venture Partners, report... |
| Oct 22, 2008 | Video processor maker Silicon Optix sells assets and tech to IDT | Silicon Optix, developer of high-definition video processors, has sold out almost entirely to Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for an undisclosed amount. The sale includes the transfer of intellectual property and engineering teams in add... |
| Oct 17, 2008 | T2 Biosystems brings in $10.8M for diagnostics | T2 Biosystems, a company working to develop new diagnostic methods, received $10.8 million in second-round financing from new investors In-Q-Tel (which also helps fund the CIA, incidentally) and Partners Healthcare, and existing investors F... |
| Oct 6, 2008 | Polaris Re-ups with BlackArrow | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Waltham, MA-based Polaris Venture Partners has joined a $20 million Series B financing round for BlackArrow, a San Mateo, CA, startup that specializes in advertising placement... |
| Jun 4, 2008 | One of year’s best entrepreneurial social events | [Editor’s note: This is an Op-Ed piece by Mike Hirshland, a General Partner with Polaris Venture Partners in Boston.]
The All Things Digital Conference — aka “D6” –- last week in Carlsbad, CA was true to form. It’s one of the better events ... |
| May 13, 2008 | Easy app maker Sprout raises $5M | Sprout, the startup behind an easy-to-use tool for creating Flash applications, has been having a very good year. It launched in January at DEMO (where it snagged a “DEMO god” award), made its app builder publicly available in March, then r... |
| Jan 25, 2008 | Polaris Leads Two Big Digital Media Investments: Beats Out Sand Hill VCs for Quantcast Deal | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In case you hadn’t noticed it, blogging and online advertising are growing fast—and they’re converging. And the digital media folks over at Polaris Venture Partners seem happy... |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Web traffic measurement company Quantcast raises $20M more | Quantcast, the company that places a piece of code on Web sites so that it can track traffic and other data directly, has raised $20 million more in financing.
The round was led by the Founders Fund and included Polaris Venture Partners. It... |
| Dec 7, 2007 | Polaris Senior Associate and GreenFuel VP Nick Sinai Joining Lehman Brothers Venture Arm in Boston | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Nick Sinai, a rising senior associate star at Polaris Venture Partners, will be leaving the firm at the end of the year to become a vice president in the newly created Boston ... |
| Oct 24, 2007 | Roundup: Planet Google crowded, Verizon backs off, and more | Here’s the latest action:
1) Google facing employee overload
2) Verizon Wireless abandons legal challenge of FCC rules
3) Qualcomm comes up with competition for WiMAX
4) Could Yahoo finally be giving up social networking?
5) Google’s PageRa... |