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Polaris Partners

Investment firm · Founded 1996 · Active in 2026

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37 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #181 · Global · 37 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns → 0% 5y
27
Decacorns ↑ 50% 5y
3
Thoroughbreds ↑ 24% 5y
25

Polaris Partners is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1996. The page below shows 37 Power Law outcomes from Polaris Partners's portfolio — 27 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Other B2B Software · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA. Polaris ranks #181 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 37 Polaris Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA37
By sectorCount
  1. Biotech & Life Sciences18
  2. Other B2B Software5
  3. Health Tech & Medtech4
  4. Cybersecurity3
  5. Marketing2
  6. Fintech2
  7. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
  8. Other1
  9. Food1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+13
  2. Series A21
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

Polaris's 37 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
37 of 37 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Polaris's founders come from — and where they study.

78 founders across the 37 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Michigan and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States50
United Kingdom6
China2
Germany1
Chile1
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UniversityCount
University of Michigan3
The University of Chicago3
Dartmouth College3
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem2
King's College London2
University of Utah2
Harvard University2
University of Denver2
United States Naval Academy / U.S. Naval Academy2
University of Michigan Ross School of Business2
+25 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft3
InsideSales2
XANT.ai2
Alphabet | Google2
Apple2
Etsy2
Cornerstone OnDemand2
Ikaria1
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals1
Bitsight1
+10 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Polaris.

Senior investment team at Polaris Partners has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Polaris stack up?

Polaris in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Polaris Partners

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Polaris on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Polaris Partners

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