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Polaris Partners
Investment firm · Founded 1996 · Active in 2026
Polaris Partners is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1996. The page below shows 41 Power Law outcomes from Polaris Partners's portfolio — 29 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.
Polaris’ biggest exits.
Polaris portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Candid Therapeutics
The 41 Polaris Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA41
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Biotech & Life Sciences21
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Other B2B Software6
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Health Tech & Medtech5
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Cybersecurity3
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Marketing2
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Fintech2
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Other1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces1
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Series B+15
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Series A21
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Seed2
Polaris’ biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Polaris’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where Polaris is a named shareholder, worth about $597M in estimated equity value.
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Automattic
6.5%
$7.5B
$488M
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2
FloQast
4%
$1.6B
$64M
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3
Freenome
3%
$1.5B
$45M
Estimated value = Polaris’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Polaris's 41 Power Law outcomes.
How does Polaris stack up?
Polaris in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Polaris' portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
44 founders across the 41 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Dartmouth College and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Polaris.
Market sentiment
What the market 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…
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In the news
Latest news about Polaris Partners
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Polaris — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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