VC firm
Polaris Partners
Also known as LS Polaris Innovation Fund, LS Polaris Innovation Fund Management, L.L.C., LS Polaris Innovation Fund, L.P.; Polaris Innovation Fund II, L.P., North Star Venture Management 2026, L.L.C. (fka North Star Venture Management 2010, L.L.C.), North Star Venture Management Legacy, L.L.C., North Star Ventures SG Pte. Ltd., Polaris, Polaris Entrepreneurs
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Assets under management
- $4.2BForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-07-10Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $355MSEC amount sold, as of 2023-04-21Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 21
- Legal name
- POLARIS GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
Record updated 29 September 2026
About
Polaris Partners is a Boston-founded (1996) investment firm with nearly 30 years of experience backing transformational healthcare, biotech, and life-sciences companies, and also invests in technology through affiliate funds. Across its history it reports 400+ companies funded, 100+ exits, 50+ IPOs and 60+ therapies to market. Distinct affiliate funds serve different strategies: the core Polaris (Main) Funds do early/venture-stage healthcare and life-sciences investing; the Polaris Growth Fund does levered recapitalizations of software/tech-enabled-services companies; and the Polaris Innovation Fund accelerates commercial/therapeutic potential of early-stage academic research. Offices are in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Great companies are built upon a foundation of real partnership.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Investing status notes
- Home page 'all-news' feed cites 2026 portfolio news (e.g. FDA approval, Sept 2026 acquisition), and Important Disclosures states figures 'as of Q4 2026'.
Funds
- Polaris Partners XI, L.P.
- $187MVintage 2025, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Polaris Partners X, L.P.
- $355MVintage 2022, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Polaris Healthcare Technology Opportunities Fund, L.P.
- Vintage 2020Main fund
- Polaris Partners IX, L.P.
- Vintage 2019Main fund
- Polaris Entrepreneurs' Fund VIII, L.P.
- $14.5MVintage 2017, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Polaris Partners VII, L.P.
- $436MVintage 2014, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Polaris Entrepreneurs' Fund VII, L.P.
- $26MVintage 2014, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Polaris Venture Partners VI, L.P.
- $234MVintage 2010, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS ENTREPRENEURS FUND IV, L.P.
- Main fund
- POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS V, L.P.
- Main fund
- POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
- Main fund
- PGF SPV-A, L.L.C.
- SPV
- More funds
- 9 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- POLARIS GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
- CRD number
- 297431 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 801-113566
- Registration
- SEC registered
- Regulatory AUM
- $4.2Bas of 2026-07-10
- Private funds reported
- 18
- Principal office
- BOSTON, MA, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1493463, 1611189, 1615991
Locations
- Office
- Boston
- Office
- New York
- Office
- San Francisco
- Office
- Singapore