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Polar Ventures

VC
Portland, ORWebsite

Polar Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, OR investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $300K–$3.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$3.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS
HQ
Portland, OR
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-21

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$300K – $3.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in solutions that address automation, energy optimization, and compliance in cold chain transportation.

How Polar Ventures invests

Polar Ventures is a vc firm based in Portland, OR. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Entertainment, Consumer-first ventures.

Polar Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$3.5M per investment.

Polar Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including ArcticOps, LoadTemp.

Partners & Team

DY

Daniel Yu

General Partner

Energy tech
Supply chain automation
TC

Thian Chew

Managing Partner

Venture Capital
Growth Capital
Proprietary Investments
Small to Mid-sized Enterprises
Technology & Finance Evaluation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Entertainment
Consumer-first ventures

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

AR

ArcticOps

IoT cold storage
LO

LoadTemp

Energy monitoring
How to pitch Polar Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $3.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Daniel Yu, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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