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Polar Ventures

VC
Portland, ORWebsite
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.

Meet the 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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