Polaris Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)
Polaris Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Waltham, MA investing in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 150 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 150 companies on record
- Partners
- 15 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, SaaS, Consumer, Marketplace, Healthcare
- HQ
- Waltham, MA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-31
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $2.5M
150+ companies
15 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage companies transforming highly regulated industries using technology.
How Polaris Partners invests
Polaris Partners is a vc firm based in Waltham, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, SaaS, Consumer. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.
Polaris Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
Polaris Partners has backed 150 companies in our records, including Acceleron, 65LAB, Amunix Pharmaceuticals.
Partners & Team
David Barrett
Partner
Amir Nashat
Director
Mia Funt
Co-Founder
Co-Founder, ByHeart
Ron Belldegrun
Co-Founder
Co-Founder, ByHeart
Jenn Adams
CEO
CEO, August Biosciences
Nicoletta Tessler
CEO
CEO, BeMe Health
Ameet Nathwani
Collaborative
Dewpoint Therapeutics
Bob Langer
Co-founder
Co-founder of 20+ Polaris-backed companies
Jo Viney
CEO
CEO, Seismic Therapeutic
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (150)
Other
Acceleron
65LAB
Amunix Pharmaceuticals
Ankyra
Arsenal Medical
Arsia Therapeutics
Ascend Health
Aspect Medical Systems
Asthmatx
Athenix Corporation
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Gary Swart, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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