David Barrett

Dave is a general partner who brought over 20 years of experience as an operating executive & entrepreneur to Polaris in 2000.

He focuses on seed, early & expansion stage investment opportunities in technology.  Dave is exceptionally experienced in next-generation internet software business models.  He has particular background in SaaS, Cloud, Financial and Healthcare technologies.

Brian Chee
Brian joined Polaris in 1996 and is a general partner in our San Francisco office. Brian focuses on investments in life sciences and healthcare. more

Alan Crane
Alan Crane is a general partner in our Boston office, he joined Polaris in 2002 as a venture partner and focuses his investments in life sciences. more

Peter Flint
Peter Flint joined Polaris in 2003 and brings over 25 years of experience as an operating executive in the consumer media industry combined with building senior management teams for early stage venture backed companies. more

Jon Flint
Jon Flint is a co-founder and general partner based in our Boston office.  Along with Steve Arnold and Terry McGuire, he co-founded Polaris in 1996.  The founding of Polaris was detailed in the book “Done Deals” by Udayan Gupta (Harvard Business School Press, September 2000).  Jon focuses on investments at all stages in technology, media and consumer. more

John Gannon
John Gannon is a general partner in our Boston office. John joined Polaris in June 1998. more

Terry McGuire
Terry McGuire is a co-founder and general partner of Polaris Venture Partners based in the Boston office.  Terry focuses on life sciences investments. more

Amir Nashat
Amir Nashat is a general partner in our Boston office.  Amir joined Polaris in April 2002 and focuses on investments in the life sciences. more

Alan Spoon
Alan Spoon is a general partner in our Boston office.  He joined Polaris in the spring of 2000 and has been part of our team since 1996 as an early advisor and initial investor.  Alan focuses on investments in information technology, with emphasis on revenue-stage companies, digital media, e-commerce, distance learning, and financial services. more

Jason Trevisan
Jason joined Polaris Venture Partners in 2003 where he focuses primarily on growth equity and buyout opportunities in Internet, healthcare, technology and consumer businesses. more

Bryce Youngren
Bryce Youngren is a general partner in our Boston office. He focuses primarily on growth equity investments in the technology, healthcare, and business services industries. more

Steve Arnold
Steve Arnold is a co-founder and venture partner based in our Seattle office. Along with Jon Flint and Terry McGuire, he founded Polaris in 1996. Steve focuses on investments in information technology and digital media. more

George Conrades
George Conrades was named chairman and chief executive officer of Akamai in April 1999, bringing a broad range of business experience in the computing, Internet, telecommunications, and media industries. Mr. Conrades became Executive Chairman of Akamai in April 2005 and was succeeded as CEO by Paul Sagan, Akamai's president. more

Bob Metcalfe
Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe joined Polaris in 2001 and is a venture partner in our Waltham office. more

Kevin Bitterman
Kevin J. Bitterman is a Principal at Polaris Venture Partners. Kevin joined Polaris in 2004 and focuses on investments in the life sciences. more

Ryan Spoon
Ryan Spoon is a principal in San Francisco at Polaris' Dog Patch Lab. He focuses on investments in internet, technology and digital media. Ryan blogs at www.ryanspoon.com. more

Ryan Woodley
Ryan Woodley is a principal in our Boston office. He originally joined Polaris in 2004 and focuses primarily on growth equity investments in the technology, healthcare, and business services industries. more

Paulina Hill
Paulina Hill is a Senior Associate at Polaris Venture Partners. Paulina joined Polaris in 2011 and focuses on investments in the life sciences. more

Graham Brown
Graham Brown is an associate in our Boston office. He focuses primarily on later stage growth equity investments and buyout opportunities across all industries. more

Dan Cook
Dan Cook is an associate in our Boston office. He focuses primarily on later stage growth equity investments and buyout opportunities across all industries. more

Luke Sager

Luke Sager is an associate in our Boston office. He focuses primarily on growth equity and buyout opportunities in Internet, healthcare, technology and consumer businesses.

Christina White

Christina White is an associate in our Boston office. She focuses primarily on later stage growth equity investments and buyout opportunities in the technology sector.

John Lacey
John Lacey joined Polaris in 2011.  John brings 20 years experience in corporate communications, public relations and marketing to his role.  Using traditional and new media approaches, John fosters awareness of the firm’s investment strategy and serves as a communications advisor to portfolio companies on specific opportunities. more

William Bilodeau
William Bilodeau is a director of portfolio financing in our Boston office. Bill joined Polaris in 2000. more

Mary Blair
Mary Blair is Polaris' controller. Mary has been a part of the Polaris team since its inception in 1996. more

Lindsay Barnett
Lindsay Barnett is the director of portfolio recruiting, focused in technology, based in our Boston office.  She joined Polaris in 2007 and works closely with the portfolio companies helping advise them with their recruiting needs. more

Joanna LaPlaca
Joanna LaPlaca is a director of portfolio recruiting for our Boston Office.  She joined Polaris in March 2007 and focuses on recruiting senior executives to our Life Sciences portfolio companies. more