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.

Experience:
Prior to joining Polaris, Bryce was a senior associate at Great Hill Partners, where he sourced and executed investments in SmartMail Services (acquired by Deutsche Post) and ManagedStorage International (acquired by Incentra Solutions) and served as a director on the boards of both companies. Previously Bryce served as an analyst for Willis Stein & Partners in Chicago and for Bear Stearns & Co.’s technology investment banking group in New York.  Bryce has been part of the investment teams responsible for Polaris’ investments in Alimera Sciences, Art.com, AWS Convergence Technologies (Weatherbug), Cardlytics, Cushcraft, e-Rewards, Liaison, National Electronic Attachment, TechTarget, and Xpressdocs.

Boards:
Bryce serves as a director on the boards of Alimera Sciences, Cardlytics, e-Rewards, Liaison, National Electronic Attachment, and Xpressdocs.  He was formerly Chairman of the Board of Cushcraft Corporation prior to their sale to Laird Group in March 2007.

Education:
Bryce holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.