# Polaris Partners

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## TL;DR

A Boston venture firm with a long record of co-founding biotech companies with academic scientists such as Bob Langer. Its cancer companies include Syros Pharmaceuticals, Kronos Bio and the blood-test company Freenome.

## Summary

Polaris Partners was founded in 1996 by Jon Flint, Terry McGuire and Steve Arnold and has offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Singapore (Wikipedia; company site). It runs main venture funds plus a Polaris Innovation Fund for company creation and a Polaris Growth Fund, and highlights that Bob Langer has co-founded more than 20 Polaris-backed companies. The firm typically leads seed and Series A rounds in therapeutics companies it helps form. Its full companies list, checked in Q2 2026, includes oncology names such as Syros Pharmaceuticals, Kronos Bio, Kojin Therapeutics, IconOVir Bio (oncolytic viruses), Genocea and Freenome (blood-based cancer screening), as well as Candid Therapeutics and Scholar Rock.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: vc
- HQ: Boston, MA
- Type: investor
- Website: https://polarispartners.com/

## Sources

- Official website: https://polarispartners.com/
- Companies list: https://polarispartners.com/companies-list/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Partners

## Connected records

- companies: [Freenome](https://onco.cc/companies/freenome/), [Neogene Therapeutics](https://onco.cc/companies/neogene-therapeutics/), [Noetik](https://onco.cc/companies/noetik/)

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