Topic - Polaris Venture Partners

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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Thin-film Battery Maker Draws More VC Money

Infinite Power Solutions pulls in $13 million for its long-lasting, ultra-thin batteries.
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Computers, General news, Biosciences, Communications, Internet, Finance

Triple Play for Bessemer

Sales of three portfolio companies—Sirtris, PA Semi and Gracenote—are announced within 12 hours.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

MIT Solar Spin-off Snags $12.4M

1366 Technologies says it has a road map for making silicon that produces power cheaper than coal.
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General news, Media, Internet

Web Analytics Service Snags $20M

Quantcast hopes its open service will draw more users and help make its Internet data more accurate than the rest of the pack.
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Archives, General news, Biosciences, Finance

VCs Inject $16M in Nanotech Drug Delivery Firm

Arch, NanoDimension join prior investors Polaris and Flagship in second-round for Bind Biosciences.
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Media, Communications, Finance

BlackArrow Strikes $12M for TV Ads

Startup finds viewers watching so-called time-shifted TV and inserts ads based on finely tuned demographic data.
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Computers, Finance

Polaris Sells Cushcraft for $90M

The Laird Group buys maker of antennas for WiMAX, WiFi.
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Media, Finance

Despite YouTube’s Success, Heavy.com Finds Backing

Polaris Venture Partners backs fast-growing online video specialist in $20M round.
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Computers

Startup Challenges IBM, HP

With $42 million in cash, SiCortex has built two power computers from scratch.
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Media, Internet, Finance

$10M for Heavy.com Video Clips

Polaris Venture Partners ponies up for video portal that makes its own content.
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Biosciences, Finance

J&J Backs Spinal Implants Firm

Archus Orthopedics snares $35 million in a third round of financing.
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Finance

3am Labs Snags $10M

Remote access technology firm receives second round of funding led by Polaris Venture Partners.
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General news

Q&A: Robert Poor

From Jerry Garcia’s guitar man to a successful tech CEO, Robert Poor has saved some companies and made a lot of friends—and never stopped rocking.
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General news, Internet, Finance

Too Much VC? Spectrum Equity dishes it out

The firm makes a spate of investments, putting its billion dollar-plus overhang to work.