Investing Profile

Gary Swart(518)

VCInvestorAngel
General Partner at Polaris Partners
polarispartners.com/partner/g...Atherton
Photo of Gary Swart, General Partner at Polaris Partners
Your Intro Paths to Gary Swart
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

Gary Swart's investing connections

Picture
Picture
Picture

43 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), and 40 other investors on Signal.

Networks Gary is a member of
IBM Network
55 CONNECTIONS
University of Maryland Network
11 CONNECTIONS

Find Gary Swart on

cb
Current Investing Position
Polaris Partners General Partner
Investment Range
$300K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
15
Current Fund Size
$4B

Gary Swart is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Gary Swart's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Livara Health
Series BMay 2024$15M
Series AFeb 2021$12M
$27M
FloQast
Series DJul 2021$110M
Series CJan 2020$40M
Series BJun 2017$25M
Series AMar 2016$7M
$310M
Co-investors: George Bischof (Meritech Capital Partners), Sean Jacobsohn (Norwest Venture Partners), Patrick Mathieson (Toba Capital), Andy Cohen (World Innovation Lab (WiL)), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Roy Luo (ICONIQ Capital)
Preply
Series BMar 2021$35M
Series AMar 2020$10M
$140M
Co-investors: David Helgason (foobar.vc), Przemek Gacek (Market One Capital), Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine Capital), Kolja Hebenstreit (Point Nine Capital), James Kim (Reach Capital), Tory Patterson (Owl Ventures), Litzie Maarek (Educapital), Ross Darwin (Owl Ventures), Przemyslaw Gacek, Arthur Kosten, Daniel Hoffer
Stensul
Series BNov 2020$16M
$58M
Co-investors: Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Chris Fralic (First Round Capital), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Patrick Meenan (Arthur Ventures), Matt Mazzeo, Frederic Kerrest, Avid Larizadeh, Edith Harbaugh, Yan-David Erlich, Ryan Carlson
Cobalt
Series BAug 2020$29M
$86M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Tetsuro Miyatake (DG Incubation), Paul Willard (Subtraction Capital), Eric Lagier (byFounders), Ravi Belani (Alchemist Accelerator), Gerhard Eschelbeck, Scott Belsky, Pete Moore
Swiftly
SeedMay 2017$3M
$240M
Co-investors: Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Combustion Ventures), Bobby Brannigan (NextGen Venture Partners), John Rodkin (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Kwan Yoon (BlueRun Ventures), Fabio Lancellotti (Aster Capital), Ugo Catry (Princeville Capital), Keval Desai (InterWest), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Vivek Garipalli
Qstream
Series BDec 2016$15M
$15M
B12
Series AJul 2016$12M
$28M
Co-investors: Paul Sagan (General Catalyst), Lawrence Bohn (General Catalyst), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Freddie Martignetti (Highland Capital Partners), Jeff Arnold, Greg Brockman, Peter Fishman

most interested in

I am passionate about b2b saas companies focused on the future of work and healthcare technology

not interested in

I typically do not do consumer deals

Gary Swart's Experience

General Partner Polaris Partners2014 - Present
Advisor Advisor, Mentor, Coach2013 - Present
CEO oDesk (UPWK)2005 - 2014
CEO oDesk (now UpWork)2005 - 2014
VP Sales Intellibank, Inc.2004 - 2005
VP Sales Intellibank2004 - 2005
Business Unit Executive IBM2003 - 2004
Director SMB Sales Rational Software2001 - 2003
Director Corporate Sales Pure Atria1997 - 1998
Director Corporate Sales Pure Software1995 - 1997

Gary Swart's Education

University of Maryland BS Business