Investing Profile

Gary Swart(371)

VC

Venture Partner at Polaris Partners

polarispartners.comSan Francisco, California
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31 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 28 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Polaris Partners General Partner
Investment Range
$300K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
14

Gary Swart is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Gary Swart's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
FloQast
Series DJul 2021$110M
Series BJun 2017$25M
Series AMar 2016$6.5M
$171.5M
Co-investors: Sean Jacobsohn (Norwest Venture Partners), Patrick Mathieson (Toba Capital)
Preply
Series BMar 2021£25.2M
Series AMar 2020$10M
$10.2M
£25.2M
Co-investors: Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Piotr Kulesza, Semyon Dukach
SpineZone
Series AFeb 2021$12M
$12M
Stensul
Series BNov 2020$16M
$23M
Co-investors: Chris Fralic (First Round Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Yan-David Erlich (Coatue), Avid Larizadeh
Cobalt
Series BAug 2020$29M
$43M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Tetsuro Miyatake (DG Incubation), Paul Willard (Subtraction Capital), Ravi Belani (Alchemist Accelerator), Scott Belsky
Swiftly
Venture RoundMay 2017$2.5M
$36.95M
Co-investors: John Rodkin (Samsung NEXT), Bobby Brannigan (NextGen Venture Partners), Amos Ben-Meir (Sand Hill Angels), Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Combustion Ventures), Adam Draper (BoostVC), Keval Desai (InterWest), Vinny Lingham
Qstream
Series BDec 2016$15M
$15M
B12
Series AJul 2016$12.4M
$28.1M
Co-investors: Lawrence Bohn (General Catalyst), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Peter Fishman, Nitesh Banta

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

Director Corporate Sales Pure AtriaPresent
General Partner Polaris Partners2014 - Present
CEO oDesk (now UpWork)2005 - 2014
VP Sales Intellibank2004 - 2005
Business Unit Executive IBM2003 - 2004
Director SMB Sales Rational Software2001 - 2003
Director Corporate Sales Pure Software1995 - 1997

Gary Swart's Education

University of Maryland BS Business