Investing Profile

Gary Swart(396)

VC

Venture Partner at Polaris Partners

polarispartners.comSan Francisco, California
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32 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 29 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
$170M
Co-investors: Sean Jacobsohn (Norwest Venture Partners), Patrick Mathieson (Toba Capital)
Preply
Series BMar 2021£25M
Series AMar 2020$10M
$10M
£25M
Co-investors: Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Piotr Kulesza, Semyon Dukach
SpineZone
Series AFeb 2021$12M
$12M
Stensul
Series BNov 2020$16M
$23M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Chris Fralic (First Round Capital), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue), Patrick Meenan (Arthur Ventures), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Yan-David Erlich (Coatue), Frederic Kerrest, Ryan Carlson, Avid Larizadeh
Cobalt
Series BAug 2020$29M
$43M
Co-investors: Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Ravi Belani (Alchemist Accelerator), Tetsuro Miyatake (DG Incubation), Paul Willard (Subtraction Capital), Scott Belsky, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Pete Moore
Swiftly
Venture RoundMay 2017$2.5M
$37M
Co-investors: Adam Draper (Boost VC), John Rodkin (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Bobby Brannigan (NextGen Venture Partners), Amos Ben-Meir (Sand Hill Angels), Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Combustion Ventures), Keval Desai (InterWest), Ugo Catry (TotalEnergies Ventures), Vinny Lingham
Qstream
Series BDec 2016$15M
$15M
B12
Series AJul 2016$12M
$28M
Co-investors: Lawrence Bohn (General Catalyst), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Jeff Arnold, Nitesh Banta, 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

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