Investing Profile

Gary Swart(518)

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Partner at Polaris Partners
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45 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), and 42 other investors on Signal.

Networks Gary is a member of
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Current Investing Position
Polaris Partners 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), Harley Miller (Left Lane Capital), Sean Jacobsohn (Norwest Venture Partners), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Roy Luo (ICONIQ Capital), Andy Cohen (World Innovation Lab (WiL)), Patrick Mathieson (Toba Capital)
Preply
Series BMar 2021$35M
Series AMar 2020$10M
$290M
Co-investors: Przemek Gacek (Market One Capital), Allen Mask (WestCap), Stephan Morais (Indico Capital Partners), Rob Kniaz (Hoxton Ventures), Semyon Dukach (One Way Ventures), David Helgason (foobar.vc), Ross Darwin (Owl Ventures), Daniel Hoffer (Autotech Ventures), Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine Capital), Kolja Hebenstreit (Point Nine Capital), Litzie Maarek (Educapital), Tory Patterson (Owl Ventures), James Kim (Reach Capital), Arthur Kosten, Przemyslaw Gacek
Stensul
Series BNov 2020$16M
$58M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Chris Fralic (First Round Capital), Alex Gurevich (Javelin Venture Partners), Rick Lewis (U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)), Matt Mazzeo (Coatue Management), Patrick Meenan (Arthur Ventures), Yan-David Erlich (Coatue Management), Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital), Ryan Carlson, Avid Larizadeh, Edith Harbaugh, Frederic Kerrest
Cobalt
Series BAug 2020$29M
$36M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Eric Lagier (byFounders), Scott Belsky (A24), Ravi Belani (Extensity (IPO'd, then acq by Geac)), Tetsuro Miyatake (DG Incubation), Gerhard Eschelbeck, Pete Moore
Swiftly
SeedMay 2017$3M
$240M
Co-investors: John Rodkin (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Keval Desai (InterWest), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Kwan Yoon (BlueRun Ventures), Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Bobby Brannigan (NextGen Venture Partners), Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Candou Ventures), Fabio Lancellotti (Aster Capital), Ugo Catry (Princeville Capital), Vivek Garipalli
Qstream
Series BDec 2016$15M
$15M
B12
Series AJul 2016$12M
$28M
Co-investors: Paul Sagan (General Catalyst), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Lawrence Bohn (General Catalyst), Freddie Martignetti (Highland Capital Partners), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Gautam Gupta (Strata Capital Partners), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Peter Fishman, Greg Brockman, Jeff Arnold

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

Partner Polaris Partners2014 - Present
Advisor Advisor, Mentor, Coach2013 - Present
Partner Polaris Venture PartnersPresent
General Partner Polaris Venture PartnersPresent
Advisor Top-PatentsPresent
CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Director Corporate Sales Top-PatentsPresent
Advisor NewCoPresent
CEO NewCoPresent
Director Corporate Sales NewCoPresent
Advisor Asset Management GroupPresent
CEO Asset Management GroupPresent
Director Corporate Sales Asset Management GroupPresent
Advisor Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
CEO Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Director Corporate Sales Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Advisor Pure SoftwarePresent
CEO Pure SoftwarePresent
CEO Robyn FrankelPresent
Advisor Robyn FrankelPresent
CEO oDesk (UPWK)2005 - 2014
VP Sales Intellibank, Inc.2004 - 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