BY

Bryce Youngren

Managing Partner at Polaris Growth Fund

Waltham, Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $300,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Skills

Private Equity
Venture Capital
Investment Banking
Start-ups
Corporate Development
Entrepreneurship
Mergers & Acquisitions
Finance
Strategic Partnerships
Angel Investing
Mergers
Growth Capital
Due Diligence
Strategy
Valuation
Private Placements
Financial Modeling

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2018

    Invest in technology companies with $1-$8M of EBITDA. Currently serve on the Boards of: Amplifire: SaaS platform backed by brain science for learning content creation ARInsights: SaaS platform and proprietary database for analyst relations Automotive Titling Corporation (ATC): Out-of-state tax, titling and registration services and data Baxter Planning Systems: Aftermarket supply chain SaaS for OEMs Blue Rabbit: Veterinary pharmacy platform Strata Health: SaaS patient flow system Previous boards include: Alimera Sciences (Public: ALIM), Cardlytics (Public: CDLX), Cityworks (sold to Trimble), Cushcraft (sold to Laird Technologies), Dealer Spike (Sold to True Wind Capital / TA Associates), Digicert (Sold to TA Associates), Liaison International (Sold to Warburg Pincus and later Meritage), National Electronic Attachment (sold to Accel-KKR), Research Now (sold to Court Square), TRG (sold to Pamlico), and Xpressdocs (sold to Reynolds and Reynolds).

  • Managing Partner

    2002

    Invest in technology and healthcare companies.

  • Senior Associate

    1999 - 2002

    Sourced and executed investments in SmartMail (sold to DeutschePost) and ManagedStorage (sold to Incentra Solutions).

  • Associate

    1996 - 1997

    Middle market private equity firm

Bear Stearns

1994 - 1996

  • Financial Analyst

    1994 - 1996

    Analyst in the technology investment banking group

George K. Baum & Company

1992 - 1994

  • Financial Analyst

    1992 - 1994

    Middle market investment bank