Polaris Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Polaris Partners has invested in 2 companies.

Polaris Partners’ most common sectors for investment are information technology (25%) and software (14%). The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (49%) and venture (33%). In total, Polaris Partners has invested in 16 US states and 4 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2010 when it acquired MH Sub I for $640M.

In the last 3 years, Polaris Partners has exited 9 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (41%). Polaris Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2021 when it sold Drizly for $1.1B.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity59
    • M&A Buy Activity37
    • M&A Sell Activity22
  • Total Sectors Invested 14
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 29
  • M&A Advisors 1

Polaris Partners

One Marina Park Drive, 10th Floor,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
United States
(781) 290-0770
www.polarispartners.com

Polaris Partners is primarily a seed, first round, and early stage venture capital investor in information technology and life science businesses. However, Polaris also focuses on private equity investments in established companies. In this area, Polaris targets high growth middle market companies in industries including technology, healthcare, digital media, consumer products and services, and business services. The firm's investments include minority growth equity investments, recapitalizations with liquidity, and leveraged buyouts. Polaris Partners was formed in 1996 and has offices in Seattle, Washington and Waltham, Massachusetts.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Life Science, Manufacturing, Media, Medical Products, Retail, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 33 2 2 - - - 37
vol $913M $913M
Sell (2.4/yr) # 10 3 5 3 - 1 22
vol $415M $70M $1.1B $1.6B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Drizly, Inc. 2021-02-02 1.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts · www.drizly.com
Earth Networks, Inc. 2019-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Germantown, Maryland · www.earthnetworks.com
Liaison International, Inc. 2019-11-22 - Secondary Buyout
Watertown, Massachusetts · www.liaisonedu.com
Covetrus, Inc. 2019-02-08 - IPO
Portland, Maine · www.covetrus.com
Art.com, Inc. 2018-12-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Emeryville, California · www.art.com
TRGRP, Inc. 2018-11-07 - Secondary Buyout
New York, New York · www.trgscreen.com
Iridium Technology LLC 2018-08-22 - Growth Capital
Reno, Nevada · www.iridium-technology.com
NetRate Systems, Inc. 2018-06-07 - Growth Capital
Okemos, Michigan · www.netrate.com
Confluence Technologies, Inc. 2018-03-14 - Secondary Buyout
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · www.confluence.com
Athletes' Performance, Inc. (dba EXOS) 2018-03-01 - Secondary Sale
Phoenix, Arizona · www.teamexos.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 3 (25%) 200M (100%) 9 (24%) 200M (22%)
Software 2 (17%) - 5 (14%) 50M (5%)
E-Commerce 1 (8%) - 4 (11%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 4 (11%) -
Life Science 1 (8%) - 4 (11%) -
Healthcare Services 2 (17%) - 3 (8%) -
Digital Media - - 1 (3%) 640M (70%)
Communications - - 1 (3%) 23M (3%)
Business Services - - 1 (3%) -
Chemicals 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
Consumer Services - - 1 (3%) -
Financial Services - - 1 (3%) -
Food 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
Insurance 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
Total 12 $200M 37 $913M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 11 (92%) 200M (100%) 34 (92%) 913M (100%)
  Texas 2 (17%) - 5 (14%) -
  Massachusetts 2 (17%) - 5 (14%) -
  New York 1 (8%) - 5 (14%) -
  California 1 (8%) 200M (100%) 4 (11%) 840M (92%)
  Georgia 1 (8%) - 3 (8%) -
  Maryland - - 2 (5%) 23M (3%)
  North Carolina 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  New Hampshire 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Nevada 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Michigan 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Ohio - - 1 (3%) 50M (5%)
  Washington - - 1 (3%) -
  Pennsylvania - - 1 (3%) -
  Minnesota - - 1 (3%) -
  Maine - - 1 (3%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (3%) -
Canada 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
  Alberta 1 (8%) - 1 (3%) -
United Kingdom - - 1 (3%) -
Iceland - - 1 (3%) -
Total 12 $200M 37 $913M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 7 (58%) - 18 (49%) -
Venture 4 (33%) - 12 (32%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) - - 3 (8%) 23M (3%)
Going Private - - 1 (3%) 640M (70%)
Secondary Buyout 1 (8%) 200M (100%) 1 (3%) 200M (22%)
Recapitalization - - 1 (3%) 50M (5%)
Stake Purchase - - 1 (3%) -
Total 12 $200M 37 $913M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 10 (45%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 7 (32%) 1.6B (100%)
IPO 2 (9%) -
Trade Sale 2 (9%) -
Merger 1 (5%) -
Total 22 $1.6B

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Goodwin Procter LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $840M
< $100M 2 $73M
TOTAL $913M
Largest MH Sub I LLC
$640M (2010-09-20)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.1B
$100M to $1B 1 $415M
< $100M 1 $70M
TOTAL $1.6B
Largest Drizly, Inc.
$1.1B (2021-02-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
2 (5%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
36%
8 (36%)
Strategic(s)
41%
9 (41%)

Investor Summary

Size

Large

PE Assets

4.3B USD

Established

1996

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Jon Flint

Co-Founding Partner

Terry Mcguire

Co-Founding Partner

Lauren Crockett

General Counsel & CCO

Amy Schulman

Managing Partner

Amir Nashat

Partner

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