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		<title>The NFL Draft &amp; the Performance of Athletes’ Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN Video Clip on Athletes’ Performance: http://cnnmon.ie/K2GVlU &#160; &#160; By Jon Flint, Co-Founder &#38; Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners &#160; It’s an exciting time to be an investor in Athletes’ Performance (AP), the trailblazing performance training network for both elite &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/04/26/the-nfl-draft-the-performance-of-athletes-performance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=277&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paratek Answers Research In Motion’s Call for a Better Mobile Phone User Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Spoon, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Watch out providers of mobile phones, Research In Motion (RIM) just acquired Paratek Adaptive RF, in which Polaris Venture Partners was a lead investor. Paratek honed a patented technology that cleverly exploits &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/03/08/paratek-answers-research-in-motions-call-for-a-better-mobile-phone-user-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=274&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PVP’s MicroCHIPS Offers Society A New Medical “First”—An Implantable Device That Can Relieve the Burden of Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Polaris Venture Partners</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Terry McGuire, Co-Founder &#38; Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners &#160; Big things sometimes come in small packages.  That’s certainly true for the MicroCHIPS drug delivery device, which is no bigger than a memory stick. Today in the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/02/16/pvps-microchips-offers-society-a-new-medical-first-an-implantable-device-that-can-relieve-the-burden-of-disease/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=255&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Next Generation of Great Entrepreneurs, A Visit with MIT Postdocs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paulina Hill, Senior Associate (aka the apprentice) My Alma mater MIT and Polaris Venture Partners, where I’m transitioning from bench researcher to venture capitalist, recently hosted the first MIT Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Symposium. The event was truly the first of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/02/06/meet-the-next-generation-of-great-entrepreneurs-a-visit-with-mit-postdocs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=118&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avila Therapeutics Story Shows Early, Series-A Life Sciences Investing Pays Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighth Polaris Series- A Invested Life Science Co. Acquired, Achieved Successful IPO In Last Three Years By Amir Nashat, Avila Therapeutics Board Member and Partner at Polaris Venture at Partners    The risk of early-stage investing in life sciences companies might &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/01/26/avilia-therapeutics-story-shows-early-series-a-life-sciences-investing-pays-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=91&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving the virtual biotech model, PVP partners with Janssen Research and Development, LLC @dogpatchlabs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  See CNBC interview: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000066684#                 Several successful biotechnology companies in our portfolio have begun on a white board in a lone office over several months, and are now providing important therapies to patients, or are in human clinical trials.  &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2012/01/10/improving-the-virtual-biotech-model-pvp-partners-with-janssen-research-and-development-llc-dogpatchlabs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=88&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dogpatch Labs Announced for Dublin, Ireland and Palo Alto, Calif.; New PVP Permanent Office in Palo Alto</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opening of Dogpatch Labs Europe today was the culmination of many months of work:  understanding Dublin’s technology ecosystem, identifying the right Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) to lead the new site, and locating a home for a new community of residents. We celebrated the launch &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2011/09/29/dogpatch-labs-announced-for-dublin-palo-alto-new-pvp-permanent-office-in-palo-alto/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=63&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PVP Biotechnology Companies Show Strong Momentum:            GI Dynamics, Cerulean Pharma, Selecta Biosciences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three PVP biotechnology companies have recently made headlines for their strong business and research momentum. First, despite a very difficult initial public offering market, Polaris-backed GI Dynamics recently raised approximately $85 million (USD), completing the largest IPO so far this &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2011/09/14/pvp-biotechnology-companies-show-strong-momentum-gi-dynamics-cerulean-pharma-selecta-biosciences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=42&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Inc. Magazine published its 2011 list of the top 5,000 fastest growing companies in the United States, we noted that eleven Polaris Venture Partners-backed companies had been recognized. To put this list in some perspective, Inc. Magazine estimates that there are over &#8230; <a href="http://blog.polaris.vc/2011/09/07/eleven-polaris-backed-businesses-make-inc-magazine-5005000-list/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.polaris.vc&#038;blog=26540302&#038;post=20&#038;subd=polarisvc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building our future</title>
		<link>http://blog.polaris.vc/2011/08/24/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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