Where does Gary Swart work?

Gary Swart is Operating Partner at Polaris Partners.

What does Gary Swart invest in?

Gary Swart invests in Digital Health, Healthtech, Mental Health.

What check size does Gary Swart write?

Gary Swart typically writes checks of $300K – $2M.

What boards does Gary Swart sit on?

Gary Swart holds tracked board seats at Faro Health, Indomo, Quantcast, RightSite Health, SimplyInsured.

What companies has Gary Swart invested in?

Investments tracked here include FloQast, Foresight Mental Health, Livara Health, Novi, UpDoc, Wellthy.

Where did Gary Swart go to school?

Gary Swart studied at University of Maryland (BS, Business).

Gary Swart

Investor

Operating Partner at Polaris Partners

Atherton

Writes $300K – $2M checks · typically $500K

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394 people in our graph share verified history with Gary — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sunny GuptaunlockedGary: together at Rational Software (2001–2002)

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About

Gary Swart is an operating partner at Polaris Partners in San Francisco, where he invests in healthcare services and products. He previously served as CEO of oDesk (later Upwork), which merged with Elance, and earlier held roles as Chief Revenue Officer of Intellibank and a business unit executive at IBM following its acquisition of Rational Software. He also mentors at accelerators including Alchemist and StartX.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

g•••@polarispartners.comreveal

Invests in

Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Experience

Polaris PartnersPartnercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Advisor, Mentor, CoachAdvisorcurrent2013 — presentSF Bay Area
oDesk (UPWK)CEO2005 — 2014Redwood City, CA
Intellibank, Inc.VP Sales2004 — 2005
IBMBusiness Unit Executive2003 — 2004
Rational SoftwareDirector SMB Sales2001 — 2003
Pure AtriaDirector Corporate Sales1997 — 1998
Pure SoftwareDirector Corporate Sales1995 — 1997

Skills & more

Situational Leadership4Sales Operations34Project Management20Training6Sales Management56Change Management5Account Management20Management Consulting18CEOs16Sales Process38Strategic Partnerships55Executive Management10

+12 more

Cloud ComputingProfessional ServicesCRMEntrepreneurshipLead GenerationProduct MarketingDemand GenerationBusiness AlliancesSaaSSalesforce.comEnterprise SoftwareTeam Leadership

From Gary's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Faro HealthIndomoQuantcastRightSite HealthSimplyInsured

Investor

FloQastForesight Mental HealthLivara HealthNoviUpDocWellthy

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Polaris Partners

Alan Crane

Entrepreneur Partner at Polaris Partners

Alexandra Cantley

Managing Partner at Polaris Partners

Alicia Taylor

Investment Director at Pembroke VCT

Allen Thorpe

Executive Officer at Polaris Partners

Amir Nashat

Entrepreneur partner at Polaris Partners focused on healthcare investing and portfolio company executive roles

Amy Schulman

Managing Partner at Polaris Partners

Annie Wihongi

Executive Assistant and Office Manager at Polaris Partners

Arrie R. Park

Executive Officer at Polaris Partners

Network10

David HelgasonScout

Unity co-founder; Partner at Transition

Amy SchulmanScout

Managing Partner at Polaris Partners

Brian CheeScout

Managing Partner at Polaris Partners

Chris SaccaScout

Managing Partner at Lowercarbon

Daniel HofferScout

Managing Director at Autotech Ventures

Dave BarrettScout

Senior Advisory Partner at Polaris Partners

George BischofScout

Partner at Meritech Capital Partners

Terry McGuireScout

Founding Partner at Polaris Partners

Alan Crane

Entrepreneur Partner at Polaris Partners

Alexandra Cantley

Managing Partner at Polaris Partners

Investors connected to Gary in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gary Swart?: Gary Swart is an operating partner at Polaris Partners in San Francisco, where he invests in healthcare services and products. He previously served as CEO of oDesk (later Upwork), which merged with Elance, and earlier held roles as Chief Revenue Officer of Intellibank and a business unit executive at IBM following its acquisition of Rational Software. He also mentors at accelerators including Alchemist and StartX.
Where does Gary Swart work?: Gary Swart is Operating Partner at Polaris Partners.
What does Gary Swart invest in?: Gary Swart invests in Digital Health, Healthtech, Mental Health.
What check size does Gary Swart write?: Gary Swart typically writes checks of $300K – $2M.
What boards does Gary Swart sit on?: Gary Swart holds tracked board seats at Faro Health, Indomo, Quantcast, RightSite Health, SimplyInsured.
What companies has Gary Swart invested in?: Investments tracked here include FloQast, Foresight Mental Health, Livara Health, Novi, UpDoc, Wellthy.
Where did Gary Swart go to school?: Gary Swart studied at University of Maryland (BS, Business).