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.
Gary Swart @garyswart
Startup UpDoc has secured Food and Drug Administration clearance for AI that interacts with patients and adjusts medication doses https://t.co/oUM6K2FoLn via @WSJ Congratulations UpDoc.
Jun 25, 2026 · ♥ 1
Gary Swart @garyswart
Excited to announce Indomo's launch from stealth with $25M in funding to bring ClearPen™—an innovative at-home microneedle injection for instant inflammatory acne relief—directly to consumers. https://t.co/PNdqW46pNh
Oct 29, 2025 · ♥ 1
Gary Swart @garyswart
Soufflé Therapeutics’ first drug—a genetic medicine—is aimed at treating a form of muscular dystrophy. The startup says it has cleared several of the technical hurdles to delivering this kind of drug https://t.co/F0EaQZJXmv via @WSJ
Oct 8, 2025
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Faro HealthIndomoQuantcastRightSite HealthSimplyInsured
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Colleagues at Polaris Partners
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