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Funds / Polaris Partners Viii, L.P.

Polaris Partners Viii, L.P.

UnknownUnknownFundADV: Venture Capital FundPolaris Growth Management, LLCDelaware
Amounts, each with its basis
Vintage
unknownno dated first sale or first report yet
Target
unknownnot announced
First close
unknownnever inferred from a Form D
Final close
unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
Announced size
unknown
Form D offering
$400Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-266843, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
Form D sold
$0as of the filing of Jul 12, 2016
First sale
unknown
Reported GAV
$696Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 28, 2024; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
Owners (ADV)
48
Reported on ADV
Jun 6, 2018 to Mar 28, 2024
Fundraising evidence
Unknown
latest Form D 2016-07-12, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Jul 12, 2016. A Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.
Lifecycle
Unknown
no vintage and no recent Form D
first sale: n/avintage year: n/aadv gav as of: 2024-03-28vintage basis: n/aform d sold usd: 0form d offering usd: $400Mform d latest filed at: 2016-07-12
The fund's own reporting through time
18 Form ADV filings
FiledTypeGross asset value OwnersMin. investmentAdviser-ownedAudit
Mar 29, 2017Venture Capital Fund$374M
411%yes
Mar 30, 2018Venture Capital Fund$50.8M
481%yes
Jun 6, 2018Venture Capital Fund$413M
481%yes
Nov 1, 2018Venture Capital Fund$421M
481%yes
Nov 12, 2018Venture Capital Fund$50.8M
481%yes
Mar 30, 2019Venture Capital Fund$420M
481%yes
May 29, 2019Venture Capital Fund$420M
481%yes
May 30, 2019Venture Capital Fund$420M
481%yes
Sep 10, 2019Venture Capital Fund$420M
481%yes
Mar 27, 2020Venture Capital Fund$455M
481%yes
Jun 5, 2020Venture Capital Fund$455M
481%yes
Mar 29, 2021Venture Capital Fund$516M
481%yes
Apr 12, 2021Venture Capital Fund$516M
481%yes
Apr 26, 2021Venture Capital Fund$516M
481%yes
Mar 30, 2022Venture Capital Fund$802M
481%yes
Mar 30, 2023Venture Capital Fund$693M
481%yes
Jan 18, 2024Venture Capital Fund$693M
481%yes
Mar 28, 2024Venture Capital Fund$696M
481%yes
Principals and agents
4 principals on Form D, 1 placement agents
Limited partners and their reported performance
1 public LP report
LPVintage (LP’s)CommittedPaid inDistributedRemaining valueNet IRRMultipleAs of
Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System lacers.org2016n/an/an/an/a14.4%1.9xDec 31, 2025

Each row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).

Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
3 events
  1. Dec 31, 2025
    LACERS reports Polaris Partners VIII: an undisclosed amount committed, vintage 2016, net IRR 14.4%, 1.94x
    LP commitment disclosed Fact Public pension and endowment private-markets disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS, WSIB, NYSCRF, Texas TRS, UTIMCO ...)
  2. Mar 29, 2017
    Polaris Partners Viii, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Polaris Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $374,174,242
    Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
  3. Jul 12, 2016
    Polaris Partners VIII, L.P. filed Form D: no sales yet of $400,000,000, Venture Capital Fund
    Form D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
13 observations
Every observation on this vehicle