Polaris Venture Partners

Polaris has been an investor in Athletes' Performance since 2006. In addition to providing capital, Polaris has been our partner in developing our business model and strategy and in helping to identify and attract our management team.

Polaris Venture Partners was founded in 1996 and invests in seed, early stage and middle market companies in the technology, media, consumer, and Life Sciences industries. As the lead or co-lead investor, Polaris takes an active and long-term role in helping management teams build highly successful businesses. Prior and current investments include: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), Allaire Corporation (sold to Macromedia), ART.com; Automattic Inc. (publisher of WordPress); Heavy.com; JibJab.com; Powersoft (sold to Sybase); TechTarget (NASDAQ: TTGT); and Quantcast. Polaris has over $3 billion under management. For more information, visit Polaris online at www.polarisventures.com