Terry McGuire

Terry McGuire is a Founding Partner at Polaris Partners, where he focuses on early-stage medical and information technology investments. Before co-founding the venture firm in 1996, he served as a partner at Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. and began his career at Golder, Thoma and Cressey after earning an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MS from Dartmouth College. Over his 35-year venture capital career, McGuire has invested in more than 80 companies that have collectively raised over $7 billion and reached a peak enterprise value of $70 billion. His notable entrepreneurial and early investment successes include co-founding Inspire Pharmaceuticals, which was later acquired by Merck, alongside successful ventures like AIR and MicroCHIPS. He currently maintains his primary professional focus on funding early-stage life sciences and healthcare enterprises developing advanced medical technologies.