Polaris (formerly Startraq)

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Polaris (formerly Startraq) is a public sector compliance software business that provides traffic permitting and offence processing software, as well as software for the control and tracking of high-risk police assets.

Headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK, Polaris is the market leader in permitting and offence processing software with long standing relationships with police and local authorities across the UK, and a growing international footprint. It provides cloud solutions that automate back-office processes including the processing of traffic violations, parking violations, permit applications and environmental offences, and enables the tracking of high-risk police assets such as tasers and firearms.

The team, supported by August, intends to continue investment in organic growth supported by targeted M&A into new geographies and adjacent end markets. Polaris represents a strong adjacency to previous August Equity investments in compliance-driven tech and cloud software businesses.

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