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Chris Legg

Investor

General Partner at Progress Ventures

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

Chris Legg is a general partner at Progress Ventures and also works with Progress Partners, with over 30 years in finance and investment banking at firms including Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse, and Argo Global Capital. He has raised more than $500M in private equity and has been an advisor or investor across 50 liquidity events, including several IPOs. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and founded the nonprofit Canadian Executives in New England.

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Experience

  1. Progress PartnersSenior Managing Directorcurrent2013 — presentBoston, MA
  2. Progress VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2013 — presentBoston, MA
  3. CENE - The Canadian Entrepreneurs in New EnglandFounder2013 — 2018Cambridge, MA
  4. Tandem Expansion FundManaging Partner2009 — 2013Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  5. Argo Global CapitalPartner2002 — 2009Greater Boston
  6. CSFB / Merrill LynchInvestment Banker1994 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area and Toronto, Canada
  7. Lehman BrothersAnalyst1988 — 1990New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Accounting and Finance1992 — 1994
  2. Queen's UniversityBCOMM, Accounting and Business/Management1984 — 1988
  3. Lower Canada College1980 — 1984

Skills & more

Venture Capital49Private Equity19Corporate Development26Mergers2Growth Capital9Due Diligence10Corporate Finance11Financial Modeling4Deal Sourcing3Angel Investing6Buyouts1LBO7
+7 moreInvestmentsMergers & AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipInvestment BankingStart-upsFinanceStrategy

Languages French

From Chris's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,812 more

Also attended Queen's University181

Hark AhluwaliaAssociate at RevolutionSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersCURTIS URBANOWICZInvestment at Makers FundSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker CapitalRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalAustin PringleAnalyst at Congruent Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Progress Partners17

Troy PhoaAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersZach GornetVice President at Five Elms CapitalEd KellerCEO, The Keller Advisory Group at Joyance PartnersCarter WilliamsCEO and Managing Principal at iSelect FundTom BunnPrincipal at iSelect FundSam ThompsonFounding Partner at Progress Ventures

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Also worked at Tandem Expansion Fund2

Christophe BourqueGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalAlex MoorheadInvestor at M33 Growth

Also worked at Argo Global Capital2

Charles SylvestreGeneral Partner at Triptyq CapitalGunjan BhowSenior Advisor (Global Chief Digital Officer Walgreens Boots Alliance) at Grishin Robotics

Also worked at Lehman Brothers210

Scott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDana SettleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at GreycroftHemal PatelManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersYusuf ÖzdalgaPartner, Head of U.K. & Europe at QED InvestorsSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Pam TholenHead of Investor Relations at Paradigm

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Colleagues at Progress Ventures

Adriaan Zur Muhlen
Managing Partner at Progress Ventures
Brett Chatfield
Vice President at Progress Ventures
Nick MacShane
Founding Partner at Progress Ventures
Rick Gallagher
Partner & CFO at Progress Ventures
Sam Thompson
Founding Partner at Progress Ventures