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Mr. Chris Govey is an Associate at Polaris Partners.
Prior to joining Polaris, he worked as an analyst at Jefferies & Co. where he completed M&A, debt, and equity transactions as a part of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking group.
Mr. Govey received a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College.
Former positions of Chris Govey
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Jefferies LLC
Jefferies LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/06/2012 |
Polaris Growth Management LLC
Polaris Growth Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polaris Partners invests primarily in companies in the consumer technology, digital media/entertainment, e-Commerce, network hardware, software and semiconductors sectors. They invest in seed, early-stage and high growth, middle-market companies. The firm's early-stage investments focus on information technology and life sciences companies. Within the information technology sector, Polaris looks for companies that are developing Internet and broadband infrastructure, enterprise software products, e-Commerce products/services, digital media/entertainment, consumer software, network hardware and network software. In the life sciences sector, the firm looks for companies that are developing medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genomics, proteomics, drug delivery, medical services and consumer products and services. Polaris' private equity efforts focus on high-growth, middle-market companies in industries including technology, healthcare, digital media, consumer products and services and business services. Polaris serves as the lead or co-lead investor in the vast majority of their portfolio companies. The firm participates in minority growth equity investments, recapitalizations with liquidity and LBOs. | Private Equity Analyst | - |
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| Private companies | 3 |
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Jefferies LLC
Jefferies LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Finance |
Polaris Growth Management LLC
Polaris Growth Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polaris Partners invests primarily in companies in the consumer technology, digital media/entertainment, e-Commerce, network hardware, software and semiconductors sectors. They invest in seed, early-stage and high growth, middle-market companies. The firm's early-stage investments focus on information technology and life sciences companies. Within the information technology sector, Polaris looks for companies that are developing Internet and broadband infrastructure, enterprise software products, e-Commerce products/services, digital media/entertainment, consumer software, network hardware and network software. In the life sciences sector, the firm looks for companies that are developing medical devices, pharmaceuticals, genomics, proteomics, drug delivery, medical services and consumer products and services. Polaris' private equity efforts focus on high-growth, middle-market companies in industries including technology, healthcare, digital media, consumer products and services and business services. Polaris serves as the lead or co-lead investor in the vast majority of their portfolio companies. The firm participates in minority growth equity investments, recapitalizations with liquidity and LBOs. | Finance |
Amherst College
Amherst College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
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