Christopher Lynch
Partner @ Atlas Venture
Boston, United States
Christopher Lynch is a seed investor at Atlas Venture in Boston focused on Software and SaaS. Chris Lynch is Chairman of the Board at Azuki and a partner at Atlas Venture. He focuses on big data and disruptive infrastructure. Chris is also an advisor to many Boston area startups and is a mentor to many of the region’s entrepreneurs.He is the founder of hack/reduce, a newly formed non-profit community space in Cambridge focused on bigdata technology, for which he also serves on the board.Prior to joining Atlas in 2012, Chris successfully drove growth and led several companies to exit, generating billions of dollars in proceeds. Most recently, Chris was president and chief executive officer of Vertica Systems, where he led the company from late stage startup to the top ranked big data company globally. Chris joined Vertica out of Atlas’ entrepreneur-in-residence program. HP acquired Vertica in March 2011, and following the acquisition Chris served as senior vice president and general manager of HP’s Database Business Unit.Previously, Chris was president and chief executive officer of Acopia Networks, which was acquired by F5 Networks. At F5 Networks, Chris served as senior vice president of data solutions where he was responsible for building the company’s vision in the data management space. Prior to F5 and Acopia, Chris led global sales and marketing for Arrowpoint Communications through its $5.7 billion acquisition by Cisco. Chris then joined Cisco as vice president of sales and marketing for its content management business. Chris’ track record of success continues back through Lucent, which acquired Prominet; Bay Networks, which acquired Wellfleet Communications; and Digital. In each of Prominet, Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications, and Digital, Chris served in sales leadership positions. Chris received an MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University, and a BS in business administration from Suffolk University. He received an honorary doctor of commercial science from Bentley University. When he’s not working to establish Boston as the technical hub for big data, Chris supports St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to pediatric cancer research.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
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Industries Christopher Lynch invests in
Stages Christopher Lynch invests in
Countries Christopher Lynch invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$8M
- Series A
- $2.7M–$21M
- Series B
- $7M–$33M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (30%)
- SaaS 5 (25%)
- Enterprise Software 5 (25%)
- Analytics 4 (20%)
- Machine Learning 4 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (40%)
- Series A 4 (20%)
- Series B 4 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 11 (55%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
- Germany 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Prior Labs is developing innovative foundation models that understand spreadsheets and databases. | $9.4M / Pre-Seed / Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Rupert AI is an AI agent that equips customer success and revenue teams with real-time predictions for accounts at churn risk or primed for upsell, triggering workflows that ensure timely proactivity and retention and expansion opportunities. | $8M / Seed / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Sqrrl is a Big Data Analytics company that lets organizations pinpoint and react to unusual activity by automatically uncovering hidden connections in their data. Sqrrl's linked data analysis platform gives analysts a way to visually investigate these connections, allowing them to rapidly understand their surrounding contexts and take action.With Sqrrl's cybersecurity solution, users can detect and respond to advanced data breaches associated with cyber-espionage activity, insider threats, and other types of hard-to-detect attacks. At the core of Sqrrl’s architecture are a variety of Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, link analysis, machine learning, Data-Centric Security, and advanced visualization. | $12.3M / Series C / Jun 14, 2017 | ||
| Threat Stack enables DevOps and SecOps teams to innovate and scale securely, meeting complex cloud security needs by identifying and verifying insider threats, external attacks, and compliance gaps in real-time. Purpose-built for today’s infrastructure, the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform® and Cloud SecOps Program℠ combines continuous securitymonitoring and risk assessment to empower security and operations teams to better manage risk and compliance across their entire infrastructure, including cloud, hybrid-cloud, and containerized environments. | $15.4M / Series B / Apr 15, 2016 | ||
| DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston,Massachusetts. | $33M / Series B / Feb 11, 2016 | ||
| Threat Stack enables DevOps and SecOps teams to innovate and scale securely, meeting complex cloud security needs by identifying and verifying insider threats, external attacks, and compliance gaps in real-time. Purpose-built for today’s infrastructure, the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform® and Cloud SecOps Program℠ combines continuous securitymonitoring and risk assessment to empower security and operations teams to better manage risk and compliance across their entire infrastructure, including cloud, hybrid-cloud, and containerized environments. | $7.9M / Series A / Aug 06, 2015 | ||
| DataCamp is an interactive learning platform for data science. Learn R, Python, SQL & Spark from the comfort of your browser with over 100 courses featuring high-quality video, in-browser coding, and gamification. Courses are taught by experts and range from importing data, data visualization, machine learning, deep learning & more.Looking to train your employees with crucial data science skills? DataCamp for Business is the most scalable, cost effective way for managers to train and educate their analytics and data science teams. Hundreds of companies leverage DataCamp for training new hires, transitioning from commercial to open source software, and for continuing education including clients such as eBay, BCI, Harvard, and GfK. | $1M / Seed / Jul 14, 2015 | ||
| Recorded Future is a threat intelligence company, offering an Intelligence Cloud that delivers comprehensive insights into adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. By indexing data from the open web, dark web, and technical sources, it enables organizations to gain real-time visibility into potential threats and vulnerabilities. This empowersclients to act swiftly and confidently, enhancing their cybersecurity posture and reducing risks. | $12M / Series D / Apr 16, 2015 | ||
| Sqrrl is a Big Data Analytics company that lets organizations pinpoint and react to unusual activity by automatically uncovering hidden connections in their data. Sqrrl's linked data analysis platform gives analysts a way to visually investigate these connections, allowing them to rapidly understand their surrounding contexts and take action.With Sqrrl's cybersecurity solution, users can detect and respond to advanced data breaches associated with cyber-espionage activity, insider threats, and other types of hard-to-detect attacks. At the core of Sqrrl’s architecture are a variety of Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, link analysis, machine learning, Data-Centric Security, and advanced visualization. | $7M / Series B / Feb 18, 2015 | ||
| DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston,Massachusetts. | $21M / Series A / Aug 15, 2014 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.
Atlas Venture Contacts
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Chelsea Place Johnson
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Ed Holson
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Jean-Francois Formela
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Kevin Bitterman
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Michael Gladstone
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FAQ
What does Christopher Lynch invest in?
Christopher Lynch invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Christopher Lynch invest in?
Christopher Lynch typically joins rounds of $800k–$8M at Seed, $2.7M–$21M at Series A and $7M–$33M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Christopher Lynch's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Christopher Lynch took part in.
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When did Christopher Lynch last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Lynch closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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