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Chris Hecht is a Venture Partner at Silversmith Capital Partners, where he works with software companies on deal origination, diligence, partnerships, growth, and value creation. He previously led corporate development and product partnerships at Databricks, and before that led corporate development at Atlassian, overseeing M&A, Atlassian Ventures, and integration. Earlier in his career, he held senior M&A and corporate development roles at Salesforce and worked in technology M&A advisory at Perella Weinberg Partners and Lehman Brothers.