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Christopher Eckstrom

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Smart Money Rating: 83 out of 100

Partner, Rock River Capital Partners

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Rock River Capital Partners
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Chris recently moved from Chicago to the Madison area where he has been investing in Wisconsin and Midwest early stage ventures as well as local real estate. He previously ran the Chicago Principal Investment team of Macquarie Bank (ASX:MQG, $28B market cap) which deployed +$2B of capital into special situation debt and equity investments in the US and Canada. Prior to Macquarie, Chris was a Senior Analyst at Black Diamond Capital Management (a special situations hedge fund) in Lake Forest, IL. Chris is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in both Finance and Economics.

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Chris is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in both Finance and Economics.Source (opens in a new tab)

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