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Lindsay Aspegren

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Co-Founder, North Coast Technology Investors

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North Coast Technology Investors
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Co-Founder
Role
Cofounder
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Record updated 22 September 2026

About

Prior to founding North Coast, Lindsay was a co-founder of Chromatic Research, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company formed in 1993. Chromatic targets the multimedia PC market with its Mpact media processor and an extensive library of software. Lindsay was responsible for raising capital and licensing agreements with Toshiba Corporation and Rambus, Inc. In addition, Lindsay held a number of executive positions with Approach Software Corporation, a relational database developer founded in 1991 that was acquired by Lotus Development Corporation. He was also the 386/486 product manager for Everex Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of personal computer systems and peripherals that went public in 1987. Lindsay began his career in 1986 as an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he worked with emerging technology companies including Digital Microwave Corporation, Everex Systems, Inc., Maxtor, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lindsay was also a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young Corporat

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Education
Lindsay received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1992. He graduated magna cum laude with distinction from Yale University in 1985 with a B.A. in History and was awarded the McKim Prize.Source (opens in a new tab)

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