Jeffrey P. Bodle

Jeff nurtures entrepreneurs and startup clients by reviewing their business plans, helping identify appropriate financing sources, and connecting them to various emerging company and venture capital communities.

He also provides legal and strategic advice on choice of entity and formation issues, equity and incentive structures, equity financing, venture capital, growth equity and debt financing structures, and the execution of growth strategies, including M&A. He counsels boards of directors and senior management on corporate governance, securities compliance, and IP matters and offers advice on exit and liquidity strategies, including secondary transactions and growth equity recapitalizations; preparing for and executing a sale transaction, M&A transaction, or IPO; or transitioning from a private to a public company.

An active member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic startup, emerging companies, and venture capital communities, Jeff speaks regularly on startup, emerging companies, and venture capital topics and serves as a coach and judge at investor and venture fairs and business plan competitions.

• Fanatics Holdings Inc. in multiple equity financings, including its Series A through Series F financings and a $1.5 billion funding round which included a variety of venture capital, growth equity and institutional investors as well as investments from major sports leagues, players’ associations, and team owners
• Fanatics Commerce, a division of Fanatics Holdings Inc., in its $250 million acquisition of Mitchell & Ness, a premier brand offering authentic vintage jerseys and apparel collections for the MLB, NFL, NBA, NCAA, and MLS
• Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) in its strategic collaboration with and investment in Starr Restaurants, the owner and operator of multiconcept restaurants
• Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) in multiple corporate venture capital and strategic investments, including in Fooda and Oath Pizza
• ShopRunner, an ecommerce platform that connects online shoppers with their favorite merchants and brands, in its sale to FedEx (NYSE: FDX).
• ShopRunner, an online retailer, in the sale of a minority stake to Alibaba Group Holding
• Qualia, a digital real estate closing platform valued at more than $1 billion, in its $65 million Series D venture capital financing led by Tiger Global, and its acquisition of Adeptive Software, the developer of ResWare, a complementary title and escrow production software firm
• Li Industries Inc., a climate tech company developing next-generation lithium-ion battery recycling technologies, in its $7 million Series Seed financing from Khosla Ventures, Shell Ventures, and Xerox Ventures
• Healthcare, life sciences, retail/e-commerce/consumer products, technology companies, and venture capital, corporate venture capital, and growth equity investors in dozens of venture capital and growth equity financings, involving an aggregate of more than $5 billion in proceeds raised
• A corporate venture capital fund affiliated with one of the world’s leading cable and communications companies in multiple corporate venture capital investments
• A corporate venture capital fund affiliated with a publicly listed healthcare and insurance company in its formation and in multiple corporate venture capital investments
• Dozens of emerging companies and high-growth companies in sales to publicly traded and other strategic buyers
• An international media company with an education focus in connection with multiple strategic and corporate venture capital investments in innovative education companies
• A pension fund sponsored by a Fortune 100 company in multiple private equity investments