Rachel Goddard

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I love the fund formation work that I do, and the clients and Cooley team I do it with. Together, we build funds that jump-start the cutting-edge companies of tomorrow.

Passions

Being a mom to three girls

Watching my girls play sports (softball and ballet)

Instructing spin classes

Skiing

Experience

EGateway Closes $94 Million Fund II

September 13, 2024

Cooley advised eGateway Capital, a northern Kentucky-based venture capital and private equity firm investing in the technology that enables the future of ecommerce, on the close of its $94 million second fund.

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Rachel Goddard
Partner, Chicago
Wyatt Christiansen
Associate, San Francisco
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Richard E. Ginsberg
Partner, Chicago
Paul Roberts
Of Counsel, San Francisco

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2024 07 02 Industry Ventures Raises Oversubscribed 900 Million Hybrid Early-Stage Fund

July 2, 2024

 Cooley advised Industry Ventures, a top investment firm focusing on venture capital, on its $900 million seventh hybrid fund investing in emerging seed and early-stage funds through primary and early secondary limited partnership interests and direct investments.

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Aaron Velli
Partner, Washington, DC
Rachel Goddard
Partner, Chicago
Molly Buchanan
Associate, Washington, DC
Darren DeStefano
Partner, Reston
Elizabeth Reese
Partner, San Francisco
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Bernard Hatcher
Partner, San Francisco
Paul Roberts
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Margaret Barreto
Associate, San Francisco
Qi Wang
Associate, Beijing

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Hyde Park Venture Partners Raises $98 Million Fourth Fund

May 7, 2024

Cooley advised Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups, on the close of its $98 million fourth fund.

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Rachel Goddard
Partner, Chicago
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Halima A. Nguyen
Associate, Chicago

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Bluestein Ventures Closes $45 Million Fund III

February 20, 2024

Cooley advised Bluestein Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in the future of food, on the close of its $45 million in capital commitments for its third foodtech fund.

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Rachel Goddard
Partner, Chicago
Richard E. Ginsberg
Partner, Chicago
Winston Gu
Partner, Chicago
Halima A. Nguyen
Associate, Chicago

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Arboretum Ventures Closes $268 Million Sixth Fund

July 10, 2023

Cooley advised Arboretum Ventures, a healthcare venture capital firm, on the closing of its $268 million sixth fund.

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John Clendenin
Partner and Business Department Vice Chair, Palo Alto
Rachel Goddard
Partner, Chicago
Paul Roberts
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Leah Duncan
Associate, Chicago
Julie Rogers
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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Memberships and affiliations

American Bar Association (ABA)

The Virginia Bar Association

Indiana State Bar Association

Rachel is fantastic. She can plow through mountains of work and is very detail oriented

ACME Fund III, LP