About Bodley Group
Bodley Group is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. It is primarily based out of Saint Louis, United States. As of Sep 2017, Bodley Group has invested in 48 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Shortlist Overall, Bodley Group portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 2 IPOs and 8 acquisitions including key companies like Ginkgo Bioworks, HomeLight and Teachable. A lot of funds co-invest with Bodley Group, with names like LaunchCapital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Bodley Group has team of 5 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Bodley Group's List of Top Investments
Bodley Group has a portfolio of 48 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Shortlist and Shoppable.Their portfolio spans across United States and India. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Bodley Group:1. Later
Provider of influencer marketing and social media management platform services. It offers tools for campaign strategy, creator connections, and performance measurement. The platform provides features for social media content creation, scheduling, and publishing. Social listening tools are available for trend identification and audience insights.
Key facts about Later
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Taylorsville (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $270M
- Employee Count: 1,914 as on Jan 14, 2026
- Investors: Kepha Partners, Summit Partners and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 27, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Autonomous labs for biotechnology, empowering scientists to design the living world. They provide autonomous labs and cloud lab services, enabling scientists to automate experimental work and focus on insight and creativity. The company offers solutions and datapoints services to design experiments and address research goals. Their autonomous systems lift the burden of manual lab work, empowering scientists to ask critical questions. They provide hardware, software, support, and cloud lab resources. The company's vision is to enable programming biology, curing diseases, and growing everything imaginable. This is a B2B tech company offering SaaS solutions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Key facts about Ginkgo Bioworks
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $796M
- Employee Count: 638 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Allen & Company, Owl Rock and 53 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 13, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. HomeLight
Provider of an online recommendation platform for brokers. It matches homebuyers with real estate agents based on a proprietary algorithm for personalized agent recommendations based on sales data, customer reviews, location-based expertise, etc. Agents only pay for the service if they get a new client out of the process. It also allows mortgage lenders to build referral relationships with agents.
Key facts about HomeLight
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $314M
- Employee Count: 494 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, TriplePoint Capital and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Financial solutions for complex needs, empowering independence and protecting finances. The company provides financial tools and services designed to support vulnerable individuals and their caregivers. It offers a Visa prepaid card with customizable spending rules, real-time alerts, and transaction tracking to help protect against fraud and financial abuse. The platform caters to families, professional fiduciaries, representative payees, care agencies, and non-profit trustees. It aims to simplify financial management, promote independence, and provide peace of mind. The company also offers investment management and trust administration services through its advisory arm. It is a financial technology company that partners with banks to provide FDIC-insured banking services. The company focuses on serving elders, people with disabilities, and those in recovery, offering solutions for spending monitoring, pharmacy, groceries, and access to cash. It is a mission-driven company with values centered on humility, inclusion, caring, ambition, and excellence.
Key facts about True Link Financial
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: £0 - £1M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $51.2M
- Employee Count: 105 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Karlin, Catapult and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 28, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Teachable
Provider of software for hosting online courses and digital products. This platform enables users to create, manage, and sell educational content, coaching sessions, and membership programs. It includes tools for building websites, processing payments, managing student enrollments, and automating tax compliance. The system supports various media formats, including video and text, and provides features for scheduling sessions and distributing digital resources. Users can integrate third-party applications to manage marketing, analytics, and communication workflows.
Key facts about Teachable
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $15.2M
- Employee Count: 318 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Atlas Venture, MRTNZ and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 09, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Bodley Group's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Bodley Group has invested in 48 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Shortlist.Bodley Group's Investments by Stage
Bodley Group has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.45M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Bodley Group's Investments by Sector
Bodley Group has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Business Services, Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Gig Economy and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 39 Tech companies, 27 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 25 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 15 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Business Services | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Gig Economy | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Bodley Group's Investments by Geography
Bodley Group has made most investments in United States (2), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 2 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Bodley Group's recent investments
Bodley Group has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Bodley Group:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 15, 2017 | India | Seed | 2811 | [+3] | |
Jul 28, 2016 | United States | Series A | 7288 | [+7] | |
Nov 12, 2014 | United States | Seed | 5597 | [+18] |
Unicorns in Bodley Group's Portfolio
Bodley Group has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - HomeLight. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is HomeLight which became a unicorn in 2021, 5 years before Bodley Group first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Bodley Group's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 | Provider of an online recommendation platform for brokers | 2012 | San Francisco | Series D | zlvjcaf |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Bodley Group's Portfolio
2 of Bodley Group's portfolio companies have become public. Ginkgo Bioworks got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Sep 2021 and Venzee got listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange - Venture Exchange (TSX-V).Here are Bodley Group's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 17, 2021 | - | - | 7479 | |
Jun 13, 1997 | - | - | 8998 |
Acquired companies in Bodley Group's Portfolio
8 companies from Bodley Group's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Paperspace in Jul 2023 by DigitalOcean for $*****.Here are Bodley Group's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 06, 2023 | - | - | 2959 | |
Aug 03, 2021 | Nov 12, 2014 | Seed | 9945 | |
Mar 16, 2020 | - | - | 3705 | |
Oct 01, 2019 | - | - | 4752 | |
Oct 30, 2017 | - | - | 9593 |
Team profile of Bodley Group
Bodley Group has a team of 5 members including 5 Partners located in United States. Bodley Group's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Bodley Group:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | St. Louis | - | ||
Partner | St. Louis | - | ||
Partner | Saint Louis | - | ||
Partner | St. Louis | - | ||
Partner | St. Louis | - | - |
Co-investors of Bodley Group
Over the past 12 years, 37 investors have co-invested in Bodley Group's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Bodley Group: Y Combinator and 500 Global have invested in rounds before Bodley Group. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before Bodley Group and 1 company where 500 Global has invested before Bodley Group.
- Top Co-investors of Bodley Group: 30 investors entered a company along with Bodley Group. These include investors like LaunchCapital (1 company).
- Invested after Bodley Group: A total of 5 investors have invested in Bodley Group's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include FJ Labs (1 company), Compass (1 company) and Potencia Ventures (1 company).
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