Chip Hodgkins - Managing Director & Co-Founder
Managing Director & Co-Founder

Chip Hodgkins

Chip is one of Statera’s co-founders and serves as Managing Director.  In that capacity, Chip is responsible for investment sourcing, selection, and structuring, portfolio management, fund finances and operations, and investor relations.  Chip also serves on Statera’s Investment Committee.

Chip brings a wealth of financial, deal execution, and investor relations experience to Statera.  This experience enables Chip to structure transactions to align and optimize incentives for all involved.  Prior to co-founding Statera, Chip was the Chief Financial Officer at InnerWorkings, Inc. (Nasdaq: INWK), where he helped build the business services company from a niche player into a billion-dollar market leader through a mix of mergers and acquisitions and organic growth.  At InnerWorkings, Chip was directly responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and closing 40+ acquisitions, representing over $500 million in revenue and $350 million in deal value.

Before joining InnerWorkings, Chip founded and operated a boutique business brokerage Skyward Enterprises. Chip’s prior experience also includes roles in middle-market private equity (The Edgewater Funds), venture capital (CHL Medical Partners), and investment banking (Thomas Weisel Partners).

Chip’s experience is unique in the funding industry and is central to Statera’s ability to offer flexible, innovative financing solutions to clients and law firms.  Chip frequently speaks about how litigation finance enables companies to unlock the value of their legal assets, retain the best possible legal representation, and transform legal departments from cost centers to profit centers.     

Chip graduated with a BA from Duke University and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.  Chip also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt Law School, where he teaches a course on commercial litigation finance.

Contact Info

Mobile: 312.882.9693
Office: 312.651.3304
Email: cdh@stateracap.com