# Chris Bodnar

> Chris Bodnar is a Series D investor at Eastward Capital Partners backing Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Eastward Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eastward-capital-partners)
- Location: West Newton, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-bodnar

Chris Bodnar is a Series D investor at Eastward Capital Partners in West Newton focused on Security and Cyber Security. Chris joined Eastward in 2010 as a Director. At Eastward, Chris is focused on development of investment opportunities, industry trends and ongoing portfolio management. Prior to joining Eastward, Chris was an advisor reporting to the senior management team and the Board of Directors of Metabolix, a leading green technology company specializing inbio-polymers and alternative fuels. Previously, Chris spent 10 years at Bear Stearns covering the Specialty Chemical, Water, Ag-Biotech, Major Chemical and Diversified Chemical industries on a global basis. He was recognized by Institutional Investor Magazine as a “Best Up-and-Comer” in the Specialty Chemical category and was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as an “All Star” for earnings estimate accuracy for all chemical industry categories. Chris has also worked at the private equity firm Great Hill Partners and the investment bank Ladenburg Thalmann. Chris has an undergraduate degree in finance from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LookingGlass Cyber Solutions | Lookingglass Cyber Solutions is a cybersecurity software company delivering deep visibility into the Internet threat landscape. Lookingglass helps organizations accurately and precisely anticipate and protect against targeted attacks by gathering, correlating, and analyzing threat information from within their own networks, supply chains, and therest of the Internet. The company’s core product, ScoutVision, leverages an open architecture, which provides source and sensor agnostic Internet threat visibility - to help users rapidly respond to enterprise network threats – often before they can impact operations.The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Reston, Virginia. | $26.3M | Series D | Aug 29, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alsop Louie Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alsop-louie-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neuberger Berman](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neuberger-berman-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NewSpring](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newspring-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Triangle Peak Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triangle-peak-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Eastward Capital Partners

VC Fund · West Newton, United States

Eastward Capital Partners is a U.S.-based venture debt firm investing in IT, communications, alternative energy, and healthcare companies.

5 contacts available at Eastward Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Susan M. Nardini | Lease Administrator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-m-nardini |
| Timothy O'Loughlin | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-oloughlin |
| Chris Bodnar | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-bodnar |
| Dennis P. Cameron | Founder and Owner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-p-cameron |
| Edward I. Dresner | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-i-dresner |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Bodnar invest in?

Chris Bodnar invests primarily in Security, Cyber Security and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series D stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chris Bodnar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Bodnar closed in Aug 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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