Phil Lodato serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Elevate Ventures, one of the most active venture capital firms in the Great Lakes region. In this role, he has closed over 300 investment transactions. Before his time at Elevate, Phil served as Legal Counsel to the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund (a program of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation), in addition to multiple roles in private practice as a corporate and securities attorney.