# Jessica Livingston: portfolio, investments and team > Jessica Livingston is a vc firm. 7 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-livingston (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Jessica Livingston Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet VC firm Seed Series B Venture Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record Since the last cheque **2539** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.5M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 86%** Pitch Jessica Livingston ## Jessica Livingston highlights - 01 7 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 83% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Hype & Vice](https://millionrounds.com/company/hype-and-vice)** Seed · US · Forbes **$1.5M** With 3 others - **Nov** **[Elpha](https://millionrounds.com/company/elpha)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.1M** With 10 others - **2018** 1 round - **Oct** **[Higia](https://millionrounds.com/company/higia)** MX · Higia **$5.0M** With 2 others - **2015** 1 round - **Sept** **[Triplebyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/triplebyte)** Venture · US **$3.0M** With 29 others - **2014** 1 round - **Sept** **[reddit](https://millionrounds.com/company/reddit)** Series B · US **$50M** With 15 others - **2012** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Clever](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$3.0M** With 15 others - **Apr** **[Socialcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialcam)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 38 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Socialcam](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialcam)** Bought by [Autodesk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/autodesk) **$60M** Jul 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Series B Venture Median round joined **$1.5M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *4* - Series B *1* - Venture *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2019 Often in the room with - [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) 4 - [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 3 - [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian) 2 - [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) 2 - [Emmett Shear](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emmett-shear) 2 - [Geoff Ralston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-ralston) 2 **Pitching Jessica Livingston?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Jessica Livingston. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Paul Buchheit** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit)[**SV Angel** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Alexis Ohanian** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)[**Ashton Kutcher** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher)[**Emmett Shear** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emmett-shear)[**Geoff Ralston** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-ralston)[**Justin Kan** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan)[**Kyle Vogt** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyle-vogt)[**Paul Graham** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-graham)[**Sam Altman** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Yuri Milner** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) ## Recently backed The latest companies Jessica Livingston put money into. [**Elpha** $1.1M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/elpha) ## Books by the people here One book written by people at Jessica Livingston: [Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/person/jessica-livingston). - Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days [Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/person/jessica-livingston) · 2001 4.04 from 39,701 ratings on Goodreads About the book Founders at Work recounts the early struggles for independence and acceptance of many of modern technology’s giants, through personal interviews that are at times hilarious, at times painful, and always inspiring. As human-interest stories they will interest the same audience… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## On podcasts 4 episodes naming Jessica Livingston in the title, and 2 more that mention it. - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 3 Dec 2025 · 2h 55m 🟠 YC Demo Day, Paul Graham Joins, Will AWS Buy TPUs From Google? | Harj Taggar, Paul Graham & Jessica Livingston, Richard Wang, Philip Ho, Ali Attar, Kurush Dubash & More With [Richard Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/richard-wang) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Harj Taggar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harj-taggar)[Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-livingston) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 22 Aug 2025 · 2h 46m Jeffrey Katzenberg & Kimbal Musk, Dow Jumps as Powell Signals Rate Cut, Crusoe in Talks for $10B Valuation, Inside America's Most Expensive Home | Joe Weisenthal, Jessica Livingston, Zachary Bookman With [Jeffrey Katzenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeffrey-katzenberg)[Kimbal Musk](https://millionrounds.com/person/kimbal-musk) Mentions [Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-livingston) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Lightcone](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/lightcone) 6 Sept 2024 · 59 min How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston Mentions [Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-livingston)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 20 Jan 2017 · 28 min 20VC: Biggest Takeaways From Working With Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston, Why You Should Put Off Hiring For As Long As Possible & Why Seed Stage Investing Is All About Optimising The Top Of The Funnel with Harj Taggar, Founder & CEO @ Triplebyte Mentions [Harj Taggar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harj-taggar)[Jessica Livingston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jessica-livingston)[Paul Graham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-graham) *+3* Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) 19 Feb 2026 · 1h 24m Garry Tan on the Past, Present, and Future of YC Apple PodcastsShow page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) 5 Sept 2019 · 42 min Take on Goliath, and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston Apple Podcasts ## Quick answers about Jessica Livingston ### What does Jessica Livingston invest in? Jessica Livingston invests most often at Seed and Series B (83% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Jessica Livingston? 7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019. ### What has Jessica Livingston invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Hype & Vice (Seed, Nov 2019), Elpha (Seed, Nov 2019) and Higia (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018). ### How big are Jessica Livingston's cheques? The median round it joins is $1.5M. ### Does Jessica Livingston lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Jessica Livingston invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Mexico (14%). ### Is Jessica Livingston investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019. ### Who does Jessica Livingston invest alongside? Most often Paul Buchheit (4 rounds together), SV Angel (3 rounds together) and Alexis Ohanian (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=jessica-livingston) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=jessica-livingston)