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LiveOak Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $210M, Nov 2021VC firmNow at liveoak.vc

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)B2B

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 20 on record
Since the last cheque2503days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$4.3MCheque size, as they say$500K – $5.0MRounds led1 of 20Sole investor8 roundsMostly inUnited States, 100%
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LiveOak Venture Partners highlights

  1. 01

    20 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 63% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $3.8M

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
AI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)B2B
Based in
Austin, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first20 appearances

  1. 2019

    5 rounds

  2. Dec
    OsanoUS · FinSMEs$5.4MWith 1 other
  3. Oct
  4. Sept
    CyberFortressSeed · US · Xconomy$3.0MWith 2 others
  5. Jul
    TalentGuardSeries B · US · FinSMEs$4.0MSole investor
  6. Jul
    HomewardUS · FinSMEs$4.0MSole investor
  7. 2017

    3 rounds

  8. Jul
    TelestaxUS · FinSMEs$4.7MSole investor
  9. Jun
    Digital PharmacistSeries B · US · FinSMEs$6.5MWith 1 other
  10. Jan
    InfocyteSeries A · US · FinSMEs$3.4MSole investor
  11. 2015

    3 rounds

  12. Jun
    NarrativeDxSeed · US$650KWith 4 others
  13. Jun
    Hive9Venture · US$5.4MWith 1 other
  14. Apr
    NSS LabsSeries B · US$7.0MWith 1 other
  15. 2014

    5 rounds

  16. Nov
    CS DiscoSeries B · US$10MWith 1 other
  17. Nov
    Infocyte, Inc.Seed · US$500KSole investor
  18. Nov
    Razberi TechnologiesSeries A · US$3.5MSole investor
  19. Oct
    StackEngineSeed · US$1.0MWith 1 other
  20. Jan
    CS DiscoVenture · US$2.0MSole investor
  21. 2013

    4 rounds

  22. Dec
    NSS LabsSeries A · US · finsmes.com$4.0MSole investor
  23. Nov
    WrittenSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.0MWith 2 others
  24. Sept
    Veros SystemsSeries A · US · vcnewsdaily.com$3.0MWith 3 others
  25. Jul
    Veros SystemsSeries A · US · finsmes.com$5.0MWith 1 other

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.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named

BSBen ScottManager of the Management EntitiesiFiling they signed
KSKrishna SrinivasanManager of the Management EntitiesiFiling they signed
VSVenu ShamapantManager of the Management EntitiesiFiling they signed
VSVenugopal ShamapantManager of the Upper-Tier GPiFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as LiveOak Venture Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies LiveOak Venture Partners put money into.

Quick answers about LiveOak Venture Partners

What does LiveOak Venture Partners invest in?

LiveOak Venture Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and B2B.

How active is LiveOak Venture Partners?

20 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

What has LiveOak Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Osano (Undisclosed round, Dec 2019), Razberi Technologies (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and CyberFortress (Seed, Sept 2019).

How big are LiveOak Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.3M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $5.0M.

Does LiveOak Venture Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 20 investments on record (5%).

Where does LiveOak Venture Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is LiveOak Venture Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019.

Who does LiveOak Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Silverton Partners (3 rounds together), Austin Ventures (2 rounds together) and Chevron Technology Ventures (2 rounds together).

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