# LiveOak Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> LiveOak Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 20 investments on record, latest Dec 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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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.

Quiet New fund $210M, Nov 2021 VC firm Now at liveoak.vc

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) B2B

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 20 on record

Since the last cheque **2504** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 20** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## LiveOak Venture Partners highlights

- 01 20 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 63% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) B2B
- **Based in:** Austin, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **20 appearances**

- **2019** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Osano](https://millionrounds.com/company/osano)** US · FinSMEs **$5.4M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Razberi Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/razberi-technologies)** US · FinSMEs **$5.8M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[CyberFortress](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyberfortress)** Seed · US · Xconomy **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[TalentGuard](https://millionrounds.com/company/talentguard)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Homeward](https://millionrounds.com/company/homeward)** US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[Telestax](https://millionrounds.com/company/telestax)** US · FinSMEs **$4.7M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Digital Pharmacist](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-pharmacist)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$6.5M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Infocyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/infocyte)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$3.4M** Sole investor
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[NarrativeDx](https://millionrounds.com/company/narrativedx)** Seed · US **$650K** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Hive9](https://millionrounds.com/company/hive9)** Venture · US **$5.4M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[NSS Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nss-labs)** Series B · US **$7.0M** With 1 other
- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[CS Disco](https://millionrounds.com/company/cs-disco)** Series B · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Infocyte, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/infocyte-inc)** Seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Razberi Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/razberi-technologies)** Series A · US **$3.5M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[StackEngine](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackengine)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[CS Disco](https://millionrounds.com/company/cs-disco)** Venture · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[NSS Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/nss-labs)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Written](https://millionrounds.com/company/written)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Veros Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/veros-systems)** Series A · US · vcnewsdaily.com **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Veros Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/veros-systems)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$5.0M** With 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 registration **4 named**

BS **Ben Scott** Manager of the Management Entities i Filing they signed

KS **Krishna Srinivasan** Manager of the Management Entities i Filing they signed

VS **Venu Shamapant** Manager of the Management Entities i Filing they signed

VS **Venugopal Shamapant** Manager of the Upper-Tier GP i Filing 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.

New fund on file

**$210M**

raised in Nov 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$4.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.8M**

Led 1 of 20 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *5*
- Series A said *5*
- Series B said *4*
- Venture *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2013 2019

Often in the room with

- [Silverton Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silverton-partners) 3
- [Austin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-ventures) 2
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) 2
- [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) 2

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## 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.

[**Silverton Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silverton-partners)[**Austin Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/austin-ventures)[**Chevron Technology Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures)[**Floodgate** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)

## Recently backed

The latest companies LiveOak Venture Partners put money into.

[**Osano** $5.4M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/osano)[**CyberFortress** $3.0M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyberfortress)[**TalentGuard** $4.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/talentguard)[**Homeward** $4.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/homeward)[**Digital Pharmacist** $6.5M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-pharmacist)[**Infocyte** $3.4M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/infocyte)

## 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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