# Okapi Venture Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Okapi Venture Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 26 investments on record, latest Dec 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Okapi Venture Capital

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

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Quiet New fund $16M, Jul 2021 VC firm

Seed Series A Information Technology Life Science

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 26 on record

Since the last cheque **2511** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$750K – $3.0M** Rounds led **2 of 26** Sole investor **4 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Okapi Venture Capital highlights

- 01 26 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 64% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $2.0M
- 04 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> seed and early-stage VC fund focused on information technology and life science investments From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $750K – $3.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Information Technology Life Science
- **Based in:** Laguna Beach, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **26 appearances**

- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[ChromaCode](https://millionrounds.com/company/chromacode)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$28M** With 6 others
- **Nov** **[Daasity](https://millionrounds.com/company/daasity)** US · FinSMEs **$2.3M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[WhiteFox](https://millionrounds.com/company/whitefox)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Trellis](https://millionrounds.com/company/trellis)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** *Led*
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Connectifier](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectifier)** Series B · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Connectifier](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectifier)** Series A · US **$4.1M** With 7 others
- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Aug** **[Focal Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/focal-therapeutics)** Series C · US **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Pegasus Solar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pegasus-solar)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Qualaroo](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualaroo)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[BioTrace Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/biotrace-medical)** Series A · US **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Welltok](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltok)** Series C · US **$22M** With 6 others
- **2013** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[WiserCare](https://millionrounds.com/company/wisercare)** Seed · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[BabyList](https://millionrounds.com/company/babylist)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$620K** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Welltok](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltok)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$19M** With 5 others
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Connectifier](https://millionrounds.com/company/connectifier)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[CudaSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/cudasign)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Welltok](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltok)** Series A · US · sec.gov **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **2010** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[PathCentral](https://millionrounds.com/company/pathcentral)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[My Damn Channel](https://millionrounds.com/company/my-damn-channel)** Series B · US · news.tubefilter.tv **$4.4M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[OrthAlign](https://millionrounds.com/company/orthalign)** Series A · US · onbiovc.com **$5.2M** With 1 other
- **2009** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Transaction Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/transaction-wireless)** Series A · US · socaltech.com **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Transaction Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/transaction-wireless)** Series A · US · socaltech.com **$2.3M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[RF nano](https://millionrounds.com/company/rf-nano)** Series B · US · nanotech-now.com **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **2007** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[My Damn Channel](https://millionrounds.com/company/my-damn-channel)** Series A · US · tvover.net **$3.2M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Helixis](https://millionrounds.com/company/helixis)** Series A · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Nov** **[RF nano](https://millionrounds.com/company/rf-nano)** Series A · US **$1.5M** Sole investor

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 **5 named**

BM **B. Marc Averitt** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

BM **Brian Marc Averitt** Managing Director i Form ADV

JB **Jeff Bocan** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JG **John Given Waller** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SM **Sharon Marc Stevenson** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$162M** gross assets of its funds, 3 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Okapi Capital, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 310176

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all**

**[PathCentral](https://millionrounds.com/company/pathcentral)** Bought by XIFIN **Undisclosed** Aug 2013

**[CudaSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/cudasign)** Bought by [Barracuda Networks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barracuda-networks) **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[Helixis](https://millionrounds.com/company/helixis)** Bought by [Illumina](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illumina) **Undisclosed** Apr 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$16M**

raised in Jul 2021

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.0M**

Led 2 of 26 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $750K – $3.0M
- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2019
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *11*
- Seed said *5*
- Series B *5*
- Series C *3*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2019

Often in the room with

- [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) 4
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 3
- [Miramar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/miramar-venture-partners) 3
- [Domain Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates) 2
- [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital-partners) 2
- [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**True Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2)[**500 Global** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Miramar Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/miramar-venture-partners)[**Domain Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/domain-associates)[**Emergence** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital-partners)[**InterWest Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners)[**Mission Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mission-ventures)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Serra Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serra-ventures)[**TriZetto** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trizetto)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Okapi Venture Capital put money into.

[**ChromaCode** $28M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/chromacode)[**Daasity** $2.3M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/daasity)

## Quick answers about Okapi Venture Capital

### What does Okapi Venture Capital invest in?

Okapi Venture Capital invests most often at Series A and Seed (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology and Life Science.

### How active is Okapi Venture Capital?

26 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

### What has Okapi Venture Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ChromaCode (Series C, Dec 2019), Daasity (Undisclosed round, Nov 2019) and WhiteFox (Series A, Sept 2019).

### How big are Okapi Venture Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.2M. It says it writes cheques of $750K to $3.0M.

### Does Okapi Venture Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 26 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Okapi Venture Capital invest?

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

### Is Okapi Venture Capital investing now?

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

### Who does Okapi Venture Capital invest alongside?

Most often True Ventures (4 rounds together), 500 Global (3 rounds together) and Miramar Ventures (3 rounds together).

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