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LiveOak Venture Partners

Venture capital

Austin · 6 people tracked

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LiveOak Venture Partners is a venture fund manager based in Austin. SEC filings show 1 venture fund on record, most recently LiveOak Venture Partners I, L.P. ($80.3M offering) filed May 2014.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
Austin, US
Tracked investments
21

Team · 6 people

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Ben Scott· General Partner
Krishna Srinivasan· General Partner
Venu Shamapant· General Partner

What they invest in

from 11 of 21 portfolio companies

SaaS ×6AI & Machine Learning ×4Cybersecurity ×3Developer Tools ×2Fintech ×2Marketplaces ×2PropTech ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1

HQs:United States×15Israel×1

Investments · 21 tracked

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CS DiscoNYSE: LAW

Houston, US

Kiwi Camara(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardKrishna Srinivasan(Director)Robert Goodman(Director)Aaron Clark(Director)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners

Awareawarelabs.xyzin𝕏Jun 2023 · $2.4M

Data & InfrastructureTel Aviv, IL

Co-investorsTechstarsAllos VenturesBlue Heron CapitalGoldman SachsOhio Innovation FundRev1 Ventures+2 more

Ceresaceresa.comAug 2022 · $3M

Austin-based leadership development platform that companies buy to help early- and mid-career and underrepresented employees advance.

Austin, US

Anna Robinson(Executive Officer, Director)inNicole Tanzillo(Director)

Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesEduLab Capital PartnersGaingelsGoodwater CapitalNotleyTXV Partners

CyberFortressinSep 2019

San Antonio, US

Huw Edwards(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Defelice(Executive Officer)

BoardVenu Shamapant(Director)

Co-investorsGreycroft

Discodisconetwork.com

Disco, formerly Co-op Commerce, runs a shared network that lets direct-to-consumer brands cut customer acquisition costs together.

Conner Sherline(Founder)in

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesGround Up VenturesSuperAngel.FundBessemer Venture PartnersIndicator VenturesLiveOak Ventures+1 more

Discodisco.coin𝕏

Disco is a platform for building branded learning academies that combine AI tools, course creation, and community features into one experience.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Candice Faktor(Co-founder)inChris Sukornyk(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsGarage CapitalGolden VenturesGSV VenturesInovia CapitalMantella Venture PartnersBessemer Venture Partners+7 more

Discojustdisco.comAcquired

Disco is a US company that makes a real-time employee recognition tool.

HR Tech

Justin Vandehey

Co-investors500 GlobalInventus Capital PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersFelicis VenturesIndicator VenturesLiveOak Ventures+4 more

Discodisco.xyz

The page is an affiliate-style review article ranking phone monitoring and tracking ("spy") apps such as mSpy, uMobix, and Scannero for parents and partners.

Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesWinklevoss CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersFelicis Ventures

DryRun Securitydryrun.securityin𝕏Jan 2025 · $8.7M

DryRun Security offers an AI-native code security platform that builds a contextual model of a codebase to detect exploitable vulnerabilities, guide remediation, and enforce security policies across human- and AI-generated code.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsAustin, US

Ken Johnson(Founder)inJames Wickett(Founder)inKenny Johnson(Director)

BoardCreighton Hicks(Director)Kelley Mak(Director)in

Co-investorsWork-BenchCannage CapitalLiveOak Ventures

Eventus Systems, Inc.eventussystems.comin𝕏Sep 2021

Eventus provides trade surveillance, algo monitoring, risk controls, and transaction monitoring software for firms navigating financial regulations across equities, options, futures, FX, fixed income, and digital asset markets.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US

Travis Schwab(Executive Officer, Director)inKerry Clendinning(Executive Officer)inThomas Ketterhagen(Executive Officer)Cameron Routh(CEO)in

BoardBailey Korell(Director)Richard Gorelick(Director)

Co-investorsCentana Growth PartnersCoinbase VenturesCentana PartnersJump Capital

Imandraimandra.aiin𝕏

Imandra builds CodeLogician, a neurosymbolic AI tool that translates source code into formal mathematical models to prove code properties, find bugs, and generate test cases.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechAustin, US

Grant Passmore(Cofounder & Co-CEO)inDenis Ignatovich(Cofounder & Co-CEO)inKrishna Srinivasan(Director)

BoardEd Stacey(Director)in

Co-investorsAlbionVCAnthemis VentureIQ CapitalGreen Visor Capital

Infocyte

San Antonio, US

Christopher Gerritz(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Morris(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardVenu Shamapant(Director)inNick Hollis(Director)

Co-investorsLiveOak VenturesToba Capital

NSS LabsJun 2016

Austin, US

Vikram Phatak(Executive Officer, Director)inMary Catherine Main(Executive Officer)Mike Spanbauer(Executive Officer)Lisa Owen(Executive Officer)Jennifer Parker(Executive Officer)Garrett Jones(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsDelta-v CapitalChevron Technology Ventures

Ojo Labsojolabs.comin𝕏

OJO offers a homeownership platform that helps people search for, buy, sell, and manage their homes, including the Movoto by OJO home search experience and tools for estimating home value with guidance from local agents.

ConsumerMarketplacesPropTechAustin, US

John Berkowitz(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Rubin(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardKip McClanahan(Director)inKrishna Srinivasan(Director)

Co-investorsInspired CapitalSilverton PartnersBreyer Capital

OpcityApr 2017

Connection platform for real estate agents and mortgage loan officers

Austin, US

Benjamin Rubenstein(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Lam(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTom Mawhinney(Director)David Rubin(Director)

Co-investorsIcon Ventures8VC

Osanoosano.comin𝕏Dec 2019 · $11M

Osano is a data privacy platform that helps companies manage compliance with global privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD through cookie consent management, subject rights (DSAR) automation, preference management, website compliance scanning, and vendor risk assessment.

CybersecurityLegalTechSaaSAustin, US

Arlo Gilbert(Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer)inScott Hertel(Co-founder)inBobby Jaffari(Chief Executive Officer)inJessica Hamilton(Chief Financial Officer)inSkye McCullough(Chief Customer Officer)in

BoardMichael Smerklo(Director)in

Co-investorsBaird CapitalLiveOak VenturesNext Coast VenturesJump CapitalLookout VenturesFirst Ascent Ventures+2 more

Ranzure Networks

Richardson, US

Pardeep Kohli(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardVenu Shamapant(Director)Balagopal G. Kumar(Director)Koteswar Krishna(Director)

Rollickrollick.ioin

Rollick connects manufacturers, dealers, and finance and insurance providers with in-market consumers to manage the customer journey from pre-purchase through re-purchase.

B2B MarketplacesMarketing TechMarketplacesSaaSSales TechAustin, US

Bernie Brenner(CEO)inGary Papilsky(Director)Amit Maheshwari(Director)

BoardMorgan Flager(Director)in

Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalManchesterStory Group, LLCSilverton Partners

Veros Systems

Austin, US

Alexander G. Parlos(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Scott(Director)James William Dechman(Executive Officer, Director)Tommy E. Knight(Director)Paul Becker(Executive Officer)

BoardVenu Shamapant(Director)

Virdeevirdee.coinNov 2023 · $5M

Virdee offers virtual reception software for hotels, resorts, and casinos that automates guest check-in through self-service kiosks, mobile apps, and web, including ID verification, payment processing, and digital room keys.

PropTechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsSilverton PartnersAlumni VenturesCapital FactoryMoneta Ventures

Virdeevirdee.ioinMar 2022 · $5M

Virdee provides virtual reception software that enables hotel guests to self-check-in via mobile app, kiosk, or web, automating identity verification, payment processing, and room access.

SaaS

Co-investorsMoneta VenturesAlumni VenturesCapital FactorySilverton Partners

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CS DiscoNYSE: LAW

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LiveOak Venture Partners is headquartered in Austin, US.

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