How many investments has LiveOak Venture Partners made?

LiveOak Venture Partners has 28 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.

Where is LiveOak Venture Partners located?

LiveOak Venture Partners is headquartered in Austin, US.

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Fund manager profile

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.

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Ben Scott· General Partner· Austin, Texas, United Statesin

Ben Scott is a co-founder of LiveOak Ventures who joined Austin Ventures as a Venture Partner in 2001 before starting LiveOak. His earlier career included serving as chairman and CEO of IXC Communications, president and CEO of PrimeCo Personal Communications, and COO of Bell Atlantic's U.S. wireless business and CEO of its international wireless business, following 20 years at AT&T where he finished as president and CEO of AT&T Canada. He retired in March 2020.

Krishna Srinivasan· General Partner· Austin, Texas, United Statesin

Venu Shamapant· General Partner· Austin, Texas, United Statesin 𝕏

Venu Shamapant co-founded LiveOak Ventures and has invested in early-stage Texas-based companies since 1999. He was previously a General Partner at Austin Ventures and worked at McKinsey & Co. serving enterprise systems and software clients, and began his career as a software developer and engineering lead at Mentor Graphics. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Osmania University.

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Creighton Hicks· Partner· Austin, Texas, United Statesin

Creighton Hicks is a Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners, where he focuses on early-stage enterprise technology investments. He has more than twenty years of experience in enterprise software and technology, spanning server infrastructure, software development, investing, product, and go-to-market strategy.

David Stewart· Venture Partner· United Statesin 𝕏

David Stewart is a Venture Partner at LiveOak Ventures, where he helps source and evaluate deals and advises portfolio companies. He has invested in and advised more than 30 software companies, most recently working with Trinity Ventures, and previously served as Chief Business Officer at Turo after it acquired SocialStudio, the company he founded. His earlier product roles include VP of Product at Yammer, Senior Director of Growth at Playdom, and product roles at YouTube and Google; he started at the Boston Consulting Group and holds an MBA and BA from Yale University.

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Paola Retes· Vice President· Austin, Texas, United Statesin 𝕏

Paola Retes is an investor at LiveOak Ventures who joined after earning an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She was previously an early employee and lead associate at Ironspring Ventures, and earlier held operating and investing roles at Holt Ventures, Becton Dickinson, Deloitte, and Matterhorn Capital Management. Her investment experience spans multiple stages and industries with a focus on enterprise software, and she holds a CFA charter.

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What they invest in

from 17 of 28 portfolio companies

SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×6Cybersecurity ×5Enterprise Software ×4Developer Tools ×3Fintech ×3Marketplaces ×3PropTech ×3

HQs:United States×20Israel×1South Korea×1

Investments · 28 tracked

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Discocsdisco.com in 𝕏NYSE: LAW

DISCO develops litigation technology and professional services for law firms and corporations to manage complex legal cases.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSAustin, US

Kiwi Camara(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Friedrichsen(Chief Executive Officer)in Melanie Antoon(Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer)in Aaron Barfoot(Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer)in Richard Crum(Executive Vice President, Chief Product, Technology and Strategy Officer)inSusan Garcia(Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Breyer Capital LiveOak Ventures

Awareawarelabs.xyz in 𝕏Jun 2023 · $2.4Macquired by Mimecast

AI-powered security platform for enterprise collaboration tools that monitors communications and identifies compliance risks

Data & InfrastructureTel Aviv, IL

Jeff Schumann(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsCherry Ventures Draper Triangle JobsOhio Ventures Jumpstart Ventures Ohio Innovation Fund Techstars +6 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 Ventures EduLab Capital Partners Gaingels Goodwater Capital Notley TXV Partners

CyberFortress inSep 2019

San Antonio, US

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

Board Venu Shamapant(Director)in

Co-investorsGreycroft

Discodisconetwork.comJan 2018 · $20M

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 Ventures Ground Up Ventures Superangel SuperAngel.Fund Bessemer Venture Partners Indicator Ventures +7 more

Discodisco.co in 𝕏Jan 2018 · $20M

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)Chris Sukornyk(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsGarage Capital Golden Ventures GSV Ventures Inovia Capital Mantella Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners +7 more

Discojustdisco.comJan 2018 · $20MAcquired

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

HR Tech

Justin Vandehey

Co-investors500 Global Inventus Capital Partners Bessemer Venture Partners Felicis Ventures Indicator Ventures LiveOak Ventures +4 more

Discodisco.xyzJan 2018 · $20M

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 Group Coinbase Ventures Winklevoss Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Felicis Ventures

DryRun Securitydryrun.security in 𝕏Jan 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)in James Wickett(Founder)inKenny Johnson(Director)

Board Creighton Hicks(Director)in Kelley Mak(Director)in

Co-investorsWork-Bench Cannage Capital LiveOak Ventures

Eventusevent-us.kr inSep 2021

Eventus (이벤터스) offers a mobile app for events, promoting app installation for easier use of its service.

ConsumerSaaS

Co-investorsCentana Growth Partners Lotte Ventures Jump Capital

Eventus Systems, Inc.eventussystems.com in 𝕏Sep 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 Partners Centana Partners Coinbase Ventures LiveOak Ventures Jump Capital

Imandraimandra.ai in 𝕏Apr 2019

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)

Board Ed Stacey(Director)in

Co-investorsAlbionVC Anthemis Venture IQ Capital Green Visor Capital

Infocyteinfocyte.comFeb 2018 · $5.2Macquired by Datto

San Antonio, US

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

Board Venu Shamapant(Director)inNick Hollis(Director)

Co-investorsToba Capital LiveOak Ventures

Keep Awarekeepaware.com inJun 2023 · $2.4M

Keep Aware provides agentless browser security deployed as a lightweight extension to existing browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and other Chromium-based browsers) for enterprise IT security teams.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US

Ryan Boerner(Founder)in

Co-investorsRuntime Ventures LiveOak Ventures

Movotomovoto.com in 𝕏Jun 2020 · $62.5M

Movoto is a U.S. real estate portal for consumers to search homes and neighborhoods, view local market data, and connect with vetted local real estate agents to buy or sell homes.

FintechMarketplacesPropTechSan Mateo, US

Imtiyaz Haque(Executive Officer, Director)Shiro Takeuchi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFelicis Ventures TenOneTen Ventures Breyer Capital

NarrativeDxnarrativedx.com in 𝕏May 2017acquired by Press Ganey

NarrativeDx is an Austin-based AI platform that analyzes unstructured patient feedback for hospitals and health systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSAustin, US

Senem Guney(Executive Officer, Director)Kyle Robertson(Executive Officer, Director)Patrick Ryan(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)inNell Buhlman(Chief Strategy Officer)inDarren Dworkin(President and Chief Operating Officer)inKyle Ferguson(President and Chief Commercial Officer)in

Co-investorsBCI Excelerate Health Ventures HealthX Ventures Leonard Green Techstars TMC Venture Fund +2 more

NSS Labs inJun 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)inGarrett Jones(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsDelta-v Capital Chevron Technology Ventures

Ojo Labsojolabs.com in 𝕏

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)

Board Kip McClanahan(Director)inKrishna Srinivasan(Director)

Co-investorsInspired Capital Silverton Partners Breyer Capital

Osanoosano.com in 𝕏Dec 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)in Scott Hertel(Co-founder)in Bobby Jaffari(Chief Executive Officer)in Jessica Hamilton(Chief Financial Officer)in Skye McCullough(Chief Customer Officer)in

Board Michael Smerklo(Director)in

Co-investorsBaird Capital LiveOak Ventures Next Coast Ventures Jump Capital Lookout Ventures First Ascent Ventures +3 more

Rollickrollick.io in

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 Capital ManchesterStory Group, LLC Silverton Partners Autotech Ventures Capital Factory Troy Capital Partners

Spyderbatspyderbat.com inJul 2020 · $10M

Spyderbat provides threat detection, investigation, and response for cloud, Kubernetes, and Linux environments, using eBPF to record system behavior for continuous visibility, automated investigation, and real-time protection.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSAustin, US

Marc Willebeek-LeMair(Founder, Chief Strategy Officer)inBrian Smith(Founder, Chief Technology Officer)in Sergio Sanchez(Chief Executive Officer)inFed Navarro(Chief Revenue Officer)in Anna Gilliland(Chief Operating Officer)inCary Green(Chief Alliances Officer)

Co-investorsBenhamou Global Ventures LiveOak Ventures

Synplysynply.ioOct 2024

Synply is a cloud-based, AI-enabled software platform spun out of Live Oak Bank that helps banks manage the syndicated loan process, from deal structuring to portfolio and covenant management.

Co-investorsCanapi Ventures

Virdeevirdee.co inNov 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 Partners Alumni Ventures Capital Factory Moneta Ventures

Virdeevirdee.io inMar 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 Ventures Alumni Ventures Capital Factory Silverton Partners

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Merit Medicine Opcity Ranzure Networks Veros Systems

Exits · 6

1 IPOs · 5 acquisitions · showing 5

DiscoNYSE: LAWAwareacq. by MimecastInfocyteacq. by DattoNarrativeDxacq. by Press GaneyOpcityacq. by Move, Inc. (realtor.com)

IPO stake values · per SEC filings

Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.

Company	Owned	IPO price	At IPO	Stake value
Disco	14.4%	$53.00	Sep 2021	$436.2M

Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has LiveOak Venture Partners made?: LiveOak Venture Partners has 28 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
Where is LiveOak Venture Partners located?: LiveOak Venture Partners is headquartered in Austin, US.

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