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LiveOak Ventures

Venture capital

Austin · Pre-Seed–Growth · 12 people tracked

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Investment thesis

LiveOak Ventures focuses on identifying and supporting entrepreneurs solving meaningful problems across diverse sectors. The firm demonstrates a broad investment approach, backing founders in healthcare benefits, real estate technology, legal recruitment, education, privacy and compliance, and financial services. The portfolio reflects the firm's sector-agnostic philosophy, supporting companies at seed and early growth stages.

Invests inSector AgnosticAustin

Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Growth
Check
$500K – $10M
HQ
Austin, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2012
Tracked investments
13

Team · 12 people

from the firm's website
Krishna Srinivasan· Founding Partner
Tim Heyl· CEO and Founder

Residential real estate entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling sales organizations. He achieved recognition as Austin's top real estate agent at age 24 and grew his brokerage into a four-time Inc 5000 company. He has founded and exited multiple real estate businesses including Mint Title and Phone Animal, and was named Inman News Innovator of the Year in 2019 and Person of the Year in 2021.

Venu Shamapant· Founding Partner
Creighton Hicks· Partner
Paola Retes· Vice President
David Stewart· Venture Partner
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Serial entrepreneur with experience building and selling software companies in telecom, search, and payments. Prior to founding Osano, he built and sold Meta SaaS, an enterprise SaaS optimization platform. He applies entrepreneurial vision and technical expertise to identify opportunities and develop innovative software solutions.

Ben Scott· Partner Emeritus
Julianna

Press contact for Live Oak Ventures.

Kathryn Moore· Senior Associate
Sean Minter

Founder and CEO of AmplifAI Solutions Inc, an AI-powered performance acceleration platform for enterprise contact centers. Previously served as President and COO of PRC Inc, a business process outsourcing firm with over 10,000 employees and $300M in revenue, working with Diamond Castle, a $4B private equity fund.

What they invest in

from 1 of 13 portfolio companies

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HQs:United States×1

Investments · 13 tracked

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Aragorn is an integration platform designed for HR teams that provides visibility into data flows and direct control over how data moves between systems. The product enables HR and business teams to manage integrations without engineering involvement or rebuilding when systems change.

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Osano

Intuitive data privacy platform for simplifying compliance

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Stride Health

Frequently asked questions

What stage does LiveOak Ventures invest at?
LiveOak Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
What is LiveOak Ventures's typical check size?
LiveOak Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
What sectors does LiveOak Ventures focus on?
LiveOak Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is LiveOak Ventures located?
LiveOak Ventures is headquartered in Austin, US.
Does LiveOak Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, LiveOak Ventures leads investment rounds.

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