Creighton Hicks
InvestorPartner at LiveOak Ventures · Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners · Board director at Passage Identity, Inc.
Austin, Texas, United States
About
Creighton Hicks is a Partner at LiveOak Ventures with over a decade of experience investing in and operating early-stage technology companies. He was previously a partner at Dell Technologies Capital in Silicon Valley, where he led early-stage enterprise technology investments, and earlier worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, VMware in product marketing, and IBM's Tivoli Software division. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Board director at Passage Identity, Inc.
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Cole HechtExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- AbbVieVice President and Global Head, AbbVie Venturescurrent2022 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Mozart Therapeutics, IncMember | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Zag BioMember | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- DISCO Pharmaceuticals GmbHMember | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- ReAx BiotechnologiesMember | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Dimericon TherapeuticsMember | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Soufflé TherapeuticsObserver | Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentWatertown, Massachusetts, United States
- Umoja BiopharmaObserver | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Aquinnah PharmaceuticalsObserver | Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Blackbird LaboratoriesAdvisory Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- Alexandria LaunchLabsAdvisor | Seed Capital Platformcurrent2023 — present
- Bakar Bio LabsAdvisor | Bakar Bio Labscurrent2023 — present
- DG MedicinesObserver | Board of Directors2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Enthera PharmaceuticalsMember | Board of Directors2023 — 2024Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Enthera PharmaceuticalsObserver | Board of Directors2023Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Ribometrix Inc.Member | Board of Directors2023 — 2024Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Portera TherapeuticsMember | Board of Directors2023 — 2024East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Ambagon TherapeuticsMember | Board of Directors2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- SNC Therapeutics, Inc.Member | Board of Directors2023 — 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Ribon TherapeuticsObserver | Board of Directors2023 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Accent Therapeutics, Inc.Observer | Board of Directors2023 — 2024Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Skills & more
Neuroscience14Drug Discovery21Biochemistry19Life Sciences12Biotechnology9Genetics25Molecular Biology1Genomics2Clinical Development6ResearchClinical Trials1Confocal Microscopy1
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Cell BiologyClinical ResearchLanguages English · French · German · Swedish
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Passage Identity, Inc.Board seat
via LiveOak Ventures · filed Mar 2022 · $4.9M raise
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Founding Partner at LiveOak Ventures
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Venture Partner at FirstMile Ventures
Kelley Mak
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Mike Marcantonio
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Prerna Sharma
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Venu Shamapant
Founding Partner at LiveOak Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Creighton Hicks?
- Creighton Hicks is a Partner at LiveOak Ventures with over a decade of experience investing in and operating early-stage technology companies. He was previously a partner at Dell Technologies Capital in Silicon Valley, where he led early-stage enterprise technology investments, and earlier worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, VMware in product marketing, and IBM's Tivoli Software division. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.
- Where does Creighton Hicks work?
- Creighton Hicks is Partner at LiveOak Ventures and Board director at Passage Identity, Inc..
- What does Creighton Hicks invest in?
- Creighton Hicks invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software.
- What boards does Creighton Hicks sit on?
- Creighton Hicks holds tracked board seats at Passage Identity, Inc..
- Where did Creighton Hicks go to school?
- Creighton Hicks studied at Harvard Medical School (Postdoctoral Fellowship (Boston Children's Hospital), Neuroscience); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Chemistry); Harvard University (Certificate, Introduction to Clinical Investigation).
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Also attended Harvard Medical School180
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,535
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended Harvard University1,872
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Also attended Technical University of Munich327
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