Marc Averitt
InvestorCo-Founder, Managing Director at Okapi Venture Capital
Newport Beach, California, United States
Writes $750K β $3M checks
About
Co-founder of Okapi VC and managing partner across its funds (OV1 through OV5 and the OV Opportunity Fund), Marc has extensive tech-industry executive, legal, strategy, and operations experience. He holds a BA from USC and a JD from Pepperdine.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Experience
- Okapi Venture CapitalCo-Founder & Managing Directorcurrent2005 β presentNewport Beach, California, United States
- PIECES of PeytonBoard Membercurrent2025 β presentNewport Beach, California, United States
- StockApp (stealth)Investor & Board Membercurrent2025 β presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- MultiplayerBoard Membercurrent2023 β present
- Influence AppsBoard Membercurrent2019 β presentSan Diego, California
- SpecrightBoard Membercurrent2015 β presentIrvine, CA
- BabyListInvestorcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ArtLiftingInvestorcurrent2015 β presentBoston, Massachusetts
- CrowdStrikeInvestorcurrent2013 β presentOrange County, California, United States
- Pegasus SolarBoard Observercurrent2014 β present
- DepoDirectBoard Member2022 β 2026
- NotiSphereBoard Member2020 β 2025
- Paladin CloudBoard Member2022 β 2025
- ChromaCode, Inc.Board Observer, Investor2018 β 2024
- Templarbit Inc.Investor2017 β 2021
- Ubiq Security, Inc.Board Member2019 β 2021San Diego, California
- Fotobom Media Inc.Board Member2015 β 2019
- St. Anne SchoolBoard Member, past Chairman2008 β 2019
- QualarooBoard Observer2014 β 2018
- Design, Inc.Board Observer2016 β 2017
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBusiness2004
- Pepperdine LawJD, Law1995 β 1998
- University of Southern CaliforniaBA, Philosophy1991 β 1994
Skills & more
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Joint VenturesIntellectual PropertyCorporate DevelopmentEmerging MarketsStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipFinancial AnalysisProduct DevelopmentBusiness PlanningDigital MediaLanguages Spanish
From Marc's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
+ 1,141 more
Also attended Pepperdine Law2
Also attended University of Southern California343
+ 337 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Specright5
Also worked at BabyList3
Also worked at Intel Corporation, Software & Solutions Group261
+ 255 more
Deals Β· 3
Paladin CloudBoard seat
via Okapi Venture Capital Β· filed May 2024 Β· $3.5M raise
NotiSphereBoard seat
via Okapi Venture Capital Β· filed Dec 2021 Β· $3.6M raise
SpecrightBoard seat
via Okapi Venture Capital Β· filed Jul 2021 Β· $37M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.






























