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Venu Shamapant

Investor

Co-Founder at LiveOak Ventures Β· General Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

About

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.

Invests in

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. LiveOak VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2011 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  2. RevistoMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 β€” present
  3. IllumaMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 β€” present
  4. AmplifAI Solutions, Inc.Member, Board of Directorscurrent2019 β€” presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
  5. OsanoMember, Board of Directorscurrent2018 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  6. TrustRadiusMember Board Of Directorscurrent2017 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  7. Take CommandInvestorcurrent2020 β€” presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
  8. SpyderbatMember, Board of Directorscurrent2020 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  9. Flo RecruitMember Board of Directorscurrent2019 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  10. data.worldInvestorcurrent2016 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  11. ConverseNow.AISeed Investorcurrent2020 β€” presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  12. InfocyteMember Board Of Directors2016 β€” 2022San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
  13. Eventador.io | SQLStreamBuilder & Runtime for Apache FlinkMember, Board of Directors2018 β€” 2020Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  14. Mavenir SystemsMember, Board of Directors2006 β€” 2015
  15. Blacksand SemiconductorsMember, Board of Directors2007 β€” 2014
  16. VeriSiliconBoard Observer2006 β€” 2011
  17. Sipera SystemsMember, Board of Directors2005 β€” 2011
  18. Nexus Venture PartnersMember, Advisory Board2006 β€” 2010
  19. Austin VenturesGeneral Partner1999 β€” 2010
  20. LifeSize CommunicationsMember, Board of Directors2003 β€” 2009

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA1994 β€” 1996
  2. The University of Texas at AustinMS, Electrical Engineering1988 β€” 1990
  3. Osmania UniversityBE, Electronics & Communications Engineering1984 β€” 1988

Skills & more

SaaS12Venture Capital61Strategic Partnerships35Start-ups37Corporate Development8Product Management15Wireless25Go-to-market Strategy21

From Venu's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals Β· 3

Flo RecruitBoard seat

via LiveOak Ventures Β· filed May 2025 Β· $5M raise

InfocyteBoard seat

via LiveOak Ventures Β· filed Oct 2021 Β· $1M raise

SpyderbatBoard seat

via LiveOak Ventures Β· filed Jul 2020 Β· $4.2M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at LiveOak Ventures

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