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Creighton Hicks

Creighton Hicks

Partner atLiveOak VenturesTexas
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Creighton Hicks is a Partner at LiveOak Ventures with over a decade of experience in early-stage technology companies. He previously held roles at Dell Technologies Capital, Kleiner Perkins, VMware, and IBM.

What Creighton can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

LiveOak Ventures writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: LiveOak Ventures.

Career

  1. IBM · product manager, technical sales specialist, and developer
  2. VMware
  3. Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB)
  4. Dell Technologies Capital (DTC) · partner
  5. LiveOak Ventures · Partner
    Now
  6. IBM’s Tivoli Software division · product manager, technical sales specialist, and developer
  7. VMware
  8. Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB)

Focus

securityai/mlenterprise technologyearly-stage technology

Education

Harvard Business School, MBAUniversity of Texas at Austin, BS in Computer Sciences

Also at LiveOak Ventures

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Mike MarcantonioPartner
Paola Retes
Paola RetesVice President
Kathryn MooreSenior Associate

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Questions

Who is Creighton Hicks?

Creighton Hicks is a Partner at LiveOak Ventures with over a decade of experience in early-stage technology companies. He previously held roles at Dell Technologies Capital, Kleiner Perkins, VMware, and IBM.

How much does Creighton Hicks invest?

Creighton Hicks invests through LiveOak Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Creighton Hicks?

A warm intro from a founder LiveOak Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Creighton Hicks do before LiveOak Ventures?

product manager, technical sales specialist, and developer at IBM; VMware; Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB); partner at Dell Technologies Capital (DTC); product manager, technical sales specialist, and developer at IBM’s Tivoli Software division; VMware; Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB).

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