Krishna Srinivasan

Krishna Srinivasan

Founding Partner atLiveOak VenturesTexas

Krishna Srinivasan is a founding partner at LiveOak Ventures, investing in early-stage Texas companies since 2000. He serves on several portfolio company boards and previously worked at Austin Ventures and Motorola.

What Krishna 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. Motorola
  2. Austin Ventures · Partner
  3. LiveOak Ventures · Founding Partner
    Now
  4. Motorola

Companies founded

LiveOak Ventures

Investments named in public bios

DISCOHomewardEventusFlueidRollickSchooLinksDigital PharmacistHive9Iris PlansOpcityStack Engine

Focus

early-stage texas companiesentrepreneursearly-stage

Education

Wharton, MBAUniversity of Texas at Austin, MS in Operations ResearchIndian Institute of Technology, Madras, BS in Mechanical Engineering

Also at LiveOak Ventures

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Questions

Who is Krishna Srinivasan?

Krishna Srinivasan is a founding partner at LiveOak Ventures, investing in early-stage Texas companies since 2000. He serves on several portfolio company boards and previously worked at Austin Ventures and Motorola.

How much does Krishna Srinivasan invest?

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

How do I pitch Krishna Srinivasan?

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 Krishna Srinivasan do before LiveOak Ventures?

Motorola; Partner at Austin Ventures; Motorola.

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