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Venu Shamapant

Venu Shamapant

Founding Partner atLiveOak VenturesAustin
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Venu Shamapant is a co-founder of LiveOak Ventures and has invested in early-stage Texas companies since 1999. He previously worked at Austin Ventures, McKinsey & Co., and Mentor Graphics.

What Venu can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
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LiveOak Ventures writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Mentor Graphics · software developer and engineering lead
  2. McKinsey & Co.
  3. Austin Ventures · General Partner
  4. LiveOak Ventures · Founding Partner
    Now
  5. McKinsey & Co.

Companies founded

LiveOak Ventures

Investments named in public bios

AI-powered performance improvement platform for contact centersCloud-native enterprise data catalogStreaming data engineComprehensive hiring platform for the legal industryAdvanced forensics based real time detection and incident responseFrictionless voice authentication and fraud preventionSoftware based wireless networking solutionsRevenue intelligence platform for life sciences companiesAI Platform for Patient ExperienceStreamlined MLR reviewIntuitive data privacy platformHealth insurance for individuals and small business ownersCredible source of unbiased user reviews

Focus

ai/mlsaashealthcarecybersecuritylegalHR

Education

Harvard Business School, MBAUniversity of Texas at Austin, MS in Computer EngineeringOsmania University, India, BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering

Also at LiveOak Ventures

Krishna Srinivasan
Krishna SrinivasanFounding Partner
Creighton Hicks
Creighton HicksPartner
Mike MarcantonioPartner
Paola Retes
Paola RetesVice President
Kathryn MooreSenior Associate

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Hunter Hillenmeyer
Hunter HillenmeyerGeneral Partner, Company Ventures
Jim CohenCo-Founder & General Partner, Fitz Gate Ventures

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Questions

Who is Venu Shamapant?

Venu Shamapant is a co-founder of LiveOak Ventures and has invested in early-stage Texas companies since 1999. He previously worked at Austin Ventures, McKinsey & Co., and Mentor Graphics.

How much does Venu Shamapant invest?

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

How do I pitch Venu Shamapant?

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 Venu Shamapant do before LiveOak Ventures?

software developer and engineering lead at Mentor Graphics; McKinsey & Co.; General Partner at Austin Ventures; McKinsey & Co..

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