LiveOak's History

The LiveOak Partners have a strong track record together investing in substantial companies across economic cycles.

Austin Ventures

'99 - '00

LiveOak Partners Met at Austin Ventures

LiveOak Venture Partners History

December '04

Spatial Wireless Acquired by Alcatel Lucent

Navini and Cisco LiveOak VC Firm

December '07

Navini Networks Acquired by Cisco

augmenti/entorian tech startup funding

July '08

Augmentix Acquired by Entorian

lifesize/logitech tech startup funding

December '09

LifeSize Acquired by Logitech

Sipera/Avaya tech startup funding

October '11

Sipera Systems Acquired by Avaya

LiveOak Venture Partners

Q1 '13

LiveOak Fund I First Close

Mavenir Systems

November '13

Mavenir Systems IPO

LiveOak Venture Partners

Q1 '14

LiveOak Fund I Final Close

Black Sand Acquired by Qualcomm

June '14

Black Sand Acquired by Qualcomm

Mavenir Systems Acquired by Mitel

March '15

Mavenir Systems Acquired by Mitel

Stack Engine Acquired by Oracle

Stack Engine Acquired by Oracle

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May '18

Expanded Investment Team

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August '18

Opcity Acquired by News Corp

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March '19

Digital Pharmacist Acquired by K1 Investments

LiveOak Venture Partners

Q1 '19

LiveOak Fund II Close

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June '19

Capsenta acquired by data.world

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September '19

Added Venture Partner

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February '20

Launched Venture Advisors Program

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March '20

NarrativeDx Acquired by Press Ganey

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June '20

Added New Principal

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October '20

Eventador Acquired by Cloudera

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November '20

Razberi Technologies Acquired by ACRE

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July '21

DISCO IPO

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August '21

Telestax Acquired by Mavenir

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September '21

Intrigue Acquired by Mandiant

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September '21

Hive 9 Acquired by BrandMaker