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Krishna Srinivasan is a co-founder of LiveOak Ventures and has been investing in early-stage Texas based companies and entrepreneurs since 2000. Krishna currently serves on the boards of LiveOak portfolio companies such as DISCO – NYSE:LAW (where he served as non-executive Chairman of the Board at the time of its IPO), Homeward, Eventus, Ojo, Rollick, and SchooLinks, and previously successfully exited LiveOak portfolio companies such as Digital Pharmacist (acquired by K1), Hive9 (acquired by Brand Maker), Iris Plans (acquired by Aledade), Opcity (acquired by NewsCorp), and Stack Engine (acquired by Oracle).
Prior to founding LiveOak, Krishna was a Partner at Austin Ventures. Before joining Austin Ventures, Krishna was with Motorola, where he wrote large-scale optimization software for supply chain planning and worked with a variety of business units on strategic and operational issues.
Krishna received his MBA from Wharton, where he graduated with highest academic honors as a Palmer Scholar. He also has an MS in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Investments
Company
Description
Status
First Partnered
Status
Acquired
ACQ: K1 Investment Management
First Partnered
Series A
Sector(s)
Healthcare, Pharmaceutical
Key Dates
Partnered in 2015
Founder(S)
Chris Loughlin
Founder(S)
Chris Loughlin
Links
Status
Acquired
ACQ: BrandMaker
First Partnered
Series A
Sector(s)
MarTech
Key Dates
Partnered in 2015
Founder(S)
Darin Hicks
Founder(S)
Darin Hicks
Links
Status
Acquired
ACQ: Aledade
First Partnered
Seed
Sector(s)
Healthcare, B2C
Key Dates
Partnered in 2017
Founder(S)
Andrew Chen
Dr. Stephen Bekanich
Steve Wardle
Founder(S)
Andrew Chen
Dr. Stephen Bekanich
Steve Wardle
Links
Status
Active
First Partnered
Series A
Sector(s)
AI/ML, IT
Key Dates
Seed
Partnered in 2020
Founder(S)
Kevin Brinig
Todd Sifleet
Founder(S)
Kevin Brinig
Todd Sifleet
Status
Acquired
ACQ: Realtor.com
First Partnered
Seed
Sector(s)
Real Estate, FinTech
Key Dates
Partnered in 2016
Founder(S)
Ben Rubenstein
Michael Lam
Founder(S)
Ben Rubenstein
Michael Lam
Links
Status
Active
First Partnered
Series A
Sector(s)
B2B
Key Dates
Partnered in 2018
Founder(S)
Bernie Brenner
Amit Maheshwari
Founder(S)
Bernie Brenner
Amit Maheshwari
Status
Acquired
ACQ: Mavenir
Key Dates
Founder(S)
Ivelin Lvanov
Amit Bhayani
Jean Dereuelle
Founder(S)
Ivelin Lvanov
Amit Bhayani
Jean Dereuelle
Links
Status
Acquired
ACQ: Oracle
First Partnered
Seed
Sector(s)
Logistics
Key Dates
Partnered in 2014
Founder(S)
Bob Quillin
Eric Anderson
Robert Gordon
Founder(S)
Bob Quillin
Eric Anderson
Robert Gordon
Links
Investments at Prior Firms
ACQ: Dell Technologies
ACQ: Qualcomm
ACQ: Alcatel-Lucent
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