Episode #72, Krishna Srinivas, cofounder, LiveOak Venture Partners on Fireside with a VC

Ahead of SXSW very happy to share our podcast with one of Austin’s VC OGs discussing:

• Ten lessons on entrepreneurship from summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro with his wife and kids
• 100% all-in on Texas, early stage, tech and tech-enabled services, Seed to Series A entry point
• Close to $500m AUM at LiveOak
• The evolution of the Austin, Texas VC startup scene
• What sectors and topics founders were working on and how this evolved to today
• Who were the VC funds in the 90s, early 2000s when there were literally fewer than 5 active VCs, then 15 VCs with representatives from NEA, Polaris and other big funds and then the collapse back to 5 to 8 active funds and the rise to today with Austin being a leading city with one of the highest concentrations of VC funds per capita
• The perfect storm of conditions for Austin to become a #2 market after California with huge tech talent and still total lack of local VC capital
• Lessons from the 2000 dot-com crash relevant to today’s 2023 market, how the current batch of startups will move forward from early to growth stage

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1zRJeFouxPA

All podcast platforms: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC

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