VC  Okapi Venture Capital

http://www.okapivc.com





     Office Locations:

555 Corporate Drive, Suite 200
Ladera Ranch, CA 92694
Phone: 949-715-5555
Fax: 949-715-5556

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Communications & Networking
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Medical Device
  • Semiconductor
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Okapi Venture Capital provides long-term capital and management support to emerging businesses in the information technology and life science sectors. The firm currently manages Okapi Ventures I, LP ($30 million according to published reports), a venture capital fund chartered to invest in seed and early-stage information technology and life science companies in Southern California, with a particular emphasis on Orange County startups. The firm focuses specifically on: Biotech, Diagnostics, Internet, Healthcare IT & Services, Material Science, Medical Device, Semiconductor, Software, and Wireless. Okapi targets capital efficient businesses and will typically invest $750K to $3M (on average) over the life of the company. Okapi will engage in investments less than $250K when appropriate.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    B. Marc Averitt Co-Founder and Managing Director
    Jeff Bocan Partner
    John Waller Partner
    Lisa Riedmiller Controller
    Sharon Stevenson PhD, DVM Co-Founder and Managing Director

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      12/16/2024


      Chargezoom


      CA


      $11,500,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Chargezoom
        web link


      ChromaCode
        web link


      Connectifier
        web link


      Network Perception
        web link


      Obalon Therapeutics
        web link


      Occuspace
        web link


      Paladin Cloud
        web link


      Pegasus Solar
        web link


      Slingshot Aerospace
        web link


      Specright
        web link


      TrackStreet
        web link


      Trellis Research
        web link


      Ubiq Security
        web link


      Violux
        web link


      WhiteFox


     

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