Vice President
LiveOak Venture PartnersCheck size: LiveOak does not publish a person-specific check size; its official materials describe investing from early institutional rounds through company growth.
Paola Retes is part of LiveOak Venture Partners's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back Texas-rooted and nationwide founders building differentiated technology and technology-enabled services companies from the earliest institutional rounds.
The firm publicly emphasizes back Texas-rooted and nationwide founders building differentiated technology and technology-enabled services companies from the earliest institutional rounds.
No person-specific pass list is public. Opportunities outside the firm's published stage, sector, geography, or traction criteria appear less aligned.
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Paola Retes is Vice President at LiveOak Venture Partners, according to the firm's current official roster. To avoid mistaken identity, no unsupported prior employment, education, or portfolio attribution has been inferred.