Lauranne Jarrett

Lauranne Jarrett is a finance and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience in accounting, private equity, and venture capital, with a focus on managing high-growth companies. She began her career in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young and is a licensed CPA. She holds both an MBA and a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.

She served as Managing General Partner and CFO of G-51 Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, where she oversaw finance, operations, and portfolio-company matters. From roughly 2015 to 2020 she was CFO and Chief Compliance Officer at CenterGate Capital, an Austin-based middle-market private equity firm, where she led financial reporting and compliance oversight. (Note: the provided CenterGate email and phone reflect that former role; she is no longer listed on CenterGate's current team page.)

Today Lauranne is Head of Finance at LiveOak Venture Partners, an Austin-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage Texas technology companies. In this capacity she leads the firm's financial operations rather than serving as an investment partner sourcing or leading deals — an important distinction for founders trying to reach a decision-maker on new investments.

• Lauranne's role at LiveOak is on the finance and operations side (fund accounting, compliance, financial reporting) rather than deal origination — she is not the person who writes or leads investment checks.
• LiveOak's firm thesis (the relevant investing vehicle): back exceptional, category-defining founders building technology and tech-enabled companies, with a strong preference for Texas-based startups.
• Stages: primarily Seed and Series A, with opportunistic pre-seed and growth-equity investments.
• Check size (firm): roughly $1M–$10M initial checks, with capacity to follow on.
• Sectors (firm): enterprise software/SaaS, fintech, health-tech, edtech, and AI.
• Her personal expertise — high-growth company finance, fund operations, and compliance — is where she adds value: fund administration, portfolio-company financial guidance, and operational rigor.