Marc Averitt

Marc co-founded Okapi in 2005 and is a Managing Director of all three of Okapi’s funds and responsible for their technology investments. He has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in business development, legal, operations, corporate development, and strategy in the technology industry since the mid-90s. Prior to founding Okapi, Marc was with Intel Corporation first as an attorney for the Microprocessor Products Group and then as the Managing Director, Strategic Business Development for the Software & Solutions Group worldwide. Prior to Intel, Marc worked for Sun Microsystems in business development and legal roles. Marc received his bachelors from the University of Southern California, where he studied philosophy and business, and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law. He also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business executive education program. Marc’s past and present board affiliations include DATAllegro (acquired by Microsoft; NASDAQ: MSFT), Emulex [NYSE: ELX], WellTok, SignNow (acquired by Barracuda Networks; NYSE: CUDA), Transaction Wireless (acquired by First Data; NYSE: FDC), TempoAI (acquired by Salesforce.com; NYSE: CRM), Qualaroo, Pegasus Solar, Fotobom Media and Specright. He is also an investor in ArtLifting, BabyList, Connectifier (acquired by LinkedIn; NYSE: LNKD), CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Templarbit and on the Advisory Board of The Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at U.C. Irvine. Marc can be found on Twitter as “@ocvc“. He lives with his wife and two kids in Orange County, CA and is active with his kids’ school and in the local community.