# Marc Averitt

> Marc Averitt is a Series A investor at Okapi Venture Capital (Orange) backing SaaS and Software. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Okapi Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okapi-venture-capital)
- Location: Orange, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/averitt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/OCVC

Marc Averitt is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Okapi Venture Capital and is responsible for Okapi Ventures’ technology investments. He attended the University of Southern California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 11% |
| Baby | 1 | 6% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 33% |
| Seed | 5 | 28% |
| Series B | 3 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paladin Cloud | Paladin Cloud is an open source, Security-as-Code platform designed to help developers and security teams detect and mitigate threats in cloud environments. The company's open source cloud native Security-as-Code platform offers hundreds of best practice cloud security and governance policies in a modern user interface. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Ubiq Security | Ubiq is a technology company that has simplified the complex and messy world of encryption through a set of APIs, that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet scalable and extensible enough to encrypt data effortlessly across diverse applications and programming languages, cloud environments, and storage types. By enabling developers toquickly integrate encryption into their applications, Ubiq is empowering innovators around the world to efficiently build more secure products and experiences. | $6.4M | Seed | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Pegasus Solar | Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company was funded for commercialization in mid-2014 and is currently launching LightSpeed Mount Residential, a revolutionary new rail-less system. Operating from facilities in San Jose, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talentedengineers, and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations, and driving out cost. | $5.4M | Series A | Jul 10, 2018 |  |
| Pegasus Solar | Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company was funded for commercialization in mid-2014 and is currently launching LightSpeed Mount Residential, a revolutionary new rail-less system. Operating from facilities in San Jose, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talentedengineers, and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations, and driving out cost. | $4.6M | Series A | Sep 11, 2017 |  |
| Connectifier | Connectifier is changing the way recruiting is done today. Our engineering team from Google, Microsoft Research, Berkeley National Lab, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford is building large scale data analysis software that processes professional profiles from all around the web. By analyzing code repos, blogs, and social profiles we're helpingrecruiters and hiring managers connect more efficiently with the candidates best for their openings. Our product is deployed at 25% of the Fortune-100 and thousands of other companies. | $6M | Series B | Oct 27, 2015 |  |
| Connectifier | Connectifier is changing the way recruiting is done today. Our engineering team from Google, Microsoft Research, Berkeley National Lab, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford is building large scale data analysis software that processes professional profiles from all around the web. By analyzing code repos, blogs, and social profiles we're helpingrecruiters and hiring managers connect more efficiently with the candidates best for their openings. Our product is deployed at 25% of the Fortune-100 and thousands of other companies. | $4.1M | Series A | Jun 16, 2015 |  |
| Qualaroo | Qualaroo is a user research tool for UX designers working in SaaS space. It enables companies to gain valuable insights from their prospects and customers at the moment when they are using the website or app. Qualaroo makes it possible to target prompts by user behavior, specified needs, demographics, or any other internal data. They call theseprompts Nudges that can be used to get insights about visitors and influence their behavior. | $7.3M |  | Sep 19, 2014 |  |
| Pegasus Solar | Pegasus Solar designs innovative rooftop mounting systems for global solar markets. The company was funded for commercialization in mid-2014 and is currently launching LightSpeed Mount Residential, a revolutionary new rail-less system. Operating from facilities in San Jose, California, Pegasus Solar’s team of solar industry veterans, talentedengineers, and experienced business executives are dedicated to simplifying solar, speeding up installations, and driving out cost. |  | Seed | Jul 28, 2014 |  |
| Qualaroo | Qualaroo is a user research tool for UX designers working in SaaS space. It enables companies to gain valuable insights from their prospects and customers at the moment when they are using the website or app. Qualaroo makes it possible to target prompts by user behavior, specified needs, demographics, or any other internal data. They call theseprompts Nudges that can be used to get insights about visitors and influence their behavior. | $5M | Series A | Jun 17, 2014 |  |
| Babylist | Babylist is a vertical marketplace and baby commerce site that influences over 8 million people's annual purchase decisions. Using patented technology, extensive private data, and objective editorial advice, Babylist suggests tried-and-true products to new parents so that family members may support them. Babylist registries serve as a linkbetween new parents and their network of friends and family who assist with shopping, planning, and preparation for the arrival of a child. Leading the $67 billion baby products market, Babylist is the generational brand in babies and the reliable first choice for expanding families. | $650K | Seed | Jun 25, 2013 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ecosystem Integrity Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecosystem-integrity-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mission Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mission-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandria-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Okapi Venture Capital

VC Fund · Laguna Beach, United States

Okapi Venture Capital provides long-term capital and management support to emerging businesses in the information technology and life science sectors. They take pride in partnering with exceptionally talented entrepreneurs and operational executives to develop valuable high growth businesses.They are currently managing Okapi Ventures I, LP - aventure capital fund chartered to invest in seed and early-stage information technology and life science companies along the Tech Coast that is southern California with a particular emphasis on Orange County startups.

5 contacts available at Okapi Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Bocan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-bocan |
| John Waller | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-waller |
| Marc Averitt | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-marc-averitt |
| Matthew McRae | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-mcrae |
| Sharon Stevenson | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharon-stevenson |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc Averitt invest in?

Marc Averitt invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marc Averitt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc Averitt closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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