James Mahan
Chairman & CEO /Founder @ Live Oak Bank
Wilmington, United States
James Mahan is a Series A investor at Live Oak Bank in Wilmington focused on Banking and FinTech. James (Chip) Mahan III co-founded nCino to meet a need in the banking industry for greater levels of efficiency, regulatory compliance, customer relationship management and revenue growth. In addition to nCino, Mahan serves as Chairman and CEO of Live Oak Bank which he helped found in 2007 and has averaged 200% growth year over year. Mahanhas also served as the CEO and Chairman for S1 Corporation and was the founder of First Network Bank, the world's first Internet bank. Mahan has been honored as one of the 10 Most Influential Personalities in Financial Services by FutureBanker magazine. Mahan began his career in 1973 at Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. in Winston-Salem, NC, after graduating from Washington & Lee University in Virginia.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
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Industries James Mahan invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Banking 2 (100%)
- FinTech 2 (100%)
- Finance 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Document Management 1 (50%)
Investments
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| Cascading AI is the developer of a tool for automating manual banking activities. The company employs artificial intelligence technologies to speed loan document gathering, account creation, and compliance procedures, allowing banks, credit unions, and non-bank lenders to originate commercial loans. | $29M / Series A / Aug 19, 2025 | ||
| NCino offers a cloud-based bank operating system created by bankers for bankers. The system helps increase profitability, productivity gains, regulatory compliance, and operational transparency at all organizational levels as well as across all lines of business.Following a process structure similar to a bank’s loan accounting system, the bankoperating system offers combined services through its business process management, loan lifecycle, business intelligence, and document management solutions. | $1.5M / Series A / Jun 11, 2013 |
Co-Investors
Alliance Funding Group
1 deal together
Bankwell Financial
1 deal together
Canapi Ventures
1 deal together
Huntington National Bank
1 deal together
Peterson Ventures
1 deal together
Y Combinator
1 deal together
About Live Oak Bank
Live Oak Bank is a financial service company that offers banking services and products for small and medium businesses. They provide FDIC-insured banking products to help, buy, build, and expand the business, as well as high-yield savings and CD products to help grow the money. The company's goal is to provide an experience that is distinctfrom what they might expect from a bank — its customers remain at the heart of everything they do at Live Oak.
Live Oak Bank Contacts
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James Mahan
Chairman & CEO /Founder
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Jay Steiner
Senior Loan Officer
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Jeremy Isett
Senior Software Engineer
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Brian Hyder
Principal Software Engineer
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Kate Groat
Director of Corporate Philantrophy
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What does James Mahan invest in?
James Mahan invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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