# James Mahan

> James Mahan is a Series A investor at Live Oak Bank backing Banking. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Live Oak Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/live-oak-banking-company)
- Location: Wilmington, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chipmahan/

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for James Mahan: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/chip-mahan?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 2 | 100% |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Document Management | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Casca | 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 | https://www.cascading.ai |
| nCino | 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 | http://ncino.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Alliance Funding Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Bankwell Financial — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canapi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canapi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Huntington National Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/huntington-national-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Peterson Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peterson-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Live Oak Bank

VC Fund · Wilmington, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Live Oak Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Mahan | Chairman & CEO /Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chip-mahan |
| Jay Steiner | Senior Loan Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-steiner |
| Jeremy Isett | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-isett |
| Brian Hyder | Principal Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hyder |
| Kate Groat | Director of Corporate Philantrophy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-groat-1bcb |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### How do I contact James Mahan?

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### When did James Mahan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Mahan closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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