# Kate Groat

> Kate Groat is a grant investor at Live Oak Bank backing EdTech and Training. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Live Oak Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/live-oak-banking-company)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Kate Groat is a grant investor at Live Oak Bank focused on EdTech and Training. Kate Groat

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stiegler Edtech | Steigler Edtech provides STEM, esports and other non traditional, alternative education programs. |  | Grant | Jan 08, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## 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 | — |
| Jay Steiner | Senior Loan Officer | — |
| Jeremy Isett | Senior Software Engineer | — |
| Brian Hyder | Principal Software Engineer | — |
| Kate Groat | Director of Corporate Philantrophy | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Kate Groat invest in?

Kate Groat invests primarily in EdTech, Training and Education startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 1 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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### When did Kate Groat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kate Groat closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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