Investing Profile

Manu Kumar(1)

VCInvestorAngel
Founder & Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures
k9ventures.comPalo Alto, California
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K9 Ventures Investor
$250K - $750K
$400K
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$42M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Invisible AI
Series ASep 2022$15M
Series UnknownJul 2021$3M
SeedMay 2020$4M
Pre SeedJan 2019$500K
$29M
Co-investors: Ben Yu (Sierra Ventures), Alex Moore (8VC), Adam Dawkins (Sierra Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Howard Charney
Pesto
SeedFeb 2022$5M
$10M
Co-investors: Bryan Chang (Collaborative Fund), Wesley Barrow (Correlation Ventures), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Tony Liu (Costanoa Ventures), Wes Tang-Wymer (Rucker Park Capital), Jett Fein (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Amit Chu
Forethought
Series CDec 2021$65M
Series BOct 2020$17M
Series ADec 2018$9M
SeedFeb 2018$1M
$93M
Co-investors: Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Vanessa Larco (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Baron Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Trevor McFedries, Peter Sonsini, Mathilde Collin, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Yan-David Erlich
Nexkey
Convertible NoteNov 2021$6M
Series AOct 2019$6M
SeedApr 2018$5M
$17M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst)
Everlaw
Series DNov 2021$200M
Series CMar 2020$62M
Series AJan 2016$8M
SeedJan 2013$850K
$310M
Co-investors: Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Jesse Wedler (CapitalG), Scott Hilleboe (H.I.G. Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Steven Sinofsky
HiHello
Series AJul 2021$8M
$11M
Co-investors: Villi Iltchev (Two Sigma Ventures)
Auth0
Series FJul 2020$120M
Series EMay 2019$100M
Series DMay 2018$55M
Series CJun 2017$30M
Series BAug 2016$15M
Series AJun 2015$7M
SeedSep 2014$2M
$340M
Co-investors: George Bischof (Meritech Capital Partners), Anders Ranum (Sapphire Ventures), David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Sunil Nagaraj (Ubiquity Ventures), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Marcus Bartram, Rob Theis
Carta
Series DFeb 2019$30M
SeedAug 2013$2M
$750M
Co-investors: John Buttrick (Union Square Ventures), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), David Jette (Innovent Capital Group), Craig Hunter (Operator Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Andrew Parker (Spero Ventures), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Ankit Agarwal (A7V), Brett Markinson (Innovent Capital Group), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), David Hehman (Underdog Labs), Serik Kaldykulov (Elefund), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Maxim Nazarov (FinSight Ventures), Alicia Castillo Holley (Wealthing VC Club), Chris Moreno (Real Estate Tech Rolling Fund), Brendan Mathews (Motley Fool Ventures), Jeffrey Lee (Han River Partners), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Stewart Butterfield, Todd Corenson, Scott Belsky, Louis Beryl
Founder & Chief Firestarter K9 Ventures2008 - Present
Visiting Lecturer Stanford University2015 - 2015
Visiting Lecturer Stanford University2014 - 2014
Doctoral Candidate Stanford University2002 - 2007
Chairman and CEO iMeet, Inc.2001 - 2002
Vice-President, Interactive Technologies E.piphany, Inc.2000 - 2001
Vice President Octane Software2000 - 2000
President & CEO SneakerLabs, Inc.1996 - 2000
Lecturer Carnegie Mellon University1997 - 1998
Modern School
Stanford University Ph.D.
Stanford University Masters
Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Science (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University MS
Carnegie Mellon University BS