Investing Profile

Manu Kumar(1)

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Founder & Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures
k9ventures.comPalo Alto, California
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Current Investing Position
K9 Ventures
Investment Range
$250K - $750K
Sweet Spot
$400K
Investments On Record
61
Current Fund Size
$42M

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Manu Kumar's Investments On Record (32)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Agenda Hero
SeedAug 2025$6M
$6M
Gentrace
Series ADec 2024$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Cristina Cordova (First Round Capital), Jett Fein (Broadway Venture Partners)
Invisible AI
Series ASep 2022$15M
SeedJul 2021$3M
SeedMay 2020$4M
Pre SeedJan 2019$500K
$23M
Co-investors: Alex Moore (8VC), Ben Yu (Sierra Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Mike Gordon
Pesto
SeedFeb 2022$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Jett Fein (Broadway Venture Partners)
Forethought
Series CDec 2021$65M
Series BOct 2020$17M
Series ADec 2018$9M
SeedFeb 2018$1M
$120M
Co-investors: Sandhya Venkatachalam (Social Capital), Erik Torenberg (Andreessen Horowitz), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Yan-David Erlich (B Capital Group), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Peter Sonsini, Andy Coravos, Mathilde Collin
Nexkey
Convertible NoteNov 2021$6M
Series AOct 2019$6M
SeedApr 2018$5M
$17M
Co-investors: Anand Chandrasekaran (General Catalyst), Dina Routhier (Stanley Ventures)
Everlaw
Series DNov 2021$200M
Series CMar 2020$62M
Series AJan 2016$8M
SeedJan 2013$850K
$300M
Co-investors: Steven Sinofsky (Andreessen Horowitz), Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Mike Zappert (Adams Street Partners), Scott Hilleboe (H.I.G. Capital)
HiHello
Series AJul 2021$8M
$14M
Co-investors: Villi Iltchev (Two Sigma Ventures)

Manu Kumar's Experience

Investor and Board Member tbh2020 - Present
Investor OtterTune2020 - Present
Investor and Board Member Agenda Hero2020 - Present
Investor and Board Member Divebell2019 - Present
Investor & Board Member Daughters of Rosie2019 - Present
Investor & Board Member Invisible AI2019 - Present
Co-Founder and CEO HiHello, Inc.2018 - Present
Investor & Board Member Workona2017 - Present
Investor & Board Member Forethought2017 - Present
Investor & Board Member Avoma2017 - Present
Investor Aurora2017 - Present
Investor & Board Member Compound Eye2017 - Present
Investor Aurora2017 - Present
Investor & Board Member Crave.io Inc.2016 - Present
Investor & Board Member Traptic, Inc (acquired by Bowery Farming in 2022)2016 - Present
Investor & Board Member Nexkey, Inc.2015 - Present
Investor & Board Member Nexkey2015 - Present
Investor and Board Observer Auth02014 - Present
Investor and Board Member KidAdmit, Inc.2014 - Present
Investor and Board Member Bathys2014 - Present
Investor and Board Member Osmo2013 - Present
Investor and Board Member Enuma, Inc. (formerly LocoMotive Labs, Inc.)2012 - Present
Investor and Board Member Enuma Inc.2012 - Present
Co-founder, Investor & Board Observer Carta2012 - Present
Board Member Occipital2011 - Present
Investor LucidChart2011 - Present
Investor Lucid Software2011 - Present
Investor and Advisor Boomerang2011 - Present
Investor and Board Member Everlaw2011 - Present
Investor Lyft2010 - Present
Investor Twilio, Inc.2009 - Present
Investor DNAnexus2009 - Present
Investor Twilio2009 - Present
Investor CrowdFlower2009 - Present
Investor Appen2009 - Present
Founder & Chief Firestarter K9 Ventures2008 - Present
Investor and Board Member IndextankPresent
Investor and Board Member IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Investor & Board Observer IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Chairman and CEO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
President & CEO IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Investor and Board Member SideTour (acquired by Groupon)Present
Investor & Board Observer SideTour (acquired by Groupon)Present
Investor SideTour (acquired by Groupon)Present
Chairman and CEO SideTour (acquired by Groupon)Present
President & CEO SideTour (acquired by Groupon)Present
Investor and Board Member Gradescope2014 - 2018
Investor and Board Member Coin, Inc.2012 - 2016
Visiting Lecturer Stanford University2015 - 2015
Investor and Board Member Dishero, Inc.2014 - 2015
Investor and Board Member Caarbon Corp.2014 - 2015
Investor and Board Member Nimble VR2012 - 2014
Visiting Lecturer Stanford University2014 - 2014
Investor and Board Observer MobileSpan Inc.2012 - 2014
Investor and Board Observer MobileSpan Inc (acquired by Dropbox).2012 - 2014
Founding Advisor & Investor Lytro Inc.2005 - 2014
Founding Advisor & Investor Lytro (Acquired by Google)2005 - 2014
Investor & Board Observer HighlightCam, Inc.2009 - 2013
Investor and Board Member Torbit2011 - 2013
Investor & Board Observer SneakerLabs, Inc.2010 - 2013
Investor & Board Observer Zimride2010 - 2013
Investor & Board Observer NewCo2010 - 2013
Investor and Board Member SneakerLabs, Inc.2011 - 2013
Investor and Board Member TapCanvas, Inc.2011 - 2013
Investor and Board Member NewCo2011 - 2013
Investor and Board Observer card.io2011 - 2012
Investor and Board Member IndexTank2010 - 2011
Investor & Board Observer BackType2010 - 2011
Co-founder, Investor & Chairman Cardmunch, Inc. (acquired by LinkedIn)2009 - 2011
Investor BioMicro2004 - 2010
Investor Premier Inc.2004 - 2009
Investor TheraDoc2004 - 2009
Advisor Guru.com2004 - 2008
Doctoral Candidate Stanford University2002 - 2007
Board of Directors Netspoke2002 - 2005
Chairman and CEO iMeet, Inc.2001 - 2002
Chairman and CEO SneakerLabs, Inc.2001 - 2002
Chairman and CEO NewCo2001 - 2002
Investor SneakerLabs, Inc.2000 - 2001
Investor NewCo2000 - 2001
Investor Laminar Software2000 - 2001
Vice-President, Interactive Technologies E.piphany, Inc.2000 - 2001
Vice-President, Interactive Technologies Epiphany2000 - 2001
Vice President Octane Software2000 - 2000
Vice President Octane OC2000 - 2000
President & CEO SneakerLabs, Inc.1996 - 2000
President & CEO NewCo1996 - 2000
Lecturer Carnegie Mellon University1997 - 1998

Manu Kumar's Education

Stanford University Ph.D.
Stanford University Masters Computer Science
Stanford University Masters
Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Science (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University MS Software Engineering (Business concentration)
Carnegie Mellon University MS
Carnegie Mellon University BS Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University BS
Modern School