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 Investor

Investment Range

$250K - $750K

Sweet Spot

$400K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$42M

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Manu Kumar's Investments On Record (29)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total 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