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
58
Current Fund Size
$42M

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Manu Kumar's Investments On Record (29)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Invisible AI
Series ASep 2022$15M
Series UnknownJul 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, Howard Charney
Pesto
SeedFeb 2022$5M
$16M
Co-investors: Jett Fein (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Khaled Helioui
Forethought
Series CDec 2021$65M
Series BOct 2020$17M
Series ADec 2018$9M
SeedFeb 2018$1M
$92M
Co-investors: Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Trevor McFedries, Gwyneth Paltrow, Baron Davis, Yan-David Erlich, Mathilde Collin, Andy Coravos, Peter Sonsini, Kelvin Beachum Jr.
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: Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Mike Zappert (Adams Street Partners), Scott Hilleboe (H.I.G. Capital), Jesse Wedler (CapitalG), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Steven Sinofsky
HiHello
Series AJul 2021$8M
$14M
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
$330M
Co-investors: David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), George Bischof (Meritech Capital Partners), Anders Ranum (Sapphire Ventures), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Sunil Nagaraj (Ubiquity Ventures), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Daniel Salvucci (Draper Cygnus), Rob Theis, Marcus Bartram
Carta
Series DFeb 2019$30M
SeedAug 2013$2M
$1.2B
Co-investors: John Buttrick (Union Square Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Andrew Parker (Spero Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), David Jette (Innovent Capital Group), Serik Kaldykulov (Elefund), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Collin West (Ensemble VC), Jeffrey Lee (Han River Partners), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Todd Corenson, Scott Belsky, Russell Cook, Vivek Garipalli, Scott Banister, Stewart Butterfield, Louis Beryl

Manu Kumar's Experience

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

Manu Kumar's Education

Modern School
Stanford University Ph.D.
Stanford University Masters
Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Science (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University MS
Carnegie Mellon University BS