Investing Profile

Manu Kumar(1)

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Founder & Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures

k9ventures.comPalo Alto, California

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Stanford University Network

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Current Investing Position

K9 Ventures Investor

Investment Range

$250K - $750K

Sweet Spot

$400K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$42M

Manu Kumar's Investments On Record (29)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
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, 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), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Baron Davis, Mathilde Collin, Peter Sonsini, Gwyneth Paltrow, Trevor McFedries, Andy Coravos, 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), 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), Jesse Wedler (CapitalG), Mike Zappert (Adams Street Partners), Scott Hilleboe (H.I.G. Capital), 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), Rob Theis, Marcus Bartram
Carta	Series DFeb 2019$30M SeedAug 2013$2M	$1.2B
Co-investors: John Buttrick (Union Square Ventures), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Andrew Parker (Spero Ventures), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), David Jette (Innovent Capital Group), Collin West (Ensemble VC), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Serik Kaldykulov (Elefund), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Chloe Sladden (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Russell Cook, Vivek Garipalli, Scott Banister, Todd Corenson, Scott Belsky, Jeffrey Lee, Stewart Butterfield, Louis Beryl