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
60
Current Fund Size
$42M

Manu Kumar is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Manu Kumar's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Agenda Hero
SeedAug 2025$6M
$6M
Gentrace
Series ADec 2024$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Jett Fein (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Linda Tong (Operator Collective), Bryant Chou (Pioneer Fund), Tuomas Artman, Cristina Cordova
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
$120M
Co-investors: Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Peter Sonsini, Trevor McFedries, Gwyneth Paltrow, Baron Davis, Yan-David Erlich, Kelvin Beachum Jr., 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: Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Jesse Wedler (CapitalG), Scott Hilleboe (H.I.G. Capital), Mike Zappert (Adams Street Partners), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Steven Sinofsky
HiHello
Series AJul 2021$8M
$14M
Co-investors: Villi Iltchev (Two Sigma Ventures)

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