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    K9 Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2009
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    K9 Ventures is a technology-focused pre-seed venture capital fund based in Palo Alto, California, founded by Manu Kumar. The firm serves as the first institutional capital for technology startups, investing at the formation stage with initial check sizes of $250K-$750K.

    Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.5M (across 45 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $42M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Dr. Manu Kumar

    Dr. Manu Kumar

    Chief Firestarter

    MK

    Manu Kumar

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    49 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Agenda Hero logoAgenda HeroSeed$5.6MJan 2025
    Gentrace logoGentraceSeries A$8MDec 2024
    Teleo logoTeleoSeries A$16.2MNov 2024
    Invisible AI logoInvisible AISeries A$15MSep 2022
    Teleo logoTeleoSeries A$12MJun 2022
    FForethought AiSeries C$65MJan 2022
    Avoma logoAvomaSeries A$12MDec 2021
    Forethought logoForethoughtSeries C$65MDec 2021
    Everlaw logoEverlawSeries D$202MNov 2021
    HHiHello, Inc.Series A$7.5MJul 2021
    HHit StartPre-Seed$600KJan 2021
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series F$120MJul 2020
    Invisible AI logoInvisible AISeed$3.6MMay 2020
    Everlaw logoEverlawSeries C$62MMar 2020
    Traptic logoTrapticSeries A$5MDec 2019
    Nexkey logoNexkeySeries A$6MOct 2019
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series E$103MMay 2019
    Forethought logoForethoughtSeries A$9MDec 2018
    Workona logoWorkonaPre-Seed—Aug 2018
    Forethought logoForethoughtSeries A$9MJan 2018
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series C$30MJun 2017
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series F$30MJan 2017
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series B$15MAug 2016
    Gradescope logoGradescopeSeed$2.6MJan 2016
    Occipital logoOccipitalSeries A$13MJul 2015
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    Top Co-Investors

    Bessemer Venture Partners8 shared
    Trinity Ventures5 shared
    Endeavor5 shared
    500 Global4 shared
    New Enterprise Associates4 shared
    Meritech Capital4 shared
    NewSchools Venture Fund4 shared
    Kapor Capital4 shared
    Sound Ventures3 shared
    World Innovation Lab3 shared
    Sapphire Ventures3 shared
    Operator Partners3 shared
    Dragon Capital3 shared
    Headline3 shared
    NTT DOCOMO Ventures3 shared
    Enterprise Ireland3 shared
    TAL Education Group3 shared
    SBVA3 shared
    August Capital3 shared
    Village Global3 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026