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    K9 Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2008
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    K9 Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, aiming to be the first institutional capital for startups. Their strategy involves investing in technical founders who are building radically new technology or opening new markets, often leading rounds with initial investments between $250K and $750K, and actively engaging with a concentrated portfolio of 4-6 companies annually.

    Average disclosed round size is $36.9M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    19 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Invisible AI logoInvisible AISeries A$15MSep 2022
    Teleo logoTeleoSeries A$12MJun 2022
    Avoma logoAvomaSeries A$12MDec 2021
    Forethought logoForethoughtSeries C$65MDec 2021
    Everlaw logoEverlawSeries D$202MNov 2021
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series F$120MJul 2020
    Invisible AI logoInvisible AISeed$3.6MMay 2020
    Everlaw logoEverlawSeries C$62MMar 2020
    Traptic logoTrapticSeries A$5MDec 2019
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series E$103MMay 2019
    Workona logoWorkonaPre-Seed—Aug 2018
    Auth0 logoAuth0Series B$15MAug 2016
    LLocoMotive LabsSeries A$4MFeb 2015
    Auth0 logoAuth0Seed$2.4MSep 2014
    eShares logoeSharesSeed$1.8MAug 2013
    Lucidchart logoLucidchartSeed$1MJul 2011
    BackType logoBackTypeSeed$1MMar 2011
    HiHello logoHiHelloSeed$2.5M—
    TTangible PlaySeed——

    Top Co-Investors

    Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
    Sapphire Ventures2 shared
    Telstra Ventures2 shared
    Menlo Ventures2 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz2 shared
    Trinity Ventures2 shared
    8VC2 shared
    Sierra Ventures2 shared
    500 Startups2 shared
    UP.Partners1 shared
    F-Prime Capital1 shared
    August Capital1 shared
    TenOneTen1 shared
    Portland Seed Fund1 shared
    STEADFAST Capital Ventures1 shared
    NEA (New Enterprise Associates)1 shared
    Sound Ventures1 shared
    Silicon Valley Bank1 shared
    Salesforce1 shared
    Meritech Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026