K9 Ventures

Venture Capital
37investments
5exits
297open roles in its portfolio
1-10people

Overview

K9 Ventures is a technology-focused micro venture capital fund that invests at the earliest stages. It backs technical founders building software, platforms and hardware-enabled products, typically as one of the first institutional investors in a company. The fund was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur and investor Manu Kumar and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
37
17 of them startups
Hiring now
10
297 open roles
Exits
5
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 38%Software 19%Education 19%Data & Analytics 14%Cybersecurity 10%Hardware 10%Sales & Marketing 10%Telecommunications 5%
Where its companies are
United States 49%South Korea 3%
Stage of its companies
Series A 41%Pre-seed & seed 35%Series C and later 24%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 37 investments
ForethoughtSeries D $25M · 17 mo ago Compound EyeVenture round $12.8M · 19 mo ago · 3 roles TeleoSeries A $16.2M · 23 mo ago · 9 roles Row ZeroConvertible Note $2.7M · 3 yr ago InvisibleSeries A $15M · 4 yr ago OtterTune R.I.P.Venture round $12M · 4 yr ago DNAnexusVenture round $200M · 4 yr ago EverlawVenture round $202M · 5 yr ago · 34 roles HiHelloSeries A $7.5M · 5 yr ago Auth0Venture round $120.5M · 6 yr ago WorkonaVenture round $6M · 6 yr ago NexkeySeries A $6M · 7 yr ago
297 open roles at 10 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Twilio49 new roles in 30 days Aurora Innovation26 new roles in 30 days Everlaw8 new roles in 30 days Lucid7 new roles in 30 days Avoma5 new roles in 30 days Teleo3 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 3 shared 500 Global 3 shared Bessemer Venture Partners 2 shared Techstars 2 shared Salesforce Ventures 2 shared Andreessen Horowitz 2 shared Founders Circle Capital 2 shared NEA 2 shared Geodesic Capital 2 shared Trinity Ventures 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Techstars Y Combinator First Round Capital NEA Andreessen Horowitz Elevate Ventures Eniac Ventures Kleiner Perkins
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Palo Alto United States
HQ
1-10 est. staff