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What does K9 Ventures invest in?
K9 Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (76% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.
K9 Ventures highlights
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41 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 76% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $585K
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7 exits from the portfolio
What they do
K9 Ventures is a technology-focused Pre-Seed fund in Palo Alto, California.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $750K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- Technology
- Based in
- Palo Alto, Canada
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first41 appearances
- 2019
3 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Feb
- 2015
4 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- Feb
- Jan
- 2014
5 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- May
- May
- Apr
- 2013
7 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2012
1 round
- Mar
- 2011
12 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2010
3 rounds
- Nov
- Aug
- Jan
- 2009
6 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Aug
- Jun
- Mar
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named
MKManu KumarManager of K9 Ventures, LLC, it's general partneriFiling they signed
We also hold 1 person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$299Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- K9 Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 165537
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in K9 Ventures's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
Cendana Capital1 fundFund Vintage Committed K9 Ventures - -
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
24 of 34 we have independently watched raise
Agenda HeroAuth0AvomaCartaCompoundeyeCraveDNAnexusEnumaEverlawForethoughtHighlight CamHihelloInvisible AILyftMeldNexkeyNimble VROccipitalOtter TuneRow ZeroTeleoTrapticTwilioWorkonaAurora InnovationBaydinBugseeDaughters of RosieDivebellElloGradescopeHit StartOsmotbh
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed7 in all
Nimble VRBought by Oculus VRUndisclosedDec 2014
MobileSpanBought by DropboxUndisclosedJun 2014
TorbitBought by WalmartLabsUndisclosedJun 2013
card.ioBought by PayPalUndisclosedJul 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.