# Manu Kumar, Managing Director at K9 Ventures > Manu Kumar, Managing Director at K9 Ventures. 5 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Manu Kumar Managing Director i at [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 5 last Apr 2011 - **Filings:** 11 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 5 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 11 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At K9 Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=manu-kumar)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=manu-kumar) ## The firm [**K9 Ventures** VC firm · CA **0** cheques in 12 months **41** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [3Gear Systems](https://millionrounds.com/startup/3gear-systems) - [Aurora Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aurora-innovation) - [Auth0](https://millionrounds.com/company/auth0) - [Avoma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/avoma) - [BackType](https://millionrounds.com/startup/backtype) - [Carta](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carta-2) - [CrowdFlower](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdflower) - [DNAnexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/dnanexus) - [Enuma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/enuma-inc) - [Everlaw](https://millionrounds.com/company/everlaw) - [HighlightCam](https://millionrounds.com/startup/highlightcam) - [KidAdmit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kidadmit-inc) - [LocoMotive Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/locomotive-labs) - [Lucid Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-software) - [Lytro](https://millionrounds.com/company/lytro) - [Occipital](https://millionrounds.com/company/occipital) - [Osmo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/osmo-3) - Boomerang Baydin - Indextank - Torbit - Twilio - cardio ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Mindset Labs, Inc.** Director since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Everlaw, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2018 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Traptic Inc** Director since 2017 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)** Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Compound Eye Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Gradescope, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Locomotive Labs, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2013 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2012 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Torbit, Inc.** Director since 2011 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Occipital, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2011 - SEC Form D · Other investment fund **[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)** Manager of K9 Ventures, LLC, it's general partner on 5 filings · since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 23 Mar 2020 · 33 min 20VC: Multi-Stage Funds Investing At Seed Are Option Value Investing, Why The Biggest Enemy For Venture Firms Is Group Think and How Running Companies Changes Your Investment Mentality with Manu Kumar, Founder @ K9 Ventures With [Manu Kumar](https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar) Mentions [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)[Semil Shah](https://millionrounds.com/person/semil-shah) About this episode Manu Kumar is the Founder @ K9 Ventures, one of the leading seed firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Carta, Lyft, Twilio, Auth0 and Lucidchart to name a few incredible companies. Prior to K9, Manu was either the founder or co-founder of 4 companies, 3 of which with… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 15 Jan 2019 · 54 min Manu Kumar, K9 Ventures With [Manu Kumar](https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar) Mentions [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures) About this episode Manu Kumar is the founder of K9 Ventures, a technology-focused Pre-Seed fund based in Palo Alto, California. K9 Ventures was the first "pre-seed" venture firm in the industry, and Manu was the earliest investor in companies like Twilio, Lyft, Carta, Crowdflower, and many more. Manu has a truly… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 23 May 2016 · 24 min 20VC: K9's Manu Kumar on His Approach To Risk, Valuation & Believing What Other People Don't With [Manu Kumar](https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar) Mentions [K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)[Josh Koppelman](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-koppelman) About this episode Manu Kumar founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage micro-VC fund based in Palo Alto, according to K9 they invests 'frighteningly early' and like to be the first institutional capital invested in a startup. K9 is an investor in Lyft, Twilio, Occipital,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Manu Kumar in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 27 Jan 2020 · 34 min SaaStr 303: What It Takes To Build Dev Communities and Early Developer Adoption, How To Structure Trials and Freemium For Optimum Success and The 4 Different Pricing Variables To Consider with Eugenio Pace, Founder & CEO @ Auth0 With [Eugenio Pace](https://millionrounds.com/person/eugenio-pace) Mentions [Manu Kumar](https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar) About this episode Eugenio Pace is the Founder & CEO @ Auth0, the startup that allows you to rapidly integrate authentication and authorization for web, mobile, and legacy applications so you can focus on your core business. To date, Eugenio has raised over $213m with Auth0 from some of the best in the business… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 6 Jan 2017 · 25 min 20VC: eShares' Henry Ward on Why Portfolio Theory Is Wrong? Why Investors Will Never Take Market Risk & Why You have To Have A Line of Sight To A $Bn Outcome With [Henry Ward](https://millionrounds.com/person/henry-ward) Mentions [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper)[Kamal Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/person/kamal-ravikant)[Manu Kumar](https://millionrounds.com/person/manu-kumar)[Semil Shah](https://millionrounds.com/person/semil-shah) About this episode Henry Ward is the Founder & CEO @ eShares, the No 1 cap table management platform providing equity management, 409A valuations and liquidity all in one place. They are backed by leading investors and past guests including USV, SV Angel, Spark Capital, Semil Shah, Manu Kumar, Tim Draper and Kamal… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=manu-kumar). ## Find people like Manu Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)