Manu Kumar - Founder and Chief Firestarter @ K9 Ventures

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder and Chief Firestarter
Primary Organization
K9 Ventures

Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Manu Kumar is the Founder and Chief Firestarter of K9 Ventures, Co-Founder and CEO at HiHello, and the Co-founder, Investor, and Board Observer at Carta. He is also an Investor and Board Member of multiple companies.

Personal Investments

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Manu Kumar

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Pesto

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Pesto

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Pesto	—	Seed Round - Pesto	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	HiHello	—	Series A - HiHello	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Figure Eight	No	Seed Round - Figure Eight	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Agenda Hero	K9 Ventures	—	Seed Round - Agenda Hero	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gentrace	K9 Ventures	—	Series A - Gentrace	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Invisible AI	K9 Ventures	—	Series A - Invisible AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Forethought	K9 Ventures	—	Series C - Forethought	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Nexkey	K9 Ventures	—	Convertible Note - Nexkey	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Everlaw	K9 Ventures	—	Series D - Everlaw	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Invisible AI	K9 Ventures	—	Seed Round - Invisible AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Forethought	K9 Ventures	—	Series B - Forethought	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Auth0	K9 Ventures	—	Series F - Auth0	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Invisible AI	K9 Ventures	No	Seed Round - Invisible AI	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Manu Kumar

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Figure Eight

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Figure Eight

Figure Eight Figure Eight is a Human-in-the-Loop machine learning platform to create customized large scale high-quality training data.

Jobs

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Manu Kumar

has

current jobs including

Co-Founder & CEO

HiHello

Investor

Lucid Software

, and

Investor

Lyft

. Additionally,

Manu Kumar

has had

past jobs including

Visiting Lecturer

Stanford University

HiHello Co-Founder & CEOJan 2018
Lucid Software Investor2011
Lyft InvestorJan 2010
K9 Ventures Founder and Chief FirestarterApr 2008
Occipital Investor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Stanford University	Visiting Lecturer	Apr 2014	Jun 2014
CardMunch	Founder, Investor, Chairman	Dec 1, 2009	2011
TheraDoc	Investor	May 2004	2009
iMeet, Inc.	Founder & CEO	2001	2002
Octane Software	VP, Online Services	Mar 2000	May 2000
Sneaker LAB	Founder, President & CEO	Dec 1996	Mar 2000
Carnegie Mellon University	Lecturer	Jun 1997	Jul 1998
Lytro	Founding Advisor	—	—
Carta	Founder & Investor & Board Member	Jul 2012	—
Lytro	Founding Advisor & Investor	Sep 2005	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Manu Kumar

holds

board and advisor roles including

Investor and Board Member

Gradescope

Board Observer

Auth0

, and

Board Member

KidAdmit

Gradescope Investor and Board MemberOct 2014
Auth0 Board ObserverSep 2014
KidAdmit Board Member2014
Nimble VR Investor and Board MemberMar 2012
Nimble VR Investor & Board Member2012
Coin Investor & Board Member2012
Social Judo Investor & Board Member2012
CommerceIQ Investor and AdvisorApr 2011
TapCanvas Investor & Board Member2011
Everlaw Investor & Board MemberJan 2011

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Dishero	Investor and Board Member	Aug 2014	Jul 2015
BioMicro Systems	Investor	2004	2010
Guru	Advisor	2004	2008
Netspoke	Board Director	2002	2005
Torbit	Investor & Board Member	2011	—
Laminar Software, Inc.	Investor	—	—
Lytro	Investor	—	—
IndexTank	Investor	—	—

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Harvard University Alumni Founded Companies	79,185
Kaunas University of Technology Alumni Founded Companies	77,558
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Alumni Founded Companies	78,122

Education

Manu Kumar

studied at

Carnegie Mellon University

, and

Stanford University

Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Science (BS)Electrical and Computer Engineering19981999
Carnegie Mellon University BSElectrical and Computer Engineering1995
Stanford University Ph.DComputer Science2007
Stanford University MSComputer Science2005
Carnegie Mellon University MSSoftware Engineering (Business Concentration)1997