K9

K9 Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$750K Checks)

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Palo Alto, California, United StatesWebsite

K9 Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$750K checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$750K
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$88M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech, AI / ML
HQ
Palo Alto, California, United States

Last verified: 2026-10-09

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $750K

AUM

$88M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2018Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

K9 invests primarily at the pre-seed stage in technology-focused companies, often as their first institutional investor. It favors technical founding teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and does not follow a specific sector strategy.

How K9 Ventures invests

K9 Ventures is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech, AI / ML.

K9 Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$750K per investment, backed by approximately $88M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2017, K9 Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including HiHello, Inc., Forethought Technologies, Inc., Workona Inc.. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2018.

Partners & Team

MK

Manu Kumar

Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Fintech
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (7)

2018

HI

HiHello, Inc.

Networking/Digital Business Cards

2017

FO

Forethought Technologies, Inc.

AI/Customer Support
WO

Workona Inc.

Work Management

Other

RI

Rippling

HR/IT (B2B SaaS)
HI

Hit Start Media

Enabling Enterprise Companies to Own Their Narrative

WE

Webflow

No-code web platform
CH

Chime

Fintech
How to pitch K9 Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $750K check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Manu Kumar, Founder.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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