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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / K9 Ventures, LLC
K9 Ventures, LLC
Meet K9 Ventures We’re a technology-focused micro VC fund based in Palo Alto, California. Learn more K9 companies Our portfolio companies share a passion for using technology to solve real problems.…
name or self-description says seed
Importance
20
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
81
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
2
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 927 INDUSTRIAL AVE, Palo Alto, CA, 94303-4912adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 1-650-352-3819adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.k9ventures.com/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $299Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 1-650-352-3819adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
1 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, media
- Stages
- pre seed, seed
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
Other Technology 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9 Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | 2017 form d first sale | Harvest | $37.6M Mar 3, 2024 | 31 | $42.0M of $42.0M | Aug 14, 2017 |
| K9 Ventures II, LP | Fund | 2012 form d first sale | Harvest | $8.9M Mar 3, 2024 | 33 | $40.0M of $40.0M | Jul 31, 2012 |
| K9 Ventures, LP | Fund | 2009 form d first sale | Harvest | $322M Mar 3, 2024 | 17 | $4.8M of $4.8M | Apr 5, 2010 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
2 current, 0 departed
Manu Kumar
OtherChief Firestarter
Manu Kumar
PartnerManaging Director · since Apr 1, 2009
Investments on record
1 edges, 1 companies, 1 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound Eye Inc. | board seat | unknown · board | Manu Kumar (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | May 16, 2025 | Inference SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly) |
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Sep 15, 2026K9 Ventures, LLC: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Nov 11, 2022Manu Kumar (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of K9 Ventures, LLC
- Mar 19, 2018K9 Ventures III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by K9 Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $42,031,717Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactK9 Ventures III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 17, 2012K9 Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 17, 2012K9 Ventures, LP first reported on Form ADV by K9 Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,429,215Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactK9 Ventures, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 17, 2012K9 Ventures II, LP first reported on Form ADV by K9 Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $40,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactK9 Ventures II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 1, 2009Manu Kumar joined Schedule A of K9 Ventures, LLC as Managing Director
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $369M across 3 vehicles
Evidence
53 observations from 3 sources