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Meet Manu Kumar, Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures
The following interview by Steven Loeb was published in Vator.tv on 5 September 2015 and is reproduced below in its entirety. There has been a big debate over the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not. What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and […]
Read moreFundraising is for CEOs
I’ve been on the receiving end of many many pitches by this point both via email and in person. One of the patterns that I have seen is that for pre-seed and seed stage companies (could be for later stages like Series A and B as well, but once a company is mature, some […]
Read moreCongrats Team CardMunch!
CardMunch announced today that it has been acquired by LinkedIn! The CardMunch acquisition marks the debut exit for K9 Ventures. A huge congratulations to the team: Bowei Gai, Sid Viswanathan, and Sudeep Yegnashankaran for having built an outstanding product, service, and team, that attracted the attention of the world’s largest professional network. (Disclosure: I am a co-founder of CardMunch. K9 Ventures invested in […]
Read moreFriends of K9 Event
Here are some pictures from the Friends of K9 event on Monday, June 21st at the Computer History Museum. Thanks to everyone for coming and making it a very special and memorable launch for K9 Ventures. A very special thanks to Ron Yeh for volunteering the role of ‘K9 Photographer’ for the event. Really appreciate […]
Read moreThe truth about the Startup Visa
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry (@pegobry) recently authored an article that ran on Business Insider. The article was sensationally titled ‘The Startup Visa Act Must Be Stopped‘ and in it Pascal describes his reservations about the Startup Visa proposal. I don’t know Pascal, but I do hope that he, and others, will read and consider this response to his article. One of […]
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