# K9 Ventures

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/k9-ventures/  
**Website:** https://www.k9ventures.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

K9 Ventures is a technology-focused Pre-Seed venture capital fund based in Palo Alto, California, founded by Manu Kumar (its "Chief Firestarter"). The firm provides the first institutional capital to companies at "frighteningly early" stages, backing new core technologies, technology platforms, and new markets rather than following a fixed sector thesis. K9 makes only a handful of concentrated investments each year, favoring teams building something genuinely new. Notable past portfolio companies include Twilio, Lytro, CrowdFlower, and DNAnexus. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of Foundry Group and added to the API Evangelist network; K9 Ventures does not publish a public API surface.

## Kin Score — 6.2 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 6.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **K9 Ventures Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Company, Venture Capital, Pre-Seed, Early Stage, Startup Investing, Deep Tech, Palo Alto

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/k9-ventures/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.