Manu is an entrepreneur turned investor. He is the founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures, a technology-focused micro-VC fund based in Palo Alto, California. K9 invests in teams of technical founders Silicon Valley, who are creating new technology or opening new markets, with a direct revenue model. Manu was the founder of SneakerLabs (acquired by Octane/E.piphany), iMeet (merged with Netspoke, acquired by Premiere Conferencing), CardMunch (<wbr />acquired by LinkedIn), a founding advisor to Lytro, and is the co-founder of eShares. He holds a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering with University Honors and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford with a distinction in teaching. Manu is an investor in CrowdFlower, Twilio, DNAnex<wbr />us, HighlightCam, CardMunch, L<wbr />ytro, Lyft, IndexTank (<wbr />acquired by LinkedIn), BackType (<wbr />acquired by Twitter), EasyESI, card.io <wbr />(acquired by PayPal), Baydin, LucidChart<wbr />, Torbit (acquired by Walmart Labs), Occipital, TapCanvas, 3<wbr />Gear Systems, eShares, LocoMotive Labs, Coin, MobileSpan (<wbr />acquired byDropbox), Tangible Play and KidAdmit.