CFO at K9 Ventures
Check size: $250K-$750K initial investments, with a published sweet spot around $400K.
Braughm Ricke is listed in a CFO capacity at K9 Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Explain the technical insight, why a new market can form, founder capability, first-product plan and what a roughly $400K initial investment accomplishes.
Technical founders with a breakthrough product, a new market or enabling technology and the ability to move from idea to first product quickly.
The criteria emphasize technical founders, very early stage, Bay Area proximity and technology risk; later-stage or nontechnical opportunities are less aligned.