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Kirk Manoogian

Investor

Partner at YL Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $200K – $5M checks · typically $2M

About

Kirk Manoogian is a Partner at YL Ventures, where he manages the firm's US-based evaluation of potential investments and works with founders on go-to-market strategy and commercial execution. Before joining YL Ventures in 2020, he worked at Cornerstone Research on litigation involving global institutions and at Jump Capital on early-stage fintech investments. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

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Invests in

Cybersecurity

Experience

  1. YL VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. YL VenturesPrincipal2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. YL VenturesVice President2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. YL VenturesSenior Associate2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. YL VenturesAssociate2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MINDSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  7. Miggo SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  8. Aim SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  9. Spera SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
  10. Opus SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
  11. Eureka SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  12. Valence SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  13. PiianoSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  14. Grip SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  15. SatoriSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  16. HuntersSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  17. enso.security (Part of Snyk)Seed Investor2020 — 2023
  18. Jump CapitalVenture Associate Intern2019Greater Chicago Area
  19. Cornerstone ResearchResearch Associate2013 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area

Education

  1. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2018 — 2020
  2. University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration2010 — 2013

Skills & more

Analytical SkillsStrategyLeadershipVenture CapitalStart-upsFinanceEmerging MarketsFinancial ModelingFinTechMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPoint

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Same school

Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business431

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech CapitalRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital Partners

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Also attended University of Southern California343

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

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Shared employers

Also worked at MIND5

John BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesYoav LeitersdorfManaging Partner at YL VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesSue BarsamianInvestor at Ballistic Ventures

Also worked at Miggo Security5

John BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesYoav LeitersdorfManaging Partner at YL VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesMichael CortezPartner at ForgePoint Capital

Also worked at Satori4

John BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesYoav LeitersdorfManaging Partner at YL VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL Ventures

Also worked at Hunters14

Bryan GertzogPartner at StripesJohn BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesYoav LeitersdorfManaging Partner at YL VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesAlex FerraraPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners

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Colleagues at YL Ventures

Adi Greenwald
Associate at YL Ventures
Adi Shamai
Office Manager at YL Ventures
Amichai Shulman
Venture Partner at YL Ventures
Dave Reed
CFO at YL Ventures
Gal Spiner Abramovich
Marketing Partnerships Manager at YL Ventures
Gili Berkovitz
Associate at YL Ventures
Gye Cohen
VP Operations and HR at YL Ventures
John Brennan
Founder & Managing Partner at Holly Ventures

Network2

Amichai Shulman
Venture Partner at YL Ventures
Gili Berkovitz
Associate at YL Ventures

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