Tarun Jain is a Principal at K1 Investment Management. He focuses on investing in small, innovative, rapidly growing software businesses and helping them become category leaders.

What Tarun can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeries BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

K1 Investment Management writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Focus

small-cap enterprise softwaresoftware businessescategory leaders

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Who is Tarun Jain?

Tarun Jain is a Principal at K1 Investment Management. He focuses on investing in small, innovative, rapidly growing software businesses and helping them become category leaders.

How much does Tarun Jain invest?

Tarun Jain invests through K1 Investment Management, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at series b.

How do I pitch Tarun Jain?

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