Work Experience
Sauron
Co-Founder & Chairman
Position
Co-Founder & Chairman
Platform
Resources
Pricing
Co-Founder & General Partner / A* Capital
Kevin Hartz is a highly successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist, currently serving as Co-Founder and General Partner at A* Capital. He is best known as the Co-Founder and former CEO of Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), a global ticketing and event technology platform. Hartz also co-founded Xoom, an online money transfer service that went public in 2013 and was acquired by PayPal in 2015 for $1.1 billion. His notable early-stage investments include PayPal, Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber, and SpaceX.
Co-Founder & Chairman
Co-Founder & Chairman
Co-Founder & GP
A* is an early stage venture capital firm guiding outlier founders from idea to IPO.
Co-Founder & Chairman
Co-Founder & Chairman
Co-Founder CEO & Chairman
Co-Founder CEO & Chairman
Venture Partner
Venture Partner
Member, Board of Directors & Founder
IPO 2013 (nasd: XOOM)
Acquired by PayPal, 2015 ($1.1B)
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO
Principal
Outlook Ventures was a San Francisco based venture fund with $150m under management focusing on early stage enterprise software startups.
Co-Founder
Connect Group provided high speed Internet access to the hotel industry. Acquired by Lodgenet (NASD: LNET) in Oct 99.
Product Manager
Product manager for Cosmo Player virtual reality browser.
Bachelor of Arts & Science
Bachelor of Arts & Science - History & Applied Earth Science
Mst
Mst - History
Specializing in early-stage investments and high-growth technology companies across multiple sectors.
Proven track record as co-founder of multi-billion dollar companies like Eventbrite and Xoom.
Deep experience in scaling businesses from founding stage through successful IPO or acquisition.
Expertise in forging strategic alliances and corporate development to accelerate market penetration.
A seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist with over two decades of experience founding, operating, and investing in transformative technology companies.
A* Capital (Co-Founder & GP)
Founders Fund (Venture Partner)
Early Stage Investing
Venture Strategy
Eventbrite (Co-Founder & Chairman)
Xoom (Co-Founder & CEO)
Sauron (Co-Founder & Chairman)
Connect Group (Co-Founder)
IPO Experience (Eventbrite, Xoom)
Acquisitions ($1.1B Xoom/PayPal)
Seed/Series A Investor
Fintech & Ticketing
Trustee, California Academy of Sciences