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About Kevin Hartz

Kevin Hartz is the co-founder and managing partner of A* Capital, an early-stage venture firm, and previously served as CEO of Eventbrite and Xoom, which was acquired by PayPal for $1.1 billion. His investment thesis focuses on seed and early-stage companies in marketplaces, platforms, payments, fintech infrastructure, and enterprise software with network effects, primarily in the United States. He typically invests $100,000 to $10 million with a sweet spot around $3 million, often leading seed rounds and doubling down in follow-on rounds as companies succeed. Notable portfolio companies include Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, PayPal, SpaceX, Palantir, and OpenSea, many of which he invested in at the seed stage. Hartz distinguishes himself by prioritizing infrastructure over applications and advocating for long-term value creation in category-defining platforms, a perspective he has articulated in public interviews and writings on platform thinking.

Kevin Hartz at a glance

Role: Co-Founder and General Partner
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Investor type: Individual/Angel
Portfolio companies listed: 91
Investments recorded: 102

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Where is Kevin Hartz based?: Kevin Hartz is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

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