Investing Profile

Kevin Hartz(698)

InvestorFounderFormer CEO
Co-Founder & General Partner at A* Capital
a-star.coSan Francisco, California
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95 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), and 92 other investors on Signal.

Networks Kevin is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
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Current Investing Position
A* Capital (A Star Capital) General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$3.0M
Investments On Record
136
Current Fund Size
$300M

Kevin Hartz is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Kevin Hartz's Investments On Record (117)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Warp
Series BJun 2026$60M
$170M
Co-investors: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Tim Smith (BEE Partners), Ally Warson (UP.Partners), Vaughn Blake (Blue Bear Capital), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Jonathan Wasserstrum (Unwritten Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Balaji Srinivasan, Dylan Field, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston
fomo
Series BJun 2026$75M
$94M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Chetan Puttagunta (Benchmark), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Amy Wu (Menlo Ventures), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Jack Brody (Mana Ventures), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Aadil Mamujee (Musha Ventures), Roshun Patel (Hack VC), Aaron Harris, Patrick Kavanagh, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Miller, Nick van Eck, Vijay Chetty
Clara
Pre SeedMay 2026$12M
$280M
Co-investors: Marcelo Lima (monashees), Alex Tran (General Catalyst), Michael Gilroy (Coatue), Fabricio Pettena (Global Founders Capital), Brendan Dickinson (Canaan Partners), Florian Reichert (Picus Capital), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Guilherme Penna (Silence), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Daniel Vogel (Xochi Ventures), Sebastián Castro Galnares (Alpha4 ventures), Alejandro Galvez (99 Startups), Brian Requarth (Latitude), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Manolo Atala (Nazca Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Antonia Rojas Eing (ALLVP), Vinny Lingham (Multicoin Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Anna Yuan (Firefly Health), Mik Attisani (Climate Insiders), Katie Reiner (Torch Capital), David Vélez, Nicky Goulimis, Karim Atiyeh, Justin Mateen, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Sergio Furio, Ricardo Weder, Ariel Lambrecht, Michael Levinthal, Oliver Jung
Paraform
Series BMar 2026$40M
SeedApr 2024$4M
$65M
Co-investors: Matthew Mulvey (Liquid 2 Ventures), Evan Moore (Khosla Ventures), Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners), Bennett Siegel (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Kevin Lin, Mark Pincus
Mozart AI
SeedFeb 2026$6M
$6.7M
Co-investors: Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital), Felix Jahn
Vybe
SeedDec 2025$10M
$19M
Co-investors: Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Kevin Weil (OpenAI), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Ali Partovi (Minttown), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Jean-Denis Greze (Plaid), Boris Golden (Partech Ventures), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Chris Adelsbach (Black Tip Capital), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), William Levy, Thibaud Elziere, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Ron Pragides, Surahbi Gupta, Tien Tzuo, Mathilde Collin, Shishir Mehrotra
eNOugh
Pre SeedDec 2025$3M
$3M
Wabi
Pre SeedNov 2025$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Amjad Masad, Akshay Kothari

Kevin Hartz's Experience

Co-Founder FreelancePresent
Co-Founder BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Co-Founder Xtripe AngelsPresent
Co-Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Principal University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-Founder COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
Principal COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
Co-Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Principal Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-Founder Self-EmployedPresent
Principal Self-EmployedPresent
Member, Board of Directors & Founder Xoom, A PayPal ServicePresent
Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Principal NewCoPresent
Product Manager Silicon Graphics, Inc.Present
Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Principal Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder & Chairman SauronPresent
Co-Founder Connect GroupPresent
Product Manager Silicon Graphics, acquired by Rackable SystemsPresent
Co-Founder & General Partner A* CapitalPresent
Mentor Youniversity VenturesPresent
Co-Founder & CEO Xoom, A PayPal ServicePresent
Co-Founder & CEO XoomPresent
Member, Board of Directors & Founder XoomPresent
Venture Partner Founders FundPresent
Co-Founder CEO & Chairman EventbritePresent
Co-Founder & General Partner A*Present
Product Manager SGIPresent
Co-Founder & Chairman EventbritePresent
Principal Outlook VenturesPresent
Co-Founder & GP A*Present

Kevin Hartz's Education

Stanford University Bachelor of Arts & Science History & Applied Earth Science
Stanford University Bachelor of Arts & Science History & Applied Earth Science
University of Oxford Mst History
Stanford University