Co-founded Eventbrite (ticketing platform) and Zoom (digital remittances, acquired by PayPal); former partner at Founders Fund; now GP at A* Capital focusing on talent-driven, category-agnostic early-stage investing. Mentored by Pierre Lamond, Peter Thiel, and Roelof Botha.
no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY
Hartz views fusion as almost critical for humanity's future and has allocated capital to Fuse, betting that inexpensive, plentiful fusion energy will be a defining breakthrough of the next decade.
Hartz cites Mock Industries founder Ethan Thornton — who dropped out of MIT at 19 to build a defense tech business alone — as the archetype of a relentless founder he would back repeatedly despite preferring co-founder teams.
Kevin Hartz invested in General Biological because founder Obby's extraordinary resourcefulness and the 'why now' dynamics make this industrial biotech opportunity compelling despite the sector being out of favor after first-generation failures.