Ken Hertz
Senior Partner @ Hertz Lichtenstein & Young
Los Angeles, United States
Ken Hertz is a seed investor at Hertz Lichtenstein & Young in Los Angeles focused on Internet and Video. Kenneth Hertz, is a Senior Partner in the Beverly Hills law firm of Hertz Lichtenstein & Young LLP. Ken and his partners specialize in representing talent and new media companies in the sports and entertainment industries. The firm's clients include Will, Jada, Willow and Jaden Smith, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am,Keith Richards, Herbie Hancock, Jason Mraz, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, David Blaine, Shaun White, Wayne Gretzky, Jamie Oliver, James Patterson, Lionel Richie and Enrique Iglesias.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Ken Hertz invests in
Stages Ken Hertz invests in
Countries Ken Hertz invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $750k–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 4 (22%)
- Video 3 (17%)
- Content 3 (17%)
- Infrastructure 3 (17%)
- Music 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (33%)
- Funding Round 5 (28%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (22%)
- Angel 2 (11%)
- Series A 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 14 (78%)
- Gibraltar 1 (6%)
- United Kingdom 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Sovereign Systems is the developer of BlindInsight - A zero-knowledge queryable encryption-as-a-service platform. Their product allows organizations and individuals to realize maximum value from sensitive data without sacrificing privacy and security, | $150K / Angel / Feb 22, 2023 | ||
| Unlock secure collaboration with compliance-ready privacy-enhancing technology. Real-time searchable encryption and fine-grained access control so you don't have to choose between data protection and innovation. | $150K / Angel / Feb 22, 2023 | ||
| Global Belly is a YCombinator backed startup and the first influencer and content driven marketplace for food products. We enable creators to add shoppable products to any piece of content in a matter of minutes. Consumers are able to shop for products created by their favorite creators, driving sales for both crators as well as our partner brands, | $750K / Seed / Apr 01, 2020 | ||
| Syntropy is transforming the public internet into a secure and user-centric internet through a unifying layer where the encryption and optimized performance are built-in and automatically enabled for anything and everything connected to it. | $5M / Seed / Jul 04, 2019 | ||
| Whalar is a creator commerce company, helping creators, brands, and social platforms drive growth together. | $3M / Seed / Sep 15, 2017 | ||
| OMG Digital operates a digital media platform that publishes content on African pop culture, entertainment, lifestyle, and news. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 26, 2017 | ||
| Rumble offers boxing-inspired fitness classes for a full-body strength and conditioning workouts crafted around specially designed water-filled, teardrop-style boxing bags. Rumble incorporates the best principles of the sweet science of boxing and strength training, all to help you develop that lean, strong, and confident fighter's physique.Rumble is HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training), strength training, metabolic conditioning (METCON), and uppercut throwing cardio in one clean class. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| ObEN is an artificial intelligence (AI) company that is building a decentralized AI platform for intelligent avatars, enabling never before possible social and virtual interactions. The company’s technology allows users to create intelligent 3D avatars that look, sound, and behave like them. Deployed on the blockchain, ObEN’s Personal AI (PAI)technology enables users to create, use, and manage their own PAI on a secure, decentralized platform. Founded in 2014, ObEN is a Tencent, Softbank Ventures Korea and HTC Vive X portfolio company and is located at Idealab in Pasadena, California. To learn more about ObEN, please visit oben.com. | $7.7M / Series A / Nov 03, 2016 | ||
| Developing interactive mobile experiences that people love. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 26, 2016 | ||
| Cool Hunting is an online website that operates as a personal reference for designers. It offers information and videos that highlight creativity and innovation in categories such as design, technology, style, culture, food, and travel.With a global team of editors and contributors, Cool Hunting creates its award-winning publicationconsisting of daily updates and weekly mini documentaries. It has an international audience of like-minded creative people.Cool Hunting was launched in 2003 in New York, United States. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 06, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
Hertz Lichtenstein & Young their firm works with superstar musicians, actors, creators and entrepreneurs in areas of music, film, television, and digital content for media and technology companies.
Hertz Lichtenstein & Young Contacts
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Ken Hertz
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FAQ
What does Ken Hertz invest in?
Ken Hertz invests primarily in Internet, Video and Content startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ken Hertz invest in?
Ken Hertz typically joins rounds of $750k–$5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ken Hertz's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ken Hertz took part in.
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When did Ken Hertz last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ken Hertz closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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