# Kevin Hartz

> Kevin Hartz is a seed investor at Sauron backing Software and Information Technology. See 139 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sauron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sauron)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 139
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hartz
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kevinhartz
- Website: http://www.a-star.co
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/khartz

Kevin Hartz is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Sauron. He is also a Co-Founder and General Partner at A*. He previously worked at Eventbrite as Co-Founder and Chairman. Kevin attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts & Science in History and Applied Earth Science, and the University of Oxford, where he completed an MSt inHistory.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$10M |
| Series A | $4M–$30M |
| Series B | $18M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 45 | 32% |
| Information Technology | 20 | 14% |
| Internet | 19 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 14% |
| FinTech | 14 | 10% |

193 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 59 | 42% |
| Series A | 39 | 28% |
| Series B | 16 | 12% |
| Angel | 6 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 101 | 73% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Ireland | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Warp | Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees. | $60M | Series B | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| fomo | Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships. | $75M | Series B | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Paraform | Paraform is a marketplace approach to recruiting that turns anyone into your recruiter. On their marketplace, tech startups can post bounties for open roles, and anyone – professional recruiter or otherwise – can collect it by successfully referring a candidate. Their customers are currently some of the most innovative and exciting tech startups inthe industry, from seed stage startups that just went through Y Combinator to unicorns like better.com. They raised funding from world-class investors like the co-founders of Twitch, leadership at Scale AI, Founders, Inc., and Primer Sazze Partners. | $40M | Series B | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Mozart AI | Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries. | $6M | Seed | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a software company that provides pre-built integrations and AI tools for users to develop and launch internal AI-powered apps. | $10M | Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| eNOugh | eNOugh combines superior hardware, personalized features, and AI technology to provide a powerful and dependable personal safety solution for everyone. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Wabi | Wabi engages as a social platform where anyone can quickly create tiny apps using instructions. | $20M | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Blueprint Bryan Johnson | Blueprint is Bryan Johnson’s protocol made accessible to everyone. Everything from measurements to protocols and therapies. | $60M | Angel | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Vigil Labs | Vigil Labs is an applied research lab building proprietary systems for trading. | $5.7M | Seed | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Mecka AI | Mecka AI is a data infrastructure company that builds large scale human datasets and tools to train and deploy AI and robotics systems. | $8M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 139 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 11 deals together

## About Sauron

VC Fund

A stealth mode company.

2 contacts available at Sauron.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Abraham | Co-Founder & Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-abraham |
| Kevin Hartz | Co-Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-hartz |

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## FAQ

### What does Kevin Hartz invest in?

Kevin Hartz invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 139 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kevin Hartz's check size?

Kevin Hartz typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$10M at Seed, $4M–$30M at Series A and $18M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kevin Hartz participates in.

### When did Kevin Hartz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Hartz closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 139 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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