Kevin Hartz

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Kevin Hartz is the Co-Founder & CEO of Eventbrite and an early-stage investor. He was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer company providing remittance services to over 40 countries worldwide. Xoom’s investors include Sequoia Capital, NEA, Fidelity Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank Capital, Stanford University, and Peter Thiel.

Kevin previously Co-Founded ConnectGroup, a start-up providing high-speed Internet access to the hotel industry that was acquired in 1998 by LodgeNet (LNET). Kevin has also worked in venture capital as an associate at Outlook Ventures and as a product manager at SGI.

Kevin has been an early-stage investor and advisor to numerous startups, including PayPal, Geni, Friendster, TripIt, Flixster, Adnectar, Yammer, TokBox, iControl, Boku, Flexilis, Anonymizer, and Trulia. Kevin is a partner with Youniversity Ventures, a fund launched by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. He is also a Special Technology Partner at Sequoia Capital, and an LP at The Founders Fund, and NEA. You can learn more about kevin at www.kevinhartz.com.

Milestones

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• Invested in Eventbrite. (12/08)
  Posted 5/12/09 at 12:39pm
• Invested in Milo. (11/08)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 7:59pm
• Invested in DotBlu. (2007)
  Posted 8/21/07 at 9:59pm
• Invested in Eventbrite. (11/1/06)
  Posted 7/16/07 at 10:12pm
• Added position as Co-Founder, Board of Directors at Xoom.
  Posted 9/30/07 at 3:00pm
• Added position as CEO & Co-Founder at Eventbrite.
  Posted 7/16/07 at 8:17pm
• Added position as Partner at Xoom.
  Posted 3/20/08 at 6:35pm
• Added position as Board of Directors at DotBlu.
  Posted 4/19/08 at 12:57pm
• Added position as Seed investor, Board Observer at TokBox.
  Posted 4/19/08 at 12:57pm
• Added position as Board of Directors at Flexilis.
  Posted 10/16/09 at 5:16am

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2. Online Comparison Startup Milo Shops for Cash (pehub.com) [edit]
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