# Julia Hartz, CEO

> Julia Hartz, CEO. 4 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Julia Hartz

CEO at [Eventbrite](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eventbrite)

Latest rounds

- **Keyto** Seed · $2.5M Nov 2018
- **Color Genomics** Series A · $15M Apr 2015
- **Chairish** Series A · $4M Aug 2014

Backs *Healthcare* *Internet* *Biotech* *Art & Design*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 4 last Nov 2018
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 4 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Eventbrite
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Eventbrite** Growth equity · US **0** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eventbrite)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 4
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $62.5M
- **Active:** 2013–18

2018

- [Keyto](https://millionrounds.com/company/keyto) *Seed* **$2.5M** *US* Nov 2018 Joined · +4 investors

2015

- [Color Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/color-genomics) *Series A* **$15M** *US* Apr 2015 Joined · +13 investors · historical

2014

- [Chairish](https://millionrounds.com/company/chairish) *Series A* **$4M** *US* Aug 2014 Joined · +12 investors · historical

2013

- [Minted](https://millionrounds.com/company/minted) *Series C* **$41M** *US* Oct 2013 Joined · +6 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **2**
- Seed **1**
- Series C **1**

What they backed

Healthcare **2** Internet **2** Biotech **2** Art & Design **1** Beauty **1**

Alongside

- [Kevin Hartz *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co)
- [#Angels *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angels-hashtag-angels)
- [AME Cloud Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures)
- [Aaron Levie *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)
- [Abstract *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract)
- [Allen & Company *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allen-and-company)
- [Azure Capital Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/azure-capital-partners)
- [Benchmark *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Brightwheel](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightwheel)
- [Density](https://millionrounds.com/startup/density-2)
- [Doppler](https://millionrounds.com/startup/doppler)
- [Evervault](https://millionrounds.com/company/evervault)
- [Microverse](https://millionrounds.com/startup/microverse-3)
- [NEWNESS](https://millionrounds.com/startup/newness)
- [Oliver Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/oliver-space)
- [Remote](https://millionrounds.com/startup/remote-3)
- [Rightfoot](https://millionrounds.com/startup/rightfoot)
- [mmhmm](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mmhmm)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Eventbrite, Inc.** Executive Officer since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Eventbrite

- [**Kevin Mahaffey** Founder *19 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kevin-mahaffey)
- [**Renaud Visage** General Partner & Co-Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/renaud-visage)
- [**Vivek Sagi** Chief Product and Technology Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/vivek-sagi)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 12 Feb 2026 · 50 min Advice Line with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Today’s callers: Mia from Germany wants to know how to balance her pottery business between an online shop and a YouTube channel. Then, Jen from Connecticut is looking for ways to reach more families with her print magazine for tweens and teens. And Anagha from California wonders how to convince… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 19 Oct 2023 · 52 min Leading through radical change with Julia Hartz of Eventbrite With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Back as the show’s first-ever ‘three-peat’ guest is Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite. The events industry has been transformed by the past three years, giving Julia the opportunity to evolve Eventbrite to better serve its key customers, event creators. This week on How I Built This… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Crucible Moments](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/crucible-moments) · 5 Oct 2023 · 45 min Eventbrite ft. Julia Hartz - A thriving events company took 14 years to build and nearly disappeared in 14 days With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) Mentions [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) About this episode What happens to an events company when every event is canceled? “Even if you have spent 14 years building something, it could truly be gone in 14 days.” After working tirelessly to revolutionize how live events are organized, this was the reality Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz faced in March of 2020 as… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Pattern Breakers](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/pattern-breakers) · 23 Aug 2021 · 44 min Julia Hartz: From Zero to One to IPO and Beyond With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz didn't start out life thinking she would be a tech founder, but she has achieved a feat that's very rare: Starting a great startup and going the distance, even past IPO. She also navigated one of the toughest setbacks in recent tech history when the COVID-19 pandemic… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 16 Jul 2020 · 27 min How I Built Resilience: Live with Julia Hartz With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Founder Julia Hartz is reckoning with COVID-19's impact on the live events industry, which uses her company, Eventbrite, to sell tickets and market events. While her users are quickly pivoting to virtual events, Julia has been making tough decisions, which include laying off 45 percent of her… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 17 Feb 2020 · 1h 8m Eventbrite: Julia Hartz With [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode In the early 2000s, Julia Hartz was helping develop TV shows for MTV and FX Networks, and seemed headed for a promising career in television. All of that changed in 2003 when she went to a wedding and found herself sitting next to a serial entrepreneur named Kevin. They started dating, and Julia… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Julia Hartz in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 19 Jan 2024 · 60 min Encore: Bill Gates on Advice For Founders, Mistakes, and Philanthropy Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode This encore episode is a recording of a special event where Bill Gates was interviewed in San Francisco by Julia Hartz, co-founder of Eventbrite. It originally took place in 2018 in front of a live audience of Village Global founders and friends of the firm. We are honored to count Bill Gates among… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 2 Sept 2021 · 60 min Greatest Hits: Bill Gates on Advice For Founders, Mistakes, and Philanthropy Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode We’re re-releasing some of the best episodes from the podcast this summer. On this special live episode of Venture Stories, Bill Gates was interviewed in 2018 at San Francisco’s Exploratorium by Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite. We are honored to have Bill Gates, one of the most… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Pattern Breakers](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/pattern-breakers) · 23 Aug 2021 · 10 min Breakthrough Lessons: The Myth of TAM Mentions [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode The conventional thinking is that a big total available market (TAM) is one of the most important factors in startup success. But Julia Hartz's success at Eventbrite shows the limits of this thinking. In this Lesson of Greatness, Mike Maples Jr of Floodgate talks about the difference between… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 20 Apr 2021 · 34 min Frustration is your friend, w/Houzz founder Adi Tatarko With [Adi Tatarko](https://millionrounds.com/person/adi-tatarko) Mentions [Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Frustration is an important signal: it indicates an opportunity, a problem to be solved. And if your solution also builds a community, you've unlocked a path to scale. Adi Tatarko founded the online home-design site Houzz with her husband as a hacked-together tool to find and share home design… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 25 Jan 2021 · 41 min 20VC: Evernote & mmhmm Founder Phil Libin on Why We are Beginning a Multi-Trillion Dollar Restructuring of the World, Why Shortcuts are the Biggest Mistakes Startups Make & The Future of Video and The Unbundling of Zoom Mentions [Phil Libin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phil-libin)[Kevin Systrom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-systrom)[Mike Krieger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-krieger)[Tony Fadell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tony-fadell)[Brianne Kimmel](https://millionrounds.com/person/brianne-kimmel-3)[Julia Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/julia-hartz) About this episode Phil Libin is the Founder and CEO @ mmhmm, the app that allows you to level up your remote presentations, making high-quality video content in minutes. To date, Phil has raised over $30M for the company from an incredible investor base including Sequoia, Kevin & Julia Hartz, Tony Fadell,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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