Hurt Family Investments
Six-time founder Brett Hurt and his wife Debra's investment vehicle, backing 150+ startups and 50+ venture funds, now paired with his book and podcast Love Conquers Fear on tech, consciousness, and the Age of Abundance.
What it is
Hurt Family Investments is the personal investment vehicle of Brett Hurt, a six-time founder who built Coremetrics (acquired by IBM for roughly $300M), Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ IPO), and data.world (acquired by ServiceNow in 2025), and his wife Debra. Together they back more than 150 startups and 50+ venture funds. Brett's newer holding company, Love Conquers Fear, houses his USA TODAY bestselling book, podcast, and LinkedIn newsletter (The Superfecta Signal), which argue that founders navigating AI, quantum computing, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces (his 'Superfecta') need an internal operating system, not just a technical one, because none of his three exits produced lasting happiness on their own.
Who it's for
Founders raising from operators who've actually built and exited multiple companies, and any founder scaling past $1M who is quietly running on fear-driven decision-making and wants a framework for separating mission from comparison.
Why it's better
- •Checks come from someone who has been on both sides of three exits (IBM acquisition, NASDAQ IPO, ServiceNow acquisition), not a career allocator.
- •150+ portfolio companies and 50+ fund relationships give unusually broad pattern-matching across stages and sectors.
- •Love Conquers Fear and The Superfecta Signal newsletter give founders direct access to Brett's thinking on AI, quantum, robotics, and BCI convergence before it's diluted into a pitch.
- •Explicitly addresses founder burnout and the comparison trap that most VC relationships never touch.
Heard on AI for Founders
Hurt Family Investments was featured in an episode of the AI for Founders podcast. Hear the full conversation.
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