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Investor profile

Harry Hurst

Co-Founder, Protagonist

About

Harry Hurst is a serial founder-turned-investor at Protagonist who co-founded Pipe (which reached a multi-billion valuation) and Skurt (acquired by Fair), bringing hands-on operator experience to his investing approach. Having personally built non-dilutive capital solutions as a founder, he now helps other founders explore alternative financing structures beyond traditional equity, while maintaining an unusually high level of personal engagement relative to his check sizes. Harry Hurst is a serial founder-turned-investor at Protagonist who co-founded Pipe (which reached a multi-billion valuation) and Skurt (acquired by Fair), bringing hands-on operator experience to his investing approach. Having personally built non-dilutive capital solutions as a founder, he now helps other founders explore alternative financing structures beyond traditional equity, while maintaining an unusually high level of personal engagement relative to his check sizes.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Web3
Crypto
AI
FinTech
Consumer
Enterprise

Investment details

Avg check size$10K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA