Sky Kurtz

Chief Executive Officer
Pure Harvest

Biography

Mr. Sky Kurtz is a former technology private equity investor turned serial entrepreneur who is passionate about building impactful companies that tackle big problems in the world. Before founding Pure Harvest, Mr. Kurtz Co-founded Vence—reinventing livestock management through a virtual fencing & autonomous control solution. Mr. Kurtz also served as a divisional CEO within Pultron Composites, delivering novel concrete reinforcement materials that solve infrastructure corrosion challenges.
Prior to building technology companies, Mr. Kurtz invested in them as a Vice President with Francisco Partners, a $15B tech investment firm based in San Francisco, CA that is an affiliate of Sequoia Capital. Mr. Kurtz was also an investor with CCMP Capital, a $17B generalist investment firm based in New York, NY. Mr. Kurtz has served on the boards of five (5) technology companies of all scales (from $2MM to $500MM+ of sales) and considers himself a lifelong student of business.
Mr. Kurtz is an MBA graduate from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and holds a B.S. in Finance from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and was named the Turken Family Outstanding Graduating Senior (valedictory honor)

Speaker at these events:

Global Private Credit 2024

• Private credit vs. private equity vs. bank loans: Why and how do companies choose to raise capital through Private Credit? How do they do it?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2024

• Private credit vs. private equity vs. bank loans: Why and how do companies choose to raise capital through Private Credit? How do they do it?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021

• Pure Harvest: A case study on structuring, packaging, and selling MENA private credit