Kurt Holstein

President Azoic Ventures

📍 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 4 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Aug 2018
International Money Express, Inc. is a money remittance services company. The Company's has one reportable segment that provides money transmittal services. The Company's remittance services include ancillary financial processing solutions and payment services. The Company offers wire transfer, money order, and cash checking services. It uses a proprietary financial technology that enables consumers to send money from the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, including Mexico and Guatemala. The Company's services are accessible in person through its 85, 000 sending and paying agents and stores, as well as online and via Internet-enabled mobile devices.
mid stageBanking
Board Member
May 2013
Brand Networks has been acquired by Augeo—a global leader in enterprise engagement and loyalty technologies that drive transformational experiences and foster meaningful connections for employees, channel partners, consumers, subscribers and members across industries. — About Brand Networks Our purpose is to help the world's best brands build new and meaningful relationships with their employees, customers, and communities through our innovative social solutions. Since 2006, Brand Networks has created social marketing solutions that blend engineering and media expertise to drive results across all social channels. More than 1,500 businesses have trusted Brand Networks to solve their newest and toughest challenges. Brand Networks has offices in Rochester, Boston, Bentonville, Hyderabad, New York, and Sydney, Australia.
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2022
Member Board of Directors
Nov 2022
ROR is a data-driven, AI-integrated, performance marketing company that services land-based businesses, including health clubs, fitness studios, personal and medical service providers, and active lifestyle destinations.
2018
Board Member
Aug 2018
International Money Express, Inc. is a money remittance services company. The Company's has one reportable segment that provides money transmittal services. The Company's remittance services include ancillary financial processing solutions and payment services. The Company offers wire transfer, money order, and cash checking services. It uses a proprietary financial technology that enables consumers to send money from the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, including Mexico and Guatemala. The Company's services are accessible in person through its 85, 000 sending and paying agents and stores, as well as online and via Internet-enabled mobile devices.
mid stageBanking
2016
Board Member and Audit Committee Member
Feb 2016
We put our people first. Before our customers. Before the business. Unconventional? You bet it is. Our cofounders understood if we take care of our people, the rest takes care of itself. Here, that means frontline empowerment, parental bonding time, free mental health resources, development opportunities, and more. We’re a company that aims big, fails fast, and cheers on one another. 100% guarantee? We live by our Gajillion Percent Promise. We’ve fulfilled more than 87 million orders, and last Deidra and her team checked, we have 86 million contacts in stock – ready to ship to our contact lens wearing friends.   As workstyle needs have changed, we’ve listened and adapted. We’re recognized as a great place to work by companies like Forbes and Fortune 100 and attribute this to our people, culture, and the work we are doing. Looking to join a team that’s passionate about pursuing a better way in vision care? Join us: https://www.1800contacts.com/careers
2015
Advisor
Jan 2015
Based in New York City, Stella Point Capital is a private equity firm that enables well-positioned businesses to access transformational growth opportunities. Our value extends beyond funding by providing owners and management teams with senior counsel, operational expertise, and long-range market insight. Our managing partners have invested over $2 billion of equity capital in more than 35 investments, in their prior firms. We believe that our experience and capital providers afford us flexibility in terms of investment structure, size and time horizon to meet the needs of a business and its owners and managers. We seek to provide unparalleled senior level attention to our partners through our nimble, flexible and straightforward relationship. With the experience and perspective to help you achieve long-term growth, we are investors and partners in your success. Our investment focus is in sectors where members of our team have successfully created value over the past two decades: Industrial, Consumer and Business Services. We have meaningfully specialized and differentiated capabilities and valuable market insights that allow us to formulate proactive business strategies and strive for success. We seek to partner with established, growing enterprises managed by talented and execution-oriented teams that have developed deep and lasting customer relationships and fostered a culture of success within their organizations. Our targeted approach to transformational growth leverages our experience across these industry verticals to support the continued development of businesses in which we invest.
2014
Board Member
Sep 2014
Celebrating over 35 years as an industry leader, 24 Hour Fitness is committed to creating a healthier, happier world through fitness. We know our greatest responsibility is the physical and mental well-being of our members, team members and guests, and we are constantly innovating and reimagining our approach to support their journey and ultimate results. 24 Hour Fitness has over 275 clubs in 13 states, and offers a wide variety of strength, cardio and functional training equipment, group fitness classes, personal training, virtual training and digital offerings through our 24GO® app.
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