# Brad Kotansky

> Brad Kotansky is a Series A investor at Copperstate Farms backing Internet and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Copperstate Farms](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/copperstate-farms-investors)
- Location: Paradise Valley, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-kotansky-544a4397

Brad Kotansky is a Series A investor at Copperstate Farms in Paradise Valley focused on Internet and Software. Brad Kotansky is the Chief Financial Officer of Copperstate Farms. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Onist Technologies.Brad Kotansky has always been a serial investor: while pursuing his undergraduate BComm degree at McGill University, Brad was a member of the finance club and interned at ScotiaMcLeod for a wealth advisor; upon graduation,his passion for investing led him to Wall Street where he spent over a decade working as an investment banker, and later as an analyst and portfolio manager for various hedge funds; in 2012, he founded Prickly Pear Ventures, a real estate development firm in Phoenix, Arizona, to capture opportunities from fallout of the Real Estate crisis of 2009 (the portfolio of single-family homes he amassed was ultimately sold to ARPI, a publicly traded REIT in 2013). To this day, Brad continues to be very active in the angel and seed investing world having invested in companies such as Coupang, Synchtank, Playsight, New Hive and Jingle Punks. But one thing Brad had always wanted to do was start and operate a business of his own. Ari’s business plan was tweaked, and together the pair embarked on a search for a technical founder.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $900k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| News | 1 | 17% |
| Music | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Israel | 1 | 17% |
| South Korea | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uplinq | Uplinq provides an AI-integrated platform that automates bookkeeping and tax workflows for small businesses. The software connects to financial accounts and common tools to categorize expenses, manage transactions, and generate real‑time financial reports without manual input. It incorporates human oversight for key tasks such as financialstatement reconciliation and tax strategy implementation. The system delivers on‑demand reporting, including profit and loss data, and syncs quickly with tools like QuickBooks. Its approach blends automation with expert review to streamline financial operations and make bookkeeping and tax compliance more manageable for business owners. | $10M | Series A | May 29, 2025 |  |
| Coupang | Coupang offers an e-commerce platform that is powered by innovative technology and operations. It offers its customers possible prices and product selection within a convenient and personalized shopping environment.Powered by technology and operations, Coupang has set out to transform the end-to-end customer experience from revolutionizinglast-mile delivery to rethinking how Customers search and discover on a truly mobile-first platform. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi. | $100M |  | May 28, 2014 |  |
| PlaySight Interactive | PlaySight is connecting the next generation of athletes through immersive sports video and analytics technology. They are bringing advanced sports video and analytics technology to every court in the world, creating a global and connected community of athletes, coaches, and fans.Technology has changed how sports are coached, played, and consumedat the elite levels, and they are focused on delivering the same cutting-edge experience to all levels of sport, all over the world. They are becoming the new standard in sports with our cloud-based Smart Court sports video and analytics platform, integrating what happens on-court with an interactive and social online community. | $3.5M | Series B | May 19, 2014 |  |
| NewHive | New Hive is the blank canvas of the web. It's mission is to encourage creative expression online. |  | Seed | Jan 17, 2013 |  |
| Jingle Punks | Jingle Punks Music provides music to television, film, multimedia and ad agencies worldwide using their proprietary search and delivery tool, the Jingle Player. Named "One of America's Most Promising Startups" by Business Week, Jingle Punks has more than 15,000 pre-licensed music cues, making it the fastest growing, pre-clearedproduction music library. Our ever growing list of clients includes NBC, CBS, Viacom, History Channel, A&E, Starz & ABC. Our music has also been featured in countless national advertising campaigns for brands like Nike, Geico, Huggies & Klondike.By using their online tool, the Jingle Player, users are able to search, organize, share and download all their music needs with the click of a button.The Jingle Player technology relies on a two pronged approach to categorizing music: software and human tagging. While there is an algorithm that runs and determines attributes and begins the categorization process, Jingle Punks stands by our belief that the human touch cannot and should not be removed from the process. Each song is meticulously analyzed and tagged based not only on it's sound and musical makeup, but also how it fits into the content we aim to place it in. By having an understanding of this angle, Jingle Punks is able to provide their clients with a search engine that is specifically tailored to their needs. | $900K | Series A | May 24, 2010 |  |
| PlaySight Interactive | PlaySight is connecting the next generation of athletes through immersive sports video and analytics technology. They are bringing advanced sports video and analytics technology to every court in the world, creating a global and connected community of athletes, coaches, and fans.Technology has changed how sports are coached, played, and consumedat the elite levels, and they are focused on delivering the same cutting-edge experience to all levels of sport, all over the world. They are becoming the new standard in sports with our cloud-based Smart Court sports video and analytics platform, integrating what happens on-court with an interactive and social online community. | $1.5M | Series A |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Max Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basset-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cross Creek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cross-creek-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenoaks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenoaks-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hammerline Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hammerlinecapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Illuminate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illuminate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LaunchTime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchtime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Copperstate Farms

VC Fund · Phoenix, United States

Copperstate Farms is an Arizona-based, vertically integrated cannabis company providing economic growth. They bring practices from big agriculture, consumer packaged goods, and pharmaceutical industries to cannabis and added a full-scale commercial kitchen, extraction lab, hydrocarbon lab, and continue to add more capabilities.Copperstate hasdeveloped distinctive product lines to meet the needs of different patient demographics, including in-house brand Copperstate Farms, chef-inspired Good Things Coming all-natural edibles, and partnerships with award-winning DNA Genetics and Moxie concentrates. They also built a house of medical marijuana brands that the patients can trust, each addressing a different needs state and demographic.

3 contacts available at Copperstate Farms.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Kotansky | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-kotansky |
| Fife Symington | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fife-symington |
| Scott Barker | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-barker-3885 |

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## FAQ

### What does Brad Kotansky invest in?

Brad Kotansky invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Brad Kotansky's check size?

Brad Kotansky typically joins rounds of $900k–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brad Kotansky participates in.

### When did Brad Kotansky last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brad Kotansky closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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