# Bradford Farkas

> Bradford Farkas is a pre-seed investor at HBSE Ventures (New York) backing Music and Video. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HBSE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hbse-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfarkas
- Website: http://www.i-hatch.com

Bradford Farkas is a pre-seed investor at HBSE Ventures in New York focused on Music and Video. Brad Farkas is a General Partner at HBSE Ventures. He Attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wireless | 1 | 50% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |
| Series D | 1 | 50% |
| Series F | 1 | 50% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Speechlab, Inc. | Speechlab is building the category defining platform for speech-to-speech translation for professional creators, over the top media, and online education. The company was incubated at Andrew Ng's AI Fund. Its team have deep experience at building and commercializing new speech technologies. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jun 19, 2024 |  |
| Astata | Astata Corp., a wireless application services provider. |  |  | Aug 11, 2000 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AI Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-ng-ai-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grit Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grit-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Handmade Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/handmadeventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Platform Venture Studio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/platform-venture-studio) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Red Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-bridge-ventures-0c2d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HBSE Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

HBSE Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on sports-tech.

5 contacts available at HBSE Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Roos | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-roos |
| Bradford Farkas | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bradford-l-farkas |
| Chip Austin | General Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chip-austin |
| David Blitzer | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-blitzer-b306 |
| Josh Harris | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-harris-b249 |

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## FAQ

### What does Bradford Farkas invest in?

Bradford Farkas invests primarily in Music, Video and Mobile startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bradford Farkas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bradford Farkas closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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