i-Hatch Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
i-Hatch Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Mobile and Software. i-Hatch Ventures was formed in February of 1999 to provide experienced capital to early-stage technology ventures, primarily in the mobile and broadband sectors.
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries i-Hatch Ventures invests in
MobileSoftwareAdvertisingWirelessInformation Technology
Stages i-Hatch Ventures invests in
Funding RoundSeries ASeries BSeries CSeed
Countries i-Hatch Ventures invests in
United States
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 5 (19%)
- Software 4 (15%)
- Advertising 4 (15%)
- Wireless 3 (11%)
- Information Technology 3 (11%)
Stage
- Funding Round 6 (22%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Series B 5 (19%)
- Series C 3 (11%)
- Seed 2 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chip Austin
Co-founder
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Co-founder | Total investments: 8 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Speechlab, Inc.
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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 | |
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Speechlab, Inc.
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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 | |
BLADE
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BLADE is a technology-powered, short-distance aviation company committed to reducing travel friction by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives. They leverage their technology to enable travelers to utilize and enjoy air travel. BLADE arranges on-demand charter and scheduled flights across a diverse accessible fleet of helicopters,jets, turboprops, and seaplanes.BLADE operates in New York City, Long Island and the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and many other locations. | $6M / Series A / Jul 09, 2016 | |
Datasnap.io
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Datasnap.io was acquired by Neustar in Oct. 2015. Its platform combines technology to measure, monitor and report on user data generated by iBeacon, and other handset-originated proximity technology. Datasnap.io reports are enriched by linking to contextual location, first party transaction, and third party sources of consumer and media consumptiondata. The platform is distinguished by engaging visualization and verifiable metrics that are based on the founding team’s experience building market defining products in financial industry reporting, mobile advertising, and mobile media measurement. | $1.3M / Seed / Sep 22, 2014 | |
AtHoc
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AtHoc, a division of BlackBerry Limited, is the pioneer and recognized leader in networked crisis communication, protecting millions of people and thousands of organizations around the world. AtHoc provides a seamless and reliable exchange of critical information among organizations, their people and devices. A trusted partner to the world’s mostdemanding customers, AtHoc is the leading provider to the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and safeguards numerous other government agencies and leading commercial enterprises. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, the company operates around the globe. AtHoc was acquired by BlackBerry in 2015 for $250M. | $5.6M / Jun 21, 2012 | |
Metaresolver
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Metaresolver powers smarter media buying on mobile platforms through tighter targeting using proprietary data. | $1.9M / Seed / Mar 19, 2012 | |
Thumbplay
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Thumbplay is a provider of mobile entertainment in the U.S. Thumbplay.com features licensed music, video and games from several large entertainment companies, including: EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.Thumbplay Music — which launched in private beta on January 7, 2010 and in public beta on March 4,2010 — is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to more than 8 million songs under license from every major record label and more than 25,000 indie labels. The mobile app is currently available on BlackBerry and Android smartphones and PCs/Macs. It will be available on iPhone within the first half of 2010.Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004 by Are Traasdahl and Evan Schwartz. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital. | $2.5M / Series F / Apr 21, 2010 | |
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Thumbplay
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Thumbplay is a provider of mobile entertainment in the U.S. Thumbplay.com features licensed music, video and games from several large entertainment companies, including: EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.Thumbplay Music — which launched in private beta on January 7, 2010 and in public beta on March 4,2010 — is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to more than 8 million songs under license from every major record label and more than 25,000 indie labels. The mobile app is currently available on BlackBerry and Android smartphones and PCs/Macs. It will be available on iPhone within the first half of 2010.Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004 by Are Traasdahl and Evan Schwartz. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital. | $8M / Series D / Jul 05, 2007 | |
Reaxion
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Reaxion Corporation engages in developing and publishing community platform tools and multiplayer mobile games. It serves entertainment companies and mobile operators in the United States. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with additional offices in Moscow, Russia; and Minsk, Belarus. As of September 10,2008, Reaxion Corporation operates as a subsidiary of PressOK Entertainment. | $2M / Series A / Feb 28, 2007 | |
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Thumbplay
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Thumbplay is a provider of mobile entertainment in the U.S. Thumbplay.com features licensed music, video and games from several large entertainment companies, including: EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.Thumbplay Music — which launched in private beta on January 7, 2010 and in public beta on March 4,2010 — is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to more than 8 million songs under license from every major record label and more than 25,000 indie labels. The mobile app is currently available on BlackBerry and Android smartphones and PCs/Macs. It will be available on iPhone within the first half of 2010.Headquartered in New York City, Thumbplay was founded in September 2004 by Are Traasdahl and Evan Schwartz. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Meritech, Brookside Capital Partners and Cross Creek Capital. | $10M / Series C / Oct 30, 2006 | |
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FAQ
What does i-Hatch Ventures invest in?
i-Hatch Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at i-Hatch Ventures includes Chip Austin (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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