i-Hatch Ventures was formed in February 1999 and is managed by partners Chip Austin and Brad Farkas. The partners have over 30 years of combined experience in venture investing, technology development, and the building of technology-driven companies. We also have a team of advisors who work with our portfolio.
Chip
Austin
Chip
has advised and built companies in the Technology and Media industries
for his entire career. In addition to founding Bertelsmann's
E-commerce division, Chip was a member of the senior executive
team leading the buyout and restructuring of Prodigy Communications
and was a co-founder of McKinsey’s & Co.’s interactive
practice, where he spent seven years advising Fortune 500 companies
on their technology and media strategies. Prior to that, Chip worked at Morgan Stanley and IBM's PC division. Most recently, Chip was President,
CEO, and first employee of Bertelsmann Online, where he was responsible for building
Bertelsmann's global e-commerce business by launching parallel services in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, and the US (via Bertelsmann's 50% investment in BarnesandNoble.com).
Chip has a degree in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University,
and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Bradford
L. Farkas
Brad
has been involved in the investment, management and development
of technology for the past 15 years. During this time he served
on the boards of almost a dozen companies and co-authored several
commercial software products including pcANYWHERE, which was acquired
by Symantec, Inc., Novell's Netware Access Server, and client software
for Citrix WinView. Prior to co-founding i-Hatch, Brad was a founding Partner
of Lazard Technology Partners (LTP), the venture capital group
of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, where he invested in internet
and communications companies such as Compatible Systems (acquired by Cisco), MCK
Communications (NASDAQ:MCKC), Sonoma Systems (acquired by Nortel), SignalSoft
Corporation (NASDAQ:SGSF), and Quantum Bridge. Brad has a
degree in Applied Math and Computer Science from Harvard College,
and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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