i-Hatch Ventures

About The Fund

i-Hatch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 1999, based in New York, New York, focusing on investments in early-stage technology companies within the mobile, broadband, and TMT sectors. The firm's investment approach involves partnering experienced industry practitioners with the founding teams of technology ventures, providing them with early-stage capital, and engaging in hands-on support throughout the investment lifespan. i-Hatch Ventures leverages a substantial contact base developed through deep focus on the mobile and broadband sectors. The firm provides various forms of capital investment, including early-stage equity, follow-on expansion capital, or venture debt. This allows them to service a full capitalization table over time. Their investments are spread across several key industries, including software (such as web marketplace SaaS), IT, education, and entertainment (including sports). i-Hatch Ventures has a minimum investment of $500,000 and a maximum of $6,000,000. The fund specializes in early and seed-stage investments, helping companies build businesses across their key industry sectors, exemplified by their successful realizations in their portfolio over time. They have noted acquisitions such as AtHoc by Blackberry, Datasnap.io by Neustar, Equator by Pixelworks, M:Metrics by comScore, Mobliss by Real Networks, OpenAir by Oracle+Netsuite, Salsa by BroadBeam Corporation, SignalSoft by Openwave Systems, Thumbplay by Clear Channel Radio, Vindigo by For-Side, and Widerthan by Real Networks. The firm values a matching of experienced capital with the dynamism of mobile and broadband ventures.