# HBSE Ventures

> HBSE Ventures is the New York venture-capital arm of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, investing in early-stage companies where sports, entertainment and technology overlap. Its proposition goes beyond capital: portfolio founders can draw on an operating network that includes professional teams, venues and sports executives for product feedback, introductions and routes to scale. Its public portfolio spans AI-generated highlights, ticket commerce, video-game advertising, volumetric video, connected fitness, athlete performance, fantasy sports and online lottery services.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Chip Austin (Co-Founder and General Partner), Brad Farkas (Co-Founder and General Partner)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn lists HBSE Ventures as a 2-10 employee partnership while showing 33 associated profiles; the official investment page names four investment-team members.
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investment, Portfolio operating support, Industry and capital introductions
- **Notable:** Built a public portfolio spanning AI sports video, ticket commerce, in-game advertising, volumetric video, connected fitness, human-performance technology, fantasy sports and online lottery services., CB Insights tracks 33 investments and six portfolio exits for the firm., Private Equity International lists two managed vehicles: HBSE Ventures I and HBSE Ventures II.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investment** — Equity capital for technology companies at the intersection of sports, entertainment, media, performance and analytics.
- **Portfolio operating support** — Product and competitive-landscape feedback from HBSE Ventures and executives across the broader sports and entertainment organization.
- **Industry and capital introductions** — Introductions to teams, leagues and strategic capital partners intended to accelerate a portfolio company's path to scale.

## Achievements

- Built a public portfolio spanning AI sports video, ticket commerce, in-game advertising, volumetric video, connected fitness, human-performance technology, fantasy sports and online lottery services.
- CB Insights tracks 33 investments and six portfolio exits for the firm.
- Private Equity International lists two managed vehicles: HBSE Ventures I and HBSE Ventures II.
- Participated in WSC Sports' $100 million Series D in 2022 alongside other sports-linked investors.
- Co-led Proteus Motion's $9 million Series A in 2022, according to public deal records.
- Was identified among active early-to-late sports-tech investors in Drake Star's 2023 sector report.

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Public deal databases identify a $1 million FastModel Sports financing as HBSE Ventures' most recent tracked investment.
- **2023-10** — Brad Farkas discussed the difficult early-stage funding environment and advised founders to conserve cash in an Insider survey of sports investors.
- **2023-07** — HBSE Ventures participated in Infinite Canvas' $6 million seed financing alongside a group of media, gaming and venture investors.
- **2022-11** — HBSE Ventures joined Arcturus' $20 million Series A for volumetric-video technology.
- **2022-02** — HBSE Ventures participated in WSC Sports' $100 million Series D for automated sports-video technology.

## Links

- Website: https://hbse.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hbsev

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