About Sound Ventures
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of United States. As of Jan 2025, Sound Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 128 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it led the $43M Series B round of Form Health along with NextView Ventures. This round also saw participation from SignalFire and other investors.
Overall, Sound Ventures portfolio has seen 20 unicorns, 14 IPOs and 18 acquisitions including key companies like Uber, Robinhood and Duolingo. A lot of funds co-invest with Sound Ventures, with names like Ashton Kutcher sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Sound Ventures has team of 10 people including 3 partners.
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Sound Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Sound Ventures has invested in 128 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 11 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Reshop and most recent follow-on round was in Stability AI.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2022 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
2021 | 41 | 8 | 49 |
2020 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Sound Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
Sound Ventures has made 32 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $19.9M, 31 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $21.6M and 25 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $49.7M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 32 |
Seed | 31 |
Series B | 25 |
Series C | 13 |
Series D | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Sound Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
Sound Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, High Tech, Consumer and Blockchain Technology. Notably, it has invested in 123 Tech companies, 72 Consumer (B2C) companies, 68 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 67 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 45 |
FinTech | 43 |
High Tech | 43 |
Consumer | 36 |
Blockchain Technology | 23 |
Others | 149 |
Sound Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
Sound Ventures has made most investments in United States (108), followed by Israel where it has made 5 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 92 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
Israel | 3 |
Canada | 2 |
France | 1 |
Others | 7 |
Sound Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Sound Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 15, 2025 | United States | Series B | $17M | [+2] | |
Jun 25, 2024 | United Kingdom | Seed | $80M | Coatue [+6] | |
Jun 12, 2024 | United States | Series B | $43M | M13 Company [+2] | |
May 02, 2024 | United States | Series E | $169M | ||
Aug 22, 2023 | France | Series D | $235M | Salesforce [+7] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Sound Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | NFT-based virtual metaverse game developer | 2018 | Montreal | Series B | gdzxbah | ||
76 | Portfolio management software for financial advisors | 2018 | Los Angeles | Series F | vhtzlr{ | ||
67 | Marketplace platform for equipment rental and digital solutions for construction professionals | 2014 | Columbia | Series E | lcyarry | ||
71 | AI-augmented visual art platform generating images based on text | 2021 | London | Seed | fgprvu{ | ||
74 | Ticket search and comparison engine | 2009 | New York City | Series E | ymrvewl |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Sound Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Sound Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 05, 2021 | Jun 28, 2018 | Series C | $300M | |
Oct 14, 2021 | Jul 09, 2015 | Seed | $1.5M | |
Sep 29, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Jul 29, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Jul 28, 2021 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Sound Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Sound Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
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Team profile of Sound Ventures
Sound Ventures has a team of 10 membersÌýincluding 3 Partners and 7 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States. Sound Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Sound Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Beverly Hills | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Partner | Los Angeles | - | ||
Principal | United States | - | ||
Principal | Los Angeles | - | ||
Principal | Dayton | - | ||
Principal | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Principal | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Principal | New York City | - | - | |
Principal | Los Angeles | - |
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Over the past 10 years, 1309 investors have co-invested in Sound Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Sound Ventures:Ìý, and 341 others have invested in rounds before Sound Ventures. There are 14 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Sound Ventures and 7 companies where Sound Ventures has invested before Sound Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Sound Ventures:Ìý578 investors entered a company along with Sound Ventures. These include investors like Ashton Kutcher (13 companies).
- Invested after Sound Ventures:ÌýA total of 388 investors have invested in Sound Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (5 companies), Salesforce Ventures (4 companies) and Ashton Kutcher (4 companies).
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