Sound Ventures

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 2, 2026	Day Ai	$20.0M Series A	Sequoia Capital	Conviction, Greenoaks, Permanent Capital Ventures
Nov 1, 2025	Joy	$14.0M Series A	—	Altair Capital Management, Avalon Ventures, Dream Machine, Forerunner Ventures, General Catalyst, Helium-3 Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Magnify Ventures, NFX, Polychain Capital, SNR, Timespan Ventures, Eduardo Haber, Justin Timberlake, Louis Beryl, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Stacy Brown-Philpot
Oct 1, 2025	CipherOwl Inc	$15.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, General Catalyst, Interlock Partners, Khosla Ventures, NewFund, Thirty Five Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, Jared Leto, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Weil, Mike Krieger, Odell Beckham Jr., Sam Altman
Oct 1, 2025	Glue	$20.0M Series A	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, New Form Capital, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Oct 1, 2025	Limitless Labs	$10.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, New Form Capital, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Sep 1, 2025	Filevine	$260.0M Series E	—	2048 Ventures, Accel, Album VC, Brainchild, DealerSocket, Entrée Capital Ventures, FJ Labs, Founder Collective, Insight Partners, Marketplace Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Signal Peak Ventures, TCV, Teamworthy Ventures, The Finger Group, Wellington Management, Arie Abecassis, Eli Manning, Rob Glaser, Shane Battier
Sep 1, 2025	Belfort	$6.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, New Form Capital, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Nicolas Pinto, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin, Willem Delbare
Aug 1, 2025	Plancraft	$45.0M Series B	—	Creandum
Jul 1, 2025	Manifold Labs	$11.0M Series A	—	Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, Sherpalo Ventures, South Park Commons, SV Angel, Amjad Masad, Anne Wojcicki, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Drew Houston, Fidji Simo, Howie Liu, Marc Benioff, Shishir Mehrotra
Jul 1, 2025	XMTP	$20.0M Series B	—	Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Awesome People Ventures, Bailhe, Batalion Capital, Broadstone, Capital Factory, Form Capital, FTX Ventures, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Multicoin Capital, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pharos Capital Group, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Union Square Ventures, Wave Financial, White Loop Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kurdziel, Courtney Guertin, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Itamar Lesuisse, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, Michael Dunworth, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, William Boebel
Jul 1, 2025	Polymarket	$150.0M Series C	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Brainchild, Darling Ventures, Divergence Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, EQT Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, iNovia Capital, New Form Capital, Operator Collective, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global Management, Triatomic Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Mark Pincus, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin
Jun 1, 2025	Zoot	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Archetype, Blisce, Bond, Bow Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, CoinFund, Compound, Craft Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Graph Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, North Island Ventures, Paradigm, Reform Ventures, Roosh Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Yes VC, Andre Iguodala, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Jeff Morris, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Rashaun Williams, William Mougayar
Jun 1, 2025	Landbase	$30.0M Series A	—	Gautam Gupta, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Alumni Ventures, Andrew Montgomery, Imaginary Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Listen, Emily Kramer, Gokul Rajaram, Megan Quinn
Jun 1, 2025	Decagon	$130.0M Series C	—	8VC, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accel, Afore Capital, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Airtree Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bond, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, DTCP, Endeavor Health Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nasdaq Ventures, Andrew Schoen, Hans Tung, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, Primary Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Theory Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Bernard Arnault, Frederic Kerrest, Greg Kidd, Howard Schultz, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2025	Netic	$20.0M Seed	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, AngelList, Bling Capital, Brainchild, C2 Investment, Kevin Ding, Divergence Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Jigsaw VC, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Longtail Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Ann Bordetsky, New Form Capital, Polychain Capital, Primitive Ventures, Quiet Capital, Robot Ventures, Saga, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Diego Berdakin, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Mike Vernal, Sahin Boydas, Samvit Ramadurgam, Sohail Prasad, Stani Kulechov, Sue Xu, Vitalik Buterin
Jun 1, 2025	Toma	$17.0M Series A	—	AIX Ventures, C2 Investment, DTCP, Flex Capital, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Maven Ventures, The Hit Forge, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Bob Muglia, Dylan Field, Emily Kramer, Jeff Bezos, Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini, Shane Neman, Stanley Druckenmiller, Tobias Lutke, Yann LeCun
May 1, 2025	Forethought	$25.0M Series D	—	8VC, AIX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, C2 Investment, Footprint Coalition, Greylock, Helion Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Inspired Capital, K9 Ventures, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Madrona Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Scheinman Angel Fund, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, Tribe Capital, Twelve Below, Village Global, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Andy Coravos, Baron Davis, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Krishna Mehra, Mathilde Collin, Peter Sonsini, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Trevor McFedries, Yan-David Erlich
May 1, 2025	Rover	$4.0M Seed	—	A Capital, Bankless Ventures, Foundry Group, Gigafund, K2 Global, Menlo Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Plug & Play Ventures, Radical Ventures, Anil Dharni, Megan Quinn
May 1, 2025	General Counsel AI	$10.0M Series A	—	Abstract Ventures, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AngelCube, ATX Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, CP Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Human Capital, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, RevTech Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, Torch Capital, Upfront Ventures, Emily Kramer, Evan Williams, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, Immad Akhund, Jeffrey Wilke, Jonathan Widawski, Karim Atiyeh, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin, Tom Steyer
Apr 1, 2025	Solace	$60.0M Series B	—	Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AngelCube, ATX Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Comal Ventures, CP Ventures, CRV, FasterCapital, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Inspired Capital, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, Menlo Ventures, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, Redstone Road LLC, RevTech Ventures, SignalFire, Stage 2 Capital, Tango.vc, Threshold Ventures, Torch Capital, Upfront Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Evan Williams, Jeffrey Wilke, Jonathan Widawski, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin, Sahin Boydas
Apr 1, 2025	Superpower	$30.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AngelCube, ATX Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Canaan Partners, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, monashees, Night Ventures, Offline Ventures, Operator Partners, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, REMUS Capital, RevTech Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Stage 2 Capital, Timespan Ventures, Torch Capital, Upfront Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Evan Williams, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Jeffrey Wilke, Jonathan Widawski, Justin David Blau, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin, Pir Granoff
Apr 1, 2025	SandboxAQ	$150.0M Series E	—	Alt Capital, Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, SV Angel, Anne Wojcicki
Mar 1, 2025	Retym	$75.0M Series D	—	Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AngelCube, ATX Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Celesta, CP Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, Mayfield, NewView Capital, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, RevTech Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Spark Capital, Stage 2 Capital, Torch Capital, Upfront Ventures, Walden International, Evan Williams, Jared Sleeper, Jeffrey Wilke, Jonathan Widawski, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin
Mar 1, 2025	Pro Padel League	$10.0M Seed	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Vayner RSE, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Daniel Rosensweig, Marc Lasry
Mar 1, 2025	Arcade	$25.0M Series A	—	5AM Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Accolade Partners, Acrew Capital, Act One Ventures, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Altimeter Capital, Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, AngelCube, Jana Messerschmidt, ATX Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Adeyemi Ajao, Canaan Partners, Company Capital, CP Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Homebrew, Index Ventures, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Owl Ventures, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, Precursor Ventures, RevTech Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Stage 2 Capital, The General Partnership, Torch Capital, Union Square Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vamos Ventures, Weekend Fund, Amjad Masad, Emanuel Pleitez, Evan Williams, Fareed Mosavat, Gokul Rajaram, Jeffrey Wilke, Joanne Bradford, John Legend, Jonathan Widawski, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin, Scott Belsky, Stewart Butterfield

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Sound Ventures.

Alexandra (Lexi) Burbey

Leadership Team

Key people at Sound Ventures.

Alexandra (Lexi) Burbey

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Sound Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary in 2015. The firm focuses on early to mid-stage investments in transformative technology companies, particularly in sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, consumer products, and enterprise software. Sound Ventures emphasizes partnering with exceptional founders to create long-term value by providing strategic support and leveraging its extensive network. Its portfolio includes notable companies like Airbnb, Uber, Spotify, OpenAI, Anthropic, and StabilityAI, reflecting a broad impact across technology and entertainment startups[1][2][3].

The firm’s investment philosophy centers on identifying innovative companies with strong growth potential and societal impact, supporting them hands-on from ideation through scaling. Sound Ventures manages over $1 billion in assets, including a dedicated AI fund of nearly $240 million, underscoring its commitment to backing category-defining AI businesses. Its strategic location in Los Angeles enables access to top talent and industry partnerships, enhancing its ability to nurture startups effectively[1][2][3][4].

Origin Story

Sound Ventures was founded in 2015 by actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher and music manager Guy Oseary, who brought together their deep experience in entertainment and technology. The firm evolved from their shared vision to invest in disruptive technologies and visionary founders, leveraging their unique networks and industry insights. Over time, Sound Ventures expanded its focus from entertainment-related tech to a broader spectrum of transformative technologies, including AI and fintech. The leadership team now includes General Partners Effie Epstein, Ashton Kutcher, and Guy Oseary, with a growing team supporting investment and portfolio operations[1][2][3][6].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on early and mid-stage investments with a hands-on, founder-centric approach emphasizing long-term partnerships.
Network Strength: Leverages the founders’ and partners’ extensive connections in technology, entertainment, and media to provide strategic introductions and business development.
Track Record: Over 200 investments including high-profile companies like Airbnb, Uber, OpenAI, and GitLab, demonstrating success in identifying platform-shifting startups.
Operating Support: Provides portfolio companies with strategic guidance, talent acquisition, business development, and technical resources through dedicated platform teams.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on AI and transformative technologies, supported by a specialized AI fund targeting foundational model companies[2][3][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Sound Ventures rides the wave of rapid technological transformation, particularly in artificial intelligence, fintech, and consumer internet sectors. The timing aligns with the explosive growth of AI and digital platforms reshaping industries globally. By investing early in foundational AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, Sound Ventures positions itself at the forefront of this paradigm shift. Its dual expertise in entertainment and technology enables it to bridge creative and technical innovation, influencing the startup ecosystem by accelerating the growth of companies that redefine consumer experiences and enterprise capabilities[2][3][4].

Market forces such as increasing AI adoption, digital transformation, and demand for innovative consumer and enterprise solutions create a favorable environment for Sound Ventures’ investment strategy. The firm’s active involvement and strategic support help startups navigate competitive landscapes and scale efficiently, amplifying their impact on the broader ecosystem[2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Sound Ventures is likely to deepen its focus on artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies, leveraging its AI fund and expanding its portfolio in sectors with high societal impact. Trends such as generative AI, automation, and decentralized technologies will shape its investment trajectory. The firm’s influence is expected to grow as it continues to back category-defining startups and fosters innovation at the intersection of technology and entertainment.

Sound Ventures’ ability to combine industry insight, network power, and operational support positions it well to remain a key player in venture capital, driving the next wave of technological breakthroughs and shaping the future startup landscape[2][3][4].

Sources

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on early and mid-stage investments with a hands-on, founder-centric approach emphasizing long-term partnerships.
Network Strength: Leverages the founders’ and partners’ extensive connections in technology, entertainment, and media to provide strategic introductions and business development.
Track Record: Over 200 investments including high-profile companies like Airbnb, Uber, OpenAI, and GitLab, demonstrating success in identifying platform-shifting startups.
Operating Support: Provides portfolio companies with strategic guidance, talent acquisition, business development, and technical resources through dedicated platform teams.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on AI and transformative technologies, supported by a specialized AI fund targeting foundational model companies[2][3][4].