Investments
152Portfolio Exits
22Funds
2Service Providers
1About Sound Ventures
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, a successor to A-Grade Investments. Sound Ventures launched at SXSW in 2015.
Sound Ventures Headquarter Location
9350 Civic Center Drive Suite 100
Beverly Hills, California, 90210,
United States
310-867-7169
Latest Sound Ventures News
Jun 23, 2022
OnChain Studios, makers of Cryptoys, an NFT-native toy, gaming and entertainment universe, announced today it has closed a $23 million Series A funding round led by a16z crypto. Participants in the round include Draper & Associates, Acrew Capital, CoinFund, Animoca Brands, Sound Ventures, Dapper Labs, Mattel – and a strong homegrown Miami group of investors with Miami Angels, Flamingo Capital, Adriana Cisneros and Mark Kingdon. The post OnChain Studios raises $23M Series A led by a16z crypto to build ‘the future of play’: Cryptoys appeared first on Refresh Miami.
Sound Ventures Investments
152 Investments
Sound Ventures has made 152 investments. Their latest investment was in OnChain Studios as part of their Series A on June 6, 2022.
Sound Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/23/2022 | Series A | OnChain Studios | $23M | No | 2 | |
6/8/2022 | Series B | Nava Benefits | $40M | Yes | 4 | |
4/26/2022 | Seed VC | Ink | $1.5M | Yes | Betaworks Ventures, Lupa Systems, Mark Cuban, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 1 |
4/7/2022 | Series A | |||||
3/22/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 6/23/2022 | 6/8/2022 | 4/26/2022 | 4/7/2022 | 3/22/2022 |
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Round | Series A | Series B | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | OnChain Studios | Nava Benefits | Ink | ||
Amount | $23M | $40M | $1.5M | ||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Betaworks Ventures, Lupa Systems, Mark Cuban, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||||
Sources | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Sound Ventures Portfolio Exits
22 Portfolio Exits
Sound Ventures has 22 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Zenefits on December 23, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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12/23/2021 | Acquired | 1 | |||
11/4/2021 | Reverse Merger | 7 | |||
10/14/2021 | IPO | Public | 2 | ||
Date | 12/23/2021 | 11/4/2021 | 10/14/2021 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Reverse Merger | IPO | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Sound Ventures Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Sound Ventures has 2 funds, including Sound Ventures II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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Sound Ventures II | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 2 | ||
Sound Ventures III |
Closing Date | ||
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Fund | Sound Ventures II | Sound Ventures III |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Open | |
Amount | ||
Sources | 2 |
Sound Ventures Service Providers
1 Service Provider
Sound Ventures has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Counsel | General Counsel |
Service Provider | |
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Associated Rounds | |
Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Sound Ventures Team
4 Team Members
Sound Ventures has 4 team members, including current Managing Partner, Effie Epstein.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Ashton Kutcher | Founder | Current | |
Effie Epstein | Managing Partner | Current | |
Efrat Epstein | Marsh & McLennan, iHeartMedia, CLEAR, Merrill, and Euronext | Managing Partner | Current |
Ashton Kutcher | General Partner | Current |
Name | Ashton Kutcher | Effie Epstein | Efrat Epstein | Ashton Kutcher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Marsh & McLennan, iHeartMedia, CLEAR, Merrill, and Euronext | |||
Title | Founder | Managing Partner | Managing Partner | General Partner |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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