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Sound Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2015 · Active in 2026

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31 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #156 · Global · 31 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 45% 5y
29
Decacorns ↓ 33% 5y
2
Thoroughbreds ↑ 110% 5y
23

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2015. The page below shows 31 Power Law outcomes from Sound Ventures's portfolio — 29 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · AI · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada · Germany. Sound ranks #156 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 31 Sound Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA28
  2. Canada2
  3. Germany1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech9
  2. AI5
  3. Health Tech & Medtech4
  4. Cybersecurity4
  5. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  6. Other B2B Software2
  7. Other2
  8. Transportation1
  9. Biotech & Life Sciences1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+19
  2. Series A6
  3. Seed5
01 · Portfolio market map

Sound's 31 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
31 of 31 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Sound's founders come from — and where they study.

101 founders across the 31 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and OpenAI are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States46
France13
China4
Taiwan4
Israel3
Canada3
Denmark3
Venezuela2
Iran2
Germany2
+1 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University13
Xiamen University3
University of Oxford3
Brandeis University3
Technical University of Denmark2
École Polytechnique - IP Paris2
EBS University2
University of Passau2
University of St.Gallen2
University of Cambridge2
+46 more →
Origin companyCount
OpenAI6
Alphabet | Google4
Uber4
Apple3
Mollie3
Microsoft3
Revolut3
Salesforce3
Meta2
eBay2
+47 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Sound.

Senior investment team at Sound Ventures has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Sound stack up?

Sound in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Sound Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Sound on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Sound Ventures

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