Sound Ventures

Sound Ventures is a Los Angeles-based Series A and Series B venture capital firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, investing in artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and consumer technology companies. Kutcher and Oseary are known for early investments in Uber, Airbnb, and Spotify and established Sound Ventures as a formal fund. The firm invests with initial checks from $500,000 to $3 million. Portfolio companies include Otter.ai, the AI-powered voice transcription and meeting notes platform; Tome, the AI-powered presentation tool; Speak, the AI language learning application; and ElevenLabs, the AI voice and audio generation platform. Beyond its original investments, the portfolio includes additional AI and consumer technology companies.