# Sonny Vu

> Sonny Vu is a seed investor at Liminal (Salem) backing Internet of Things and Consumer Electronics. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Liminal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menyala)
- Location: Salem, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sonnyvu
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sonnyvu
- Website: http://sonny.vu
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sonnyvu

Sonny Vu is a seed investor at Liminal in Salem focused on Internet of Things and Consumer Electronics. Sonny Vu is the CEO of Superstrata Bike. Sonny attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet of Things | 3 | 60% |
| Consumer Electronics | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| Baby | 1 | 20% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cradlewise Inc. | Cradlewise is an intelligent baby crib that learns from the baby's sleep patterns, spots the first signs of wakeup and bounces the baby to sleep - just like a mom! | $7M | Seed | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Butlr | Butlr is an AI people-sensing platform using body heat to detect occupancy, headcount, body posture, and activity, and generate accurate, real-time, and historical spatial insights for healthcare and sustainable buildings. Their sensor technology detects human presence anonymously using low-resolution thermal data and advanced AI and machinelearning. | $8M | Seed | May 03, 2021 |  |
| The Desire Company | In a world of fake influencers, anonymous reviews, and misleading information, honest advice matters more than ever before. Through our video-led platform, The Desire Co. gives consumers access to hands-on classes, easy to follow how tos and authentic product reviews from experts at the top of their game. Through access to Pro wisdom and advice wegive consumers the confidence to learn new skills, and make more informed purchase decisions. | $3M | Seed | Mar 12, 2019 |  |
| OROS | OROS designs, develop, and integrates insulative technology that delayers outerwear. It's patented Aerogel-based Solarcore technology is what makes the delayering possible. Originally developed from the NASA technology used for space suit insulation and the Mars Rovers, OROS has successfully extended Aerogel infusing it to create Solarcore,helping to make outerwear thinner, warmer, and more flexible. In doing so, OROS makes the impossible possible. | $5M | Seed | Oct 04, 2018 |  |
| zGlue | zGlue is a Silicon Valley company offering a platform and process for building custom chips on demand. As businesses in the hardware space face increasingly intense time-to-market challenges, zGlue provides an innovative solution through their ChipBuilder software platform, proprietary Smart Fabric interposer, and manufacturing partnerships withworld-renowned TSMC and ASE. zGlue’s approach to accelerated product development delivers top-quality chips at an exceptional speed, offering a significant improvement in miniaturization, affordability, and scalability for custom ICs. | $9.1M | Seed | Sep 01, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Flourish Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1flourish-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BOE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Break Trail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/break-trail-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Liminal

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Menyala is a venture capital firm

2 contacts available at Liminal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sonny Vu | Chief Builder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonny-vu |
| Parin Mehta | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parin-mehta-4204 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sonny Vu invest in?

Sonny Vu invests primarily in Internet of Things, Consumer Electronics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sonny Vu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sonny Vu closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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