# Sound Media Ventures

> Sound Media Ventures is a VC fund backing Music and Gaming. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last fund: Mar 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sound-media-ventures/
- Website: https://www.soundmedia.vc

Sound Media Ventures is a VC fund focused on Music and Gaming. Sound Media Ventures' vision is that as web3, metaverses, blockchain, streaming, UGC, and other novel technologies proliferate, media is growing increasingly pervasive in our lives. We use media to create, communicate, learn, exercise, entertain, transact, and beyond. Our mission at Sound Media Ventures is to offer broad coverage of emergingmedia technology companies. Based in Atlanta, with presence in California and New York, our alternative investment management firm was established by Shachar Oren, a seasoned entrepreneur with a wealth of experience in the media and hi-tech industries spanning three decades. Our investors include post-exit entrepreneurs, engineers, data scientists, professors, operators, and risk managers. Our investments (from early seed through Series A) reach across the globe, reflecting our commitment to finding and supporting emerging talent based on merit and regardless of location.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $540k–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $750k–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 3 | 9% |
| Gaming | 3 | 9% |
| Robotics | 3 | 9% |
| Apps | 2 | 6% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 52% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Georgia | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shachar Oren | Founder & CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shachar-oren |
| Jon Gosier | Venture Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-gosier-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haply | Haply is a robotics company that provides haptic devices, prototyping, firmware, and virtual learning assistance. | $11.7M | Seed | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| Figure | Figure is an AI robotics company that develops autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots to address labor shortages and reduce the number of workers in unsafe jobs. It also develops commercially viable autonomous humanoid robots that lend support across manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and retail. | $1B | Series C | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Verobotics | Verobotics combines robotics and AI to automate the process of cleaning, inspecting, and maintaining building façades in top condition. Based in Tel Aviv, its team of engineers is redefining and simplifying how cities and buildings of the future can operate more efficiently. Verobotics integrates cutting-edge robotics, aerospace engineering anddesign to deliver the world’s first autonomous robot for building envelope maintenance and upkeep |  | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Persona AI | Persona AI is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions. | $27M | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Resurgens Gaming | Resurgens Gaming is a gaming and media company that offers live production, event venues, and influencer campaigns. |  | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Incora Health | Incora Health patented a smart earring that tracks biodata such as body temperature using machine learning and artificial intelligence, which may provide women with reliable biometrics to help meet their maternal and wellness goals. | $540K | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Figure | Figure is an AI robotics company that develops autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots to address labor shortages and reduce the number of workers in unsafe jobs. It also develops commercially viable autonomous humanoid robots that lend support across manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and retail. | $675M | Series B | Feb 24, 2024 |  |
| Overplay | Overplay is a user generated mobile gaming application that lets users create games from the videos they have recorded. | $3.2M | Seed | Dec 19, 2023 |  |
| Loupe | Loupe is an art streaming platform and service on connected TV and the web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of the home, ad-supported on living room TVs or with a commercial licence for public display, and allow users to purchase the artwork, including select prints and originals. Loupe launchedexclusively on Apple TV, where it is ranked as the top lifestyle app around the world, and now has 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo, and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2 million monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theatre/home entertainment, interior design, the art market, music streaming, and hospitality. | $1M |  | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Loupe | Loupe is an art streaming platform and service on connected TV and the web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of the home, ad-supported on living room TVs or with a commercial licence for public display, and allow users to purchase the artwork, including select prints and originals. Loupe launchedexclusively on Apple TV, where it is ranked as the top lifestyle app around the world, and now has 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo, and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2 million monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theatre/home entertainment, interior design, the art market, music streaming, and hospitality. | $3M | Seed | Mar 22, 2023 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Sound Media Ventures invest in?

Sound Media Ventures invests primarily in Music, Gaming and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sound Media Ventures's check size?

Sound Media Ventures typically joins rounds of $540k–$12M at Seed and $750k–$27M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sound Media Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Sound Media Ventures?

Public channels for Sound Media Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Sound Media Ventures?

The team at Sound Media Ventures includes Shachar Oren (Founder & CEO) and Jon Gosier (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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