Effie Epstein is the Managing Partner at Sound Ventures, where she joined in 2016 after prior roles in strategy, investor relations. See contact routes.
Effie Epstein is the Managing Partner at Sound Ventures, where she joined in 2016 after prior roles in strategy, investor relations, business development, and investment banking. Sound Ventures is an LA-based venture firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, and Epstein leads investing, strategy, and day-to-day management there. Publicly available sources indicate she focuses on early-stage venture, especially seed through Series B, with emphasis on software, artificial intelligence, healthcare, fintech, and related sectors in the U.S., with some global investing reflected in her portfolio. One database lists an investment range of about $100K to $1.5M, with a $1.5M sweet spot, though that is not confirmed by the firm itself. Named investments associated with her include Form Health, Stability AI, Tarci, and General Counsel AI. Sound Ventures has also said it has invested in AI for a decade and backs companies with clear commercial scale. Epstein has written for TechCrunch as an author, and her public remarks there and elsewhere emphasize AI and firm strategy.
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